Adding Pictures and Synopsis to the Scenario Screen of Edited Mission

[Kydoimos 916]

Hello, I'm new to mission editing and I have a question. On the showcase missions for Arma 3 there are images and text on the select showcase menu screen. On the scenarios screen there is a similar layout. Once you have exported an edited mission to the scenarios section, can you add an image, title, and picture? Also, is there any way to get rid of the .Stratis appendage to the mission title? I know you can add pictures to the briefing but that's not what I want to do!

Many thanks if you can help with this. Also, if you could provide an explanation in really, really clear and simple terms I'd be grateful.

[509 10]

I'm not sure if I understood correctly, but the image and text displayed when selecting a mission are defined in overview.html. More information about mission presentation here.

As for the .Stratis appendix, if you define your mission name in the mission editor's intel window (or edit the Intel class in mission.sqm manually) you should be able to get rid of that.

[Kydoimos 916]

509 - you legend! I never even noticed that option on the intel window! Thanks so, so much!

[Kydoimos 916]

Ah, back to square one - the new update (23/05/13) speaks of a new system for the Scenario Overview. Does anybody know what it is and how it works? Now my html file doesn't work.

[Kydoimos 916]

Okay - I've worked out that it can all be done from the description.ext. I have downloaded the tex2view tool and have turned my JPG into a PAA file. I have added it to the description.ext as overviewPicture = "screen_ca.paa";

This matches the .paa file title exactly. However, when I go to the scenario screen it says the picture cannot be found? Any ideas? Does anybody have a template for a mission I could look at? The location of the .paa file is in the mission folder. It is not in an image folder. It is loose with the other files. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[RE4CTIVE 10]

Okay - I've worked out that it can all be done from the description.ext. I have downloaded the tex2view tool and have turned my JPG into a PAA file. I have added it to the description.ext as overviewPicture = "screen_ca.paa";

This matches the .paa file title exactly. However, when I go to the scenario screen it says the picture cannot be found? Any ideas? Does anybody have a template for a mission I could look at? The location of the .paa file is in the mission folder. It is not in an image folder. It is loose with the other files. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Maybe your location is wrong, where is your screen_ca.paa located? If its in ArmA 3\whatever\screen_ca.paa, then you would have to do

overviewPicture = "whatever\screen_ca.paa";

Every location is from the root folder.

[Kydoimos 916]

Hi RE4CTIVE - thanks for that, good thinking. Sadly, I've already tried. No luck.

[Kydoimos 916]

Has anybody managed to get this working? I've added the .paa file to the mission folder and set the link correctly. OverviewPicture = "Screen.paa". I've tried putting it in a subfolder with an extension on the link, but still no joy. The text appears fine. The title appears fine. But no picture. I've tried different resolution settings too. 1024 x 512 etc. Still no luck!

[RE4CTIVE 10]

Has anybody managed to get this working? I've added the .paa file to the mission folder and set the link correctly. OverviewPicture = "Screen.paa". I've tried putting it in a subfolder with an extension on the link, but still no joy. The text appears fine. The title appears fine. But no picture. I've tried different resolution settings too. 1024 x 512 etc. Still no luck!

Ive also been trying to add images, but to a hint instead. Just the same I'm having no luck. Anybody get this working for the scenario menu, or a hint?

[Kydoimos 916]

Ok - joy at last! RE4CTIVE - you were right. My directory was off. I highlighted the path and then copied and pasted it. Seems to work okay now. I'm not sure how you can assign a picture to a hint though. Sorry. Would love to know. So if anybody has any ideas?

[RE4CTIVE 10]

Ok - joy at last! RE4CTIVE - you were right. My directory was off. I highlighted the path and then copied and pasted it. Seems to work okay now. I'm not sure how you can assign a picture to a hint though. Sorry. Would love to know. So if anybody has any ideas?

Glad to see it's working for you :)

I got mine 'sort of' working. check my thread (if the post has been approved)

[Kydoimos 916]

Ah, I think only I can see the picture. It disappears once I send the mission out for other people to play.

[tomturner 10]

Ah, I think only I can see the picture. It disappears once I send the mission out for other people to play.

I believe you are right, doesn't appear in the mission selection screen either. The overviewText does, but the picture does not. According to "feedback" it was fixed, but not in 0.70 beta it isn't.

And it still wasn't fixed in 0.72 Beta.

Edited July 12, 2013 by tomturner

[tomturner 10]

Still not fixed in 0.74 Beta

Anyone know if there is some "secret" to getting this to work right?

Edited July 25, 2013 by tomturner

[kylania 568]

In single player it's working, in multiplayer only the host sees the picture. From reading this thread it seems Mr K might be trying to link to a picture that's outside of the game or something local to his PC and Mr R has some issues with his game as well.

Maybe post a mission where this isn't working for you? Coz it's working for me if you're talking about overview pictures. :)

[tomturner 10]

In single player it's working, in multiplayer only the host sees the picture. From reading this thread it seems Mr K might be trying to link to a picture that's outside of the game or something local to his PC and Mr R has some issues with his game as well.

Maybe post a mission where this isn't working for you? Coz it's working for me if you're talking about overview pictures. :)

It is persistent with ALL custom missions when run on a dedicated server. None show in the mission selection screen unless and until a player has played it on the server before. Then and only then will it begin to appear in the selection screen. Of course, this doesn't apply to Hosted Client or SP. I mean, why would there be a problem there?

No since in providing a sample mission, I have over a hundred and unless and until any one of them have been played by me from a dedicated server, the pic for each just doesn't show. Try it yourself and see. Do you have any idea where it is storing the cached info about the pic? I checked the AppData\MPCache and it isn't there.

BTW, the file path for the image is in my missionfolder/images/overviewpic.paa and once .pbo'd it is then in the mission_name/images/overviewpic.paa. Remember, once played on the server, then it will appear from then on, so path is not the problem.

Edited July 25, 2013 by tomturner

[Qbz 10]

FIle location..

overviewPicture = "missionnamefolder\images\picture.paa";

Like this ? or should i just do.... images\picture.paa"; etc

[IndeedPete 1038]

Last one. File location is relative to mission root. So if the picture lies in the same dir as the mission.sqm just put

overviewPicture = "picture.paa";

And if it's in missionnamefolder\images:

overviewPicture = "images\picture.paa";

[Qbz 10]

Like a charm! Thanks

[ardhocool 0]

On 12/16/2013 at 8:46 PM, IndeedPete said:

Last one. File location is relative to mission root. So if the picture lies in the same dir as the mission.sqm just put

 

overviewPicture = "picture.paa";

 

 

And if it's in missionnamefolder\images:

 

overviewPicture = "images\picture.paa";

 

 

 

It works thx