I need a lot of screenshots. Currently this is done manually:
1. Select a map.
2. Start editor.
3. View > Center on Random Position (and zoom out a bit with the mouse).
4. Place some vehicle objects - e.g. Artillery SPG Platoon, M5 Sandstorm MLRS HEMTT Ammo.
5. Rotate a few objects so that not all objects are aligned in the same way.
6. Attributes > Environment > set date and time, overcast, fog, rain, wind.
7. Move the camera to a position that could correspond to a drone. Always different distance and angle. The camera view is not centered on the middle of the objects - i.e. the objects can only be in a small area of the screen.
8. Take screenshot 1 (F12).
9. Toggle interface (Backspace).
10. Possibly change Vision Mode.
11. Take screenshot 2 (F12).
The script should perform steps 3 through 7. Steps 3 to 11 would be even better.
Trigger for script execution should be a key. If that doesn't work, the script can also be reloaded with Ctrl-O.
Some parameters of the script should be configurable via a settings file. I wrote this as an example in JSON. The settings file can also be YAML or SQF.
Settings file example:
{
"date": "December 23, 2022 05:24:00", // environment date
"visionMode": 1, // 0, 1 ,2; only for screenshot 2, screenshot 1 is always 0
"overcast": 0.6,
"fog": 0.4,
"rain": 0.5,
"wind": 0.2,
"camera": {
"minDistance": 75, // place camera randomly between min 75 m from ground ...
"maxDistance": 500 // ... until 500 m from ground
},
"units": [
{
"class": "B_Truck_01_covered_F",
"minNumber“: 0, // place randomly between 0 ...
"maxNumber": 2 // ... and 2 objects of this type
},
{
"class": "B_APC_Wheeled_01_cannon_F",
"minNumber“: 1,
"maxNumber": 2
},
{
"class": "B_Soldier_F",
"minNumber“: 2,
"maxNumber": 3
},
{
"class": "Tank_Destroyer_Section", // using compositions is a nice to have
"minNumber“: 1,
"maxNumber": 1
}
]
}
Here are a few examples of what the results should look like:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XIpOxyvJbg3Fe80dGgys4V9zHJ-0mKx6
