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Eden WYSIWYG emitter editor


Use particle and light emitters in your scenarios without any scripting.

Adds an emitter editor akin to the old "utility mission" editor that has floated around since the original OFP and the "Eden way" of adding emitters via object attributes.


Does NOT create dependencies, as in this mod is not required to play the scenarios edited with it.

Before you get all excited you must remember that this is just scripted pile so it is not 100% stable, you will break it, you will possibly ruin your scenario with it etc.
So bear that in mind.

 

Features include:
- add emitters (particle/light) and edit their parameters in Eden, in real time. WYSIWYG, will appear in scenario as it does in Eden
- Attach emitters to virtually anything (Eden entities, terrain objects, object selections)
- Save emitter parameter presets
- Export emitter parameters in sqf format like with the old "utility mission", sometimes you just want/need to script it
- Export emitter parameters as config class, greatly speed up creating your CfgCloudlets and CfgLights effects
- Includes "scenario function set" to deal with the emitters added with this tool in "mission runtime"
- Full set of Eden tutorials

!IMPORTANT NOTE!:
If your game crashes with error "DX11 ERROR BUFFER MAP FAILED" while using this tool it in most cases means that your Particle Quality setting in the game Video Settings is too high. Lowering it should fix this.

License:

You are not allowed to make any derivative works of this mod or it’s documentation in portions or as a whole.
You are not allowed to repackage or distribute a repackage of this mod or it’s documentation.

Obviously Steam Workshop EULA additionally applies to the Steam Workshop version of this mod and it’s documentation.


Changelog:

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A few videos:


Obtain from:
- Steam WorseShop
- Ye olde skool download


Documentation:
https://emed.ofpec.com/doku/doku.php?id=start

Contacts:
- Discord

Thans to:
- Everybody making proper bug reports
- kju

- Undeceived

- R3vo

- savedbygrace

- sokolonko + the rest of the NF single girls

- sa8gecko

- BI

Edited by h -
1.025.13 update
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Wow! Incredible add-on. As wonderful as the various light scripts were before this, your interface allows mission makers to up their game.

 

At the time of posting, I cant see a download link, I'm guessing its this?

 

Looking forward to playing with this. Thanks for the effort!

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Lol, this forum software ate my dl links (because auto-youtube embed) :face_palm:

Anyways:
- Steam WorseShop
- A bit more ye olde skool download

 

EDIT:
Oh, and before I forget, NOTE that Multiplayer is a bit of an unknown so if your scenario edited with this "melts" a server then it's my doing.. :(

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easily the most impressive A3 mod for 2k19 :yikes:

 

outstanding efforts all around @h - :don12::don12::don12:    

the smooth Eden integration, no dependencies, the feature set and flexibility
the demo and tutorial videos, the crazy long PDF, and so on

just WOW :uzi:

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Right on time !

 

I'm just starting to look for emitters. This will be definitely the best tutorial I could ever imagine.

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Thanks @.kju
Hopefully the tool is worth the praise.. :thanx:


One other thing I forgot to add:
My Discord

Nothing special there, but it exists..

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@stburr91
Elevation can be changed using the Eden translation widget + switching surface snapping off.

As for the issues, seem really strange. I haven't had any issues with for example previewing in a long long long time. I reckon this can of course be affected by FPS and such.
Were these problems present in the "MP editor" or regular?

The tutorial windows are placed on the side of the screen to allow you try things mentioned in them while viewing, however if the tutorial window cuts off that's of course not desired at all.
It's due to the game's UI stuff being really PITA (at least for me) so it is possible it doesn't work properly on some resolution/UI size settings.
I tried testing them the best I could but of course something may have slipped through the cracks.
Screenshot and resolution/UI size settings would be helpful if there are any UI issues. Also in case of tutorials which are the troublesome ones.

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Yeah, unfortunately had to so the sync that way due to technical issues.
Same goes for copy/pasting, you can not ctrl+c/ctrl+v the emitters, you need to use the tool's own cloning button or shift + alt + c

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Big congrats for this great mod, and thank you!!! Love everything that makes easier create scenes :D

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Congratulation h- ,

this is a great adittion and it should really be added , as a default feature for 3den !

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Just did a small update because realized I had f'd up and forgotten to include the in-game functions from both worseshop and dl versions :face_palm:
I guess not many have gone through the huge manual then :tounge_o:

EDIT:
Oh, and if someone is interested in translating a ton of texts (tooltips, Eden tutorials, messages/notes):
https://github.com/hneg/emed_translations

Edited by h -
Translation stuff
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Amazing work H! Thank you for sharing!... the effort to create the tool is remarkable and impressive.

I wish i had this tool 3 years ago, nevertheless i am pretty sure i can find ways to use it to speed up tests and stuff not to mention that your digging in the vanilla assets brought up things i didn't know existed :)

I bet this will unleash creativity among Arma scripters and editors.

Keep up the good work man!

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Coming back from an Arma break I noticed that h- finally released this. 🙌 Congratulations!

 

I had the honor to help h- with a bit of beta testing and immediately noticed that this tool (I should rather say "machine") simply has endless possibilites when it comes to particles and light stuff. Things like creating smoke leaving a small soda can is just one of the simplest possible ideas but it works just like you'd expect it. And oh, don't underestimate it - this wouldn't work at all without having to make innumerous changes in innumerous scripts - this tool on the other hand makes it super easy. This is not about a smoke grenade placed under a can - we're talking about a heavily edited (tiny) wisp of smoke, precisely acurate positioned and attached at the right millimeter of the can in a matter of minutes.

Just imagine how much work you'd save for big and complex ideas. And such crazy things (my creativity almost ends at the soda can 😁) are absolutely possible with the tool. Fear not, h- has put big effort in the documentation (I especially loved the cool 3DEN tutorials). Just by explaining the basics of the tool, you'll find yourself messing around, having new ideas, things that you never thought they would be possible or even exist - it's all there when you take a closer look at it and you'll love it. And everything, every step, tweak, change is immediately shown due to the awesome WYSIWYG execution.

 

Knowing how much h- literally racked his brain on this, wanting to give up so many times, I really am happy that he went through with it and didn't stop. 

 

Congratulations again, h- and thanks for your really hard work!

Edited by Undeceived
Fixed stuff, added dramaturgy :D
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Could you make it so that I could import everything with/about lights in Arma?   I meant,if I see some cool lights from a car,a lightbar or maybe an effect ,like a strobe light, and place this where I want it,would be really neat.

To make a universal light switch we could attach to all cars with on/off/effect1,2,3 dual effects at one time? .A menu item for the scroll wheel?  Maybe zeus interface for lights?  

If I could import something and attach it with "attach global" and make it follow a car,I may be able to use an item from a mod car and change the light color but keep the nice effect.

If this could load a composition we can save and make all cars use custom lights and effects,would be awsome!   And then attach that to all cars in any scenario's we make on the fly.

Find a nice light bar from a road utility vehicle with some great effect,change the color and save it and place it on top of a police car.Would be neat and be able to do so even if it is attached to a vehicle.   Save that ,and be able to clone that and put it on any car.Is is owned by Bis and could be done without source file and such,right?

 

Find out what Light bar_Blueforce_F_Policecar is named and place item somewhere we like it? 

 

Could you make so that you can import parts of items in this?  Like a grenade launcher ,attach a flare effect to a point light and load it ? And save this like a composition in the editor? Make it invisible? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  On 2/12/2019 at 3:25 PM, Brave Sir Charge said:

And that's why we love him

Awwwww....
 

  On 2/13/2019 at 2:29 PM, john111 said:

Could you make it so that I could import everything with/about lights in Arma? ...

What you're asking for is not possible.

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Emitter 3Ditor updated to version 1.025:

- ADDED: Emitters inserted with this tool now have basic interaction with Zeus; emitters can be moved, deleted and toggled on/off. Refer to the manual for detailed information, page 74.
IMPORTANT NOTE!!: Zeus scenarios made with version 1.024 have to be loaded into Eden and re-exported for these changes to take effect in that scenario. !!
- ADDED: custom keybinds setup for all possible tool kb shortcuts, refer to manual page 75
- ADDED: values on number and array data fields on the tool UI can now be adjusted with the mousewheel. Refer to the manual for more details, page 77
- ADDED: a warning prompt about High Particle Quality setting and possible 'DX11 ERROR BUFFER MAP FAILED' CTD


Rest of the changelog:

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Workshop
DL

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Small 'hotfix' released:
 

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v 1.025.01
- FIXED: Synchronizing 'attribute emitter' lightsource to a trigger was not functioning properly
- FIXED: Synchronizing any placed emitter (non-attribute emitter) with a trigger was not functioning at all
- FIXED: some leftover systemChat when using global attach


Workshop
Download (and filename) stays the same: DL

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I don't know why.
But the key shortcuts has stopped working.
I tried without any mod and only CBA and it does not work either

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You mean all the shortcuts??
That's pretty weird, can't really see why that would happen unless the mod files or your profileNamespace got corrupted somehow..

I'm assuming you're using the latest version so have you tried assigning a new keybind for something to see if that custom keybind works?

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Yap!! 

I also reseted my profile as a default and and it keep happens the same.

I noticed that since the last update.

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If using the "defaults" button in the keybind dialog (prefs -> "keybinds" button) does not fix this then I'm in a completeish loss as to what is going on..
I have only seen this happening if you for some reason use the 1.024 version after having already ran 1.025 :sad:

If you execute the following code in the debug console, what does it print out?

["emittered_prefs", "keybind_insert"] call HNEG_fnc_prefsFetch

 

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Good news. I just reinstalled the game and it works.
I have no idea of what happened, but now everything is fine.

Sorry for a heart attack 😂  😂

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Ok, nice.
Can breathe easy now :grinning:
 

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