'Retrofitting' downloaded MP missions with revive system

[thirith 27]

After a meatgrindery coop session on Saturday with too many one-shot kills, I'm hoping to go over the missions I've downloaded and 'retrofit' them with Arma's built-in revive system.

 

My plan was to de-PBO the missions and add the config settings and multiplayer lobby settings (so I can tweak things if necessary) to the missions' description.ext according to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Revive, then re-PBO the missions.

 

My question is this: should this work the way I've described it? And if a mission already has custom revive functionality, are the added settings likely to screw the mission up somehow?

[Nikander 123]

3 hours ago, thirith said:

should this work the way I've described it?

 

I believe you're on the right track with the wiki article and de-PBO

 

3 hours ago, thirith said:

And if a mission already has custom revive functionality, are the added settings likely to screw the mission up somehow?

 

I would expect screw-ups if custom revive system already exists

[thirith 27]

Thanks. I'm now going through all the missions to see if there are any pre-existing wounding/revive scripts; if there are, I just add the parameter settings (so the admin can activate the revive system in case the scripts no longer work), otherwise I add the whole shebang to description.ext, the parameter settings and the list of config settings. Here's hoping it'll work.

 

It's a shame there's no mod (or at least I haven't found any) that allows the admin to override the revive settings of any mission, without having to go in and edit the missions. That'd definitely make things easier.

[kremator 1065]

Just a little aside ... have you looked at Psychobastard's AIS revive?  He's just updated it and it works perfectly - much better than the default BIS revive.

[thirith 27]

I've come across it, but I haven't looked at it in detail. Perhaps I should; it seems like it'd be pretty easy to add it to all sorts of missions.

[FallujahMedic -FM- 867]

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[thirith 27]

Thanks for posting this. I originally interpreted my situation as "personal use", as it's for a small, non-public group (no more than eight people), but I now realise this might not count exactly because it *does* involve others, even if the group isn't public.

[FallujahMedic -FM- 867]

Best avenue would be to thank the author for a great mission, but suggest / request that they add the feature you're interested in. If they would rather not do that, ask politely if you could edit it. A good +75% of the time, polite requests work. 

[thirith 27]

Cheers, will do.