Has anyone thought about setting up a "HOW TO" subforum in the Editing section.

[thdman1511 4]

I have been thinking, that there are alot of First Time Mission creators coming onboard with Arma 3, And I am wondering whether or not it would be worth it, if some of the more experienced Mission designers actually set up a HOW TO sub-forum. There are many youtube tutorial out there that show you how to place units, set waypoints and triggers and some even show you how to use the modules and markers. However there are very few tutorials that explain, scripting and how to make the scripts work in Arma 3.

It is easy to use a script that someone else has created, but unless there is a detail explanation on what each part of the script actually does in the mission, and how to adapt it to the users mission, then debugging is very hard to do. It is good that there a lists of scripting commands, but there are no real how to use them, guides. There are some script creator that are really good, and provide a detail explanation of the script so that to the beginner its easy to understand. I believe its important that you understand how a script works, if you are going to use them in your mission or campaigns.

I am a member of clan and we have some first time users, including myself, most of the information we use to create our mission is very basic and we have looked to youtube to find out how to do them. However the more advanced stuff, which may not be on youtube such as game logic, and how to use it correctly (this is not explained too well on the wiki). It may take many hours to search the forums for the information on how to do things, like how to create moving spawn points etc, How to reload ammo on a vehicle for their weapons etc, and then finding a post that user can clearly understand is the catch. You can do searches, and go through each result of the search and stil come away not fully understanding what was explained.

If all these tuturials and instructions on how to do things were put into a clear and concise sub-forum then I think it will reduce the time of the user searching around to find the information and concentrate on developing their missions. Alot of my mission I designed is based on what I know and understand and I know what can be done and create not knowing how to do things restricts our ability to created challenging mission and mission that make sense if you know what I mean. I would spend several hours trying to find information that will help me with my mission creativity, however finding information that I can understand has been difficult, and I dont have the funding to go out and buy books and videos on how to script. I am enjoying my time creating mission, but I would like to do more in my mission but cannot find the information to do the things I want to do within a reasonable time frame.

So I think it makes sense that all the tutorial information be put into one place under a SUB-Forum Called HOW TO's instead of having to search hundreds or even thousands of posts to find a tutorial that explain things clearly enough and give the user confidence in using the scripts in their missions or even create scripts of their own.

Thankyou for your time reading my post.

[zooloo75 834]

I thought this forum was for How-To's. Either way, I'd help out if such a sub-forum were to be created. :)

[super-truite 54]

Good idea. It would be nice to have a sort of database for editing/scripting with explanations. And even if you have already the knowledge on how to do something you won't necessarily have the idea to do it. Such a sub-forum would be a great source of inspiration.

[mikie boy 18]

I appreciate what u r saying, definitively a daunting task to start from scratch, but a lot of things and answers can be found on these useful forums. As for the basics you will need to start off with them, as unfortunately alot of people either expect to jump in without understanding what they are doing or start copying and pasting things with no real knowledge of how they function. But I do agree there is a need for more basic tutorials to get people from Outside the computer world to easily understand. If its of any help i just finished writing the first 3 chapter of a tutorial for scritping from scratch in arma. Its a total noob guide, and pretty much a how to guide. Ill post it this evening if that helps. Otheriwse the wiki, mr murrys guide, and the knowledge of this forum will help.

On a slight note I would say the forums could do with a multiplayer scripting forum to help with those specific issues.

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