General Discussion on the new tools.

[surpher 1]

I see pettka has been making some tool related edits on the Biki this morning.

[james2464 176]

Pettka â€@Lathspel

As @FoltynD has already announced, we are in some small scale external testing of new #Arma3 tools for community. Wait for it ;)

[gammadust 12]

i spend my time in the notepad, but this news certainly is bringing a smile to my face. :bigglasses:

[pettka 694]

I see pettka has been making some tool related edits on the Biki this morning.

It was just an old template being edited or something like that :icon_twisted:

Heck, the recent changes show way too much, still no harm done to add some documentation :icon_twisted:

[gagagu 21]

Heck, the recent changes show way too much, still no harm done to add some documentation :icon_twisted:

Big Brother is watching you... we too :-)

[roberthammer 582]

Added this ticket about adding colored specular maps

[Phantom 11]

Visitor will not yet be added.

Ähm, simple question : at which point visitor will be added ?? :confused:

[1para{god-father} 105]

Ahhh that is like asking for the winning lottery numbers !

[icebreakr 3157]

Phantom: we would all like to know that... lets wait and see :)

[Phantom 11]

@1PARA

is it a sacred question ?? no... ;)

@IceBreakr

right, and i wait and see !! :P

but i think its a legal question after this report... nothing more !! ;)

Greetz, P.

[james2464 176]

First tool release this week according to the SITREP :D

[theevancat 277]

I'm excited. Especially for the Steam Tools release, since it's a pain in the ass to download software (I'm not the system administrator so I have to get permissions and the stuff checked out by from him and it's generally a bad time all around.) With Steam I can just download tools because it's from Steam and it's a trusted source and doesn't need to be checked for viruses or whatnot.

Yes, my network admin (my dad) is kind of paranoid.

[royaltyinexile 175]

I'm excited. Especially for the Steam Tools release

Everyone's favorite Tools Commissar has just administered the first release of the tools package.

Best,

RiE

Edited November 20, 2013 by RoyaltyinExile

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Everyone's favorite Tools Commissar has just oversaw the first release of the tools package.

Best,

RiE

To Steam!

Many thanks to Petr and the team involved with the tools upgrade and release. Downloading 142MB of splendid tools, to aid in the creation of exponential future splendidness, right now.

[abs 2]

Indeed! I'm at work, but have tethered to my cell phone to get the tools ASAP! :D It's like an early Christmas!

Abs

[roberthammer 582]

YAY!

[gagagu 21]

Hi,

thank you very much!

(it would be great if you can release a ship sample)

[pettka 694]

Everyone's favorite Tools Commissar has just oversaw the first release of the tools package.

Best,

RiE

_{(Next to)} No developer was harmed _{(exemplary executions don't count as being harmed as they improve team spirit)} during the development of Arma 3 Tools. Thanks a lot to everyone involved :icon_twisted:

This is just a first iteration as mentioned by Our Dear Leader, he has already shown us the direction in the latest SITREP and I am going to watch it close from behind the lines with my gun ready :bounce2:

[abs 2]

Do we still need a P: drive?

Abs

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Was just gonna ask that. I don't appear to be able to load the textures on my models from P:\, I've set Path to Textures = P:\ in the O2 options window but no dice

[roberthammer 582]

when i set P:\ , it says kinda config error - so yeah

btw i hope in later stages we will get FBX import too + updated .OBJ

[abs 2]

Posted this: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168823-New-o2-Issues

Looking forward to some tips. :)

Abs

[wok 1]

Awesome news, thanks to all the devs involved!

[pettka 694]

Do we still need a P: drive?

This has been one of difficult decisions during creation of Arma 3 Tools - we want to encourage testing content right in game (where it is shown properly without any issues) by adding documented samples and easy to set up pipeline of addon packing rather than forcing users to use some premade solution with P: drive (which could be already used by some different means and could pose some conflicts). We are on the way to make the P: drive not necessary for Arma 3 Tools, it is not complete, as it may be seen on the Buldozer, but would like to address that in future and imply some better use of the tools meanwhile :icon_twisted:

There have been several steps in the new direction, I would like to document some solutions to fix actual issues as soon as possible, but as with every other aspects, don't take it as a promise as the priorities may change, even according to the feedback of our valued community :icon_twisted:

[abs 2]

we want to encourage testing content right in game (where it is shown properly without any issues) by adding documented samples and easy to set up pipeline of addon packing rather than forcing users to use some premade solution with P: drive (which could be already used by some different means and could pose some conflicts).

Does this mean that the recommended solution is to view the models in-game rather than in buldozer?

Abs