Adding Building and Trees to Existing Map

[JoeDeath 0]

Hello everyone,

I am an old OFP map modder who is new to ArmA. I would like to add buildings and trees to the existing map. The way I used to do it was to simply add an object, (like a civilian) open up the mission file with notepad, and change the name of the civilian I just added to a building name (for example civilian becomes FuelStation). Upon reloading the map a FuelStation would be where the civilian was that I had just added. I could then move, copy, or otherwise manipulate the building accordingly.

This seems to work fine with ArmA also (as in the case with the FuelStation example. The problem is I don’t have the “official†names of the new houses and vegetation. Therefore I can’t add the objects. Only some of the names from OFP work. Does anyone have the names of the buildings and vegetation for ArmA?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[abs 2]

Hey man,

Ouch, that sounds like a painful process! I know that you did it that way because back in OFP, using an Edito Object Addon would have a dependancy, and you wanted to avoid that. For Arma, (if I recall correctly....my memory has been known to be a bit shoddy) there is an object editor addon that doesn't create a dependancy.

Unfortunately, that's all I can help you out with. I don't remember the name of the addon that did this. I just thought you should know that the possibility exists. Maybe somone else out there knows what I'm talking about, or after doing a bit of searching you might come across it.

Good luck!

Abs

[Bracken 0]

Hi,

This what you mean?

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_CfgVehicles

Also armaleague has a good list (might have pictures?) but i can't get onto it at the moment.

[JoeDeath 0]

Thanks all. The editor works like a charm, but it does cloud up the map with the items that are added. I have a map where I added a bunch of trees and now when I use the map all I see is blue trees.

The structer list was also very helpfull. It allows me to add buildings the way I used to without using the editor. This makes the maps playable for people who do not have the editor. Hoefully they will include the editor in a patch.

Thanks all for the help.

[Curatalo 0]

You know...there is an Editor Update v102 and somthn else. Wich is a small addon that contains ALL the buildings, vegitation and objects in ArmA?