Arma 2: DevDiary No. 2 - Editor Basics

[101010wardog]

i need help how do I make bases on editor that work just like superpowers ?

[SrbijaAfK]

whether you know what to put where the real mission that vajpoint

so what to type in that they were talking

For example.

this svitčmove "effečtstendtalk"

what to type to tell?

[97epicman]

That is why I go prone through open field

[97epicman]

@alphaskater09 Same, It looks great on his screen, I am so Jel

[alphaskater09]

wow! i have to play this game with vary low grafic settings. i want a better labtop :(

[97epicman]

@alphaskater09 Same, And I LOVE your accent

[BuLLDOG771100]

Ok guys i just got ARMA2 and I wanted to know i click F1 for units and it goes there now? how do you open it up ive triend eneter clicking and much more but how do i open this up thanks and you can call me a noob its okay i can respect somehow the 50000 TROLLS on the internet im used to hit But plz help if you can.....

[DaKiller1249]

Does anybody know the computer specifications on the computer he was using? That is how I want to play ArmA II.

[DaKiller1249]

@OddBall0011 In response to your question if you already haven't found out why his gun moved but not his camera in ArmA II, I will help you. In your game options look for 'Aiming Deadzone' and adjust how you like. I hope this helps!

[ZEB0V]

So, right now I'm a total noob to Arma. I downloaded the free demo from Steam, and I can't hear any sound on it. I've done all the troubleshooting I can. Does the free demo have the sound turned off?

[Neropoo]

@ZEB0V No, the sound works perfect for me in teh demo.

[ZEB0V]

@Neropoo I got on the demo later on and the sound worked. It was simply a matter of restarting the game.

[werlops]

best game ever

[gaaranarutoman]

I <3 Bohemia Interactive.

[Chubzdoomer]

These developers know how to design editors that aren't retardedly complex or horribly designed.

[ExOdUsNeXt]

@MezzyGezzyFTW

Still better

[toughbananas974]

oh nevermind that continue button question. How do i set objectives, for example, when I kill all the enemies, I want the mission to end. or maybe i could go to a certain location to end the mission?

[toughbananas974]

Why don't I have the ability to Continue in the bottom right? I only have Preview.

[BuLLDOG771100]

@toughbananas974 Hello Yeah smae i dont know how to go to the next.......??

[deedlede2222]

@BuLLDOG771100 there is a manual on steam website

[toughbananas974]

How do I delete a created mission?

[mercenary1121]

How do you open an existing mission from a custom mission into the editor??

[clayton99master]

How do you make triggered waypoints

[killgroy]

this video has pushed me over the buy line, totally going to buy it now Thank you so much

[topmarkms]

kids have toy soilders, i have arma editor :)

[charlieboy76]

awesome! the simulation I've been wating for

[EllyMcCormack]

His voice was oddly soothing. I'd buy his audiobook. This is probably why all the best vampires have this accent as well <3

[CARBRINE]

Did you guys make a Advanced Editor Tutorial? i'v been playing ArmA for years and years but have never achieved Scripting, i would love to see a tutorial on how to do that.

[ARMA2official]

@CARBRINE Hello, yes, we have released 2 videos introducing the advance scripting (check youtube(dot)com/watch?v=W2Af6e­0n7fQ)

Video names:

Arma 2 Mission Editor Tutorial 1/2 ...

Arma 2 Mission Editor Tutorial 2/2

[DaKiller1249]

@ARMA2official Not to bother you but, do you mind telling me the Computer Specifications on the computer used in the video ARMA II : DevDiary No.2 - Editor Basics. I would really appreciate it!

[NeededBabyCakez]

sexual themes?? What is there soldier on soldier gay action??

[Fusacchhii6400]

oh oh i run to open field and they instantly kill me lol, good video man!

[villafoxx69]

fantastic game keep up the good work !!!

[xmrbrx]

does anyone know how to setup support vehicles like the ambulance etc, so you can call them in either through the HQ or some other way, thanks

[crazytubex]

can some1 explain how to use MLRS and how to make an airstrike ????

[codyvidal]

Lol "overhellming"

[Chubzdoomer]

@codyvidal LOL

[devi001]

wil you make the editor overtime even more simple ?

it is very easy to make simple missions engage the enemy ect...

but when you need to script tings you need to leave the game and search for the exact script...

i love the editor but im not good at scripting so drop down menu's would be nice to have...

i know you guys are very busy with AO and other tings

but its maybe a nice ting to include in a future patch or somting.

keep up the good work i cant wait for AO :P

[Rambwner]

The production quality of this game amazes me, you guys did a fantastic job.

[SVOddball]

It's nice they kept the ArmA styled editor...bought OF:DR and I can't seem to get its Mission Editor.

[felipefritschf]

Aren't BIS and their games just so AWESOME? Did you EVER saw another game company directly responding to ther fans questions, even on video comments? That's amazing.

[matty1053]

Wow... ARma 2 makes every other mission editor game look like nothing

[ARMA2official]

To Anderas360dk:

Hello, please check the official ARMA 2 forum at forums (dot) bistudio (dot) com

You can also contact our technical support at: support (at) bistudio (dot) com

[xxwarpigspartan1138]

@ARMA2official will Intel® Core™ i5 520UM (3M Cache, 1.066 GHZ with 1.866 GHz Max Turbo Frequency) - Overclockable

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz

HARD DRIVE 160GB SATAII 5,400RPM

1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M

run arma 2 on very high

[Andreas360dk]

to ARMA 2 i have 4 gb ram and 3.0ghz and GEFORCE GTX 260 but it lag i can only run it on nomal please some one help

[miksulder]

arma2 is truly a sandbox game :)

[jonnyrisas]

what kind of special things does your computor need to support this game??

[ARMA2official]

All videos are captured on following PC:

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU, E8600 @ 3.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.3GHz 2046MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

[gigga97]

@ARMA2official

LMFAO

Really?

[NitroProffin]

@ARMA2official what are all the graphics settings you manage to achieve on these specs ? i ask as i have similar specs in terms of performance but my game does not look as clear as yours =[ i have ATI gpu and a AMD cpu

[ARMA2official]

@NitroProffin Hello, the game settings are: Visibility dist. - 3500m +- Screen/3D res. - 1280x720px Texture det. - Very high Video mem. - Default (max. available) Antialias. - Low Terrain det. - High Object det. - High Shadow det. - High Postprocess - low Regarding the visibility - we use up to 5000m while capturing the aircrafts. 3500 are used in environment and cities

[NitroProffin]

@ARMA2official hey ! thankyou soo much =D glad that i have got a reply, you guys really do rock it's nice to see you communicating with the community as well as continuously improving such a greatly advance and diverse game =] keep up the great work ! oh and will we be seeing any more DevDiary videos soon or ?

[ARMA2official]

@NitroProffin Hey again :) Thanks a lot for the positive feedback. Regarding the videos - let's see. We have a plan and we are working on a new materials, however it's too early to make any promises... We will keep you updated here on the channel.

[NitroProffin]

@ARMA2official No probs ;) I will look forward to what ever it is you have in store =] Thanks again =D

[IvanBeSerious]

@ARMA2official Agree, you guys got awesome feedback and community service...not to mention the awesome quality of the game ;D

Keep up the good work guys, and give my best regards to the entire staff.

P.S How long for a possible WWII Combat Simulator? ;P

[edike]

for some reasion i dont have preview! how can i fix it?

[hatzville]

you need to add a player with f1 ( units ) then make him "player" then the button appears ;)

worked ?

[krivakon]

člověče, tvoje anglická výslovnost je fakt ke zblití, tomuhle nemůžou rozumět ani češi ani angláni

[zenitius]

his english is good :D

[michke11]

that whas funny like, oh o

[AlienTechProductions]

I need this game !

[GameTubSite]

i did, until 3 days ago. thanks to steam, i now have it [and love it]

[Haloman728]

can you guys answer this question when i'm playing my own mission? How do i make lives? (example) When you spawn in some servers, it says you have 29 lives left. how do i make it to where i can respawn?

[ikkebod]

is the mission editor gonna be on ps3 to

[ARom101]

NOTHING will be on ps3

[09phillt]

Can you put buildings on the map.

[Andrew3299]

need more fucking cow bell

[60hugo60]

He need to be extremely cow shoes!

[austing12]

thank you i never knew how to use this until now :) im going to be on this game forever now.......unless you make a sequel

[sEweron]

it is already a sequel : ) (of 'operation flashpoint' ofcourse, 'arma:armed assault' was just done on the way here).

[XxXPetsavesthedayXxX]

fuck v1.03 no shader and game crashes

dont patch to v1.03

[EliteGhost001]

too late...

game doesn't crash but.. I get all sorts of ''walls'' in my screen. can't see shit. happens mostly in MP.

need to uninstal the game to undo

[crunkatron5000]

In soviet russia, Game, Play, You!

[mark444444444]

I really hope operation Flashpoint has an Editor like this?

[theguitarhero3]

nope just got the game...doesnt have it...thats why im playing arma2 more.

[Jehansi]

lol, owned.. Twice!

[r1ccardzbrasil]

opf 2 codemsteres ioi arma 2 pc negative comunit xbox live ... ridiculo news boemia..

[nyran125]

this is the best war game ever made, period. BF2 doesnt even come close to this amazing game.

[XenTheKiller]

hehe bf2 was a nice game anyway, i remember playing it a alot but it got old...

[matty1053]

@nyran125 i always will say aggreed with that.

[eluabs]

@nyran125 but bad company 1 or 2 is 10000000 times better!



[xamanto]

@nyran125 sure. i like to think that these are different genres at all so both sides don't feel offended.

I love BF2, and I really enjoy Arma - and I would probably enjoy it even more if I had skilled enough friends to play with.

[Recon2146]

@xamanto I have to agree. I mean, if you're going to talk bad about a game, go for Call of Duty. Battlefield is a relatively realistic game, of course no where near the realism of ArmA. I'm looking forward to Battlefield 3, but I also love the ArmA games.

[MrMuffinManMoh]

@nyran125 This is probably the best ever military simulator made, but for a pure shallow action game, battlefield gets that title.

[themeleed]

@MrMuffinManMoh this isn't designed as much to be a run around shooting people game =P. It's designed for complete realism (or at least very close to it). I've been flying in simulators since I was 9, and this is the best experience of flying in a game I've ever had. I do agree though, as far as that pure action experience is, games like battlefield are great. Arma can be awesome though, when you're in the right mood.

[Nemesa]

The game is good: How many games from big developers has all these option in multiplayer?

Since 2001 and Operation Flashpoint until 2007 of first ArmA there is no similar games, TehChangster !

If you have no fun with its amazing multiplayer, keep playing "unreal-quake-and arcade stuff", dude.

Time is not only form making the same thing with better graphics. We also want concept, and ArmA 2 at least have it. :)

[pokemaughan]

Excellent diamond of a game, just needs buffed and polished... don't worry guys

[TehChangster]

the only fun thing in this game is the editor >__>...sad they only have 2 maps T___T

[Kevin32001]

Stfu plz, your not helping at all

[iuliusceasar]

Then make a map yourself fag. The game allows you to do so. Stop whining to others when you have the power to address your own complaints.

[TehChangster]

who says i am complaining? im just stating facts..and the game is awesome -__-"

[iuliusceasar]

Oh my bad then. There is alot of stuff I would have liked to see but to be honest, Im just glad they got it out. There is an old saying in the software development business that a project is never complete until the developer quits. At some point in the dev cycle you have to stop adding features and get it out.

[XenTheKiller]

2 maps ? whats the problem with that ? DO you even HVAE the game ? those 2 maps are 2 HUGE maps

[TehChangster]

i have the game -.- and yes i know its huge but still...playing the same map over and over again gets kinda boring but still kinda fun lol

[XenTheKiller]

wow you have no variety.... Go play smaller missions then, make your own missions with capture village, set out patrols, ai waypoints, Enemy outpost, play the mission

Then just move everything to another village/place and play it, that wont get you bored...

Or download mods and try them

[anfiach]

Nice video Jan, would help if you guys invest some time updating the Biki for ArmA 2 and include sections for ArmA 2 that were never even completed for the previous version and in manner that is friendly to the uninitiated. I think it would be a big help to people new to the series and new to scripting and editing missions. Thanks.

[SalComuna]

AND THE SUBTITLES?¿

[thc024]

THE AI DOESNT CHEAT FIRE AT THEM THEN TELEPORT 2 A NEW LOCATION AND THE ENEMY STILL SEARCHES AT UR PREVIOUS LOCATION.......1AI HOLDS TO SUPRESS AND THE OTHERS FLANK U..... this AI doesnt cheat! ur just noob and run around!

[ChristianCohn]

Lol.... "Because when they Spot you, your chances are very low...."

How about fixing all the cheating AI Bugs to avoid that Ultimate Spotting-AI capabilities through buildings, vegetation, smoke, fog, Landscape, etc. this rather unplayable game currently has?

Look at the Videos i uploaded in my Profile to see how stupid this AI really is, there you get the picture for the other side of the Medal.

[hatbootfish]

y is every one thumbing down your comment, If they actuly bovered to play the game like you and I then they would know that what your saying is true.

[XenTheKiller]

omg your stupid..... the game was released earlier to let others play, they are going to patch the game and they already patched it and will continue... WHats your problem ? It will be fixed

[IvanBeSerious]

dude, the video says: "Editor BASICS" and there are plenty of guys out there who fail to understand even some of the simplest of tasks when creating a scenario. ofc I would have loved to see a video where Jan explains the more advanced parts of the editor, but like I said..its BASIC, so just have patience and wait for the next dev diary

[Largamelion]

I agree that this video doesn't really help, I figured all this out myself in the first 5 minutes of using the editor. I had really hoped to learn something from this video...

Explaining how to synchronise units or use triggers would 've been helpful, what you show in this video is rather self explanatory.

[ALLAHmagDICH]

thats why I love Ofp/arma2

[warrock554]

haha oho

[lucas199400]

oh oh! :D

[eightwillwontcannot]

This company needs to sort optimization out ASAP, draw distance and AI behaviour in grasses/foliage.

Otherwise this game will die.

[ChristianCohn]

This Company needs some SERIOUS Consulting asap! Others and me were suggesting this already with the Arma1 debacle, of course we are getting ignored and called "complainers", "whiners", etc etc.

The company has a huge potential but a largely non-existing Quality assurance, no true Military advisory screwed now already two games to with 50-60% evaluated game, while it could be a 90-95% evaluated one...

Lets see if there will be another successor if they screw it again. Remember: Consulting!!!

[Hilariousity]

I want this game soooooooooooooooooooo bad. To bad I can't dish out thousands of dollars to buy a PC to play it...

[wiktor1998]

Mo0nBugGy1

There's something really wrong with you

[Mo0nBugGy1]

Yeah I just released a game out onto the market that is bud ridden, crash prone and dubbed "the least tested game of all time".

IM FUCKING CRAZY!

[jonnyfilmboy]

I'm hoping for a more developed video focusing on some of the more advanced features of the editor. The modules for example could be better explained in a video.

[H3ph4ist0s]

This is not the basics of the editor, because all what you show is something that you can learn by yourself, you only placed 1 group and 1 ennemie!

[disposable1911]

That sounds basic to me. I don't know why you are complaining. There are a lot of people on the forums that don't even know how to place enemies.

[killiansheehan]

lol no offence but you sound like the ai commands Enemy MAN! 100 metres lol

[teckim]

very good, arma 2 is great!

[DantheGermanGamer]

Man is the any chance this game will run smooth on my system?

AMD Dual Core 4,2

1GB Ram

Nvidia Geforce GS 7600

[wifoutteef]

I doubt it.

[nomercy8989]

má smiešnu výslovnosť :D ale da sa rozumieť

[adambjjoz]

That video is an excellent start, but to be honest, even for us noobs at the game, we need a video and a walk-through for the mission editor that is 100x more involved and specific than that.

[TOURSGMD]

A great place to start though is the actual editor. ;)

[Coldkilla9]

I will show this to my friends, they are intimitated by the editor.

But you did some things in the video that they will question. For example changing the units direction without going into the unit properties and changing it manually. I know the editor - and you have to press "Shift" but you didn't describe that in the video - so they might be confused. A more specific video on the editor would be most appreciated!

[NeoXus299]

Great vid, could you make a more in depth video of the editor?

[TOURSGMD]

This video really boosts my confidence in BI, when they consciously deny the player to be Rambo by default. 1on1 and with initiative the player

is completely superior against the AI. However when the amount on enemy AIs increases, odds are exponentially decreased.

[NeoXus299]

Yes, very true.

[heckiii]

this diary must be done with an old version, i miss the modules category on the right ^^

[Moxyz1]

great game , i hope theres more of these videos soon about giving commands etc

[targumurescz]

Škoda, že to není v češtině. :)

Jinak bych si hru strašně rád zahrál, ale můj HW by to nevydejchal.Tak zůstanu u těchto videí :)

[karlik007]

ono komplet texty su v cestine, niektore SP misie su cz aj dabovane. jo s HW suhlasim, musim sa uskromnit s detailami ale ajtak je to pastva na oci a o hratelnosti ani nehovorim...

[targumurescz]

Já myslím tohle video že není v CZ ;) Alespoň že má p. Pražák dobrou výslovnost a jde mu rozumět.

[latronpe]

Hmmm, Im a bit disappointed there's more footage about the fight than the editor capabilities itself.

I know it's supposed to be the basics, but geee, this is the basics of basics. You'll need more than 100 vids to explain half of the capabilities at this rate.

Pleeeease try to focus on the editor, we know fighting ;)

[VIPERGTSR01]

Nice video, I look forward to future dev diaries :)

[bctusu]

dude this game owns all other fps.

[englandleeds]

Nice Video.....now improve the performance....

[LtChris909]

thanks for another nice dev diary :)

[weses2]

I'm really enjoying these Dev Diary videos. Jan you are a great player and teacher.

[wifoutteef]

Great job Jan.

[Brickmaker2009]

Show us the Beta tester diaries then we can hunt the lazy Bastards down :).

[Torikkaa]

Yeah try make more movies faster!

[Wadensten]

Good one... Just a thought... Is that Placebo? It says it's BIS PR manager, isn't that him?

[DeadfastCZ]

Placebo is the lead moderator on the forums, this isn't him ;)

[KerickOrland]

make more please , and more often!

[8Paul7]

Awesome, looking forward to more, and hoping the campaign will get completely fixed as soon as possible (though I myself have not played it yet).

[Paulovies]

We need the patch that will improve overall performance...

[SiCDisaster]

ArmA 2 is made out of fuckwin.

[PsychoDad89]

Indeed

[Zedfragg]

Great video for new players.

But how about a patch so we can bloody play it properly? lol

[Grannn]

Verry nice. This videos should be shiped with the game , this way new players can learn more .

[arthuro13]

very good for the newbies at this game ;)

cant wait for more..

I would like a nice tutorial about Triggers.

[adni0917]

google? :P

[Cadmium77]

Yeah...I want one that would deal with using the radio (which I already figured out a bit) to bring down artillery strikes and bring in a helicopter airlift...

The Arma OFP community seems to take a perverse pride at being a nerd fest of scripting.

I guess I'll have to man up and learn.

[broaff2]

Jan is right: forget all what you learned in fps games, if you run out you will die.

You must go cover to cover and keep low and maybe you not die. Maybe. :)

[broaff2]

5th :D, go go BIS i am waiting your next video!

[kram2k]

Nice one BIS, looking forward for more.

[oddinside]

third

[Ragzz1234]

second

[wiktor1998]

first