Phenonix
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Right First time i've made a big post like this so if there's any problems please lemme know.
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Step 1 (All maps)
Right first things first you want to do is download the Jon-C5 Editor update here and follow the instructions to install and get it working. This will give you the ability to add more buildings such as fire-stations etc.
Step 2 (Running)
Run Arma 2 as stated in Jon-C5 Editor and when at main menu press Alt+E and select Chernarus for example.
Step 3 (Setup Editor)
At the right hand side of the editor there are some options at the minute though we just need 3, Select Center and double click anywhere on map doesn't matter where then when the box comes up just click okay. Do this again but for the groups and then again for unit. This will allow you to be able to save the map later and look around your map with the unit you created.
Step 4 (Creation)
Create your edits with the vehicle tab and place what you would like to place where, try not to add to much in one go though.
Step 5 (Save)
Save your map as multiplayer (don't know if this matters its just the way i do it).
Step 6 (Finding the right file)
Go into your documents folder, go into arma2 other profiles and then missions. In here you should see all your missions saves. Go into the one you saved example test.chernarus.
In here you want the test.chernarus beldi file, Open this file in notepad ++ ( if you don't have this the download can be found here) .
Step 7 (Building information from beldi file)
Once open you are will be looking at for example.
This is what we want.
Step 8 (Adding the building to the database)
Now we need to make a list of the buildings that will be added so the database know what they are. In your database go to the Buildings table and you should have 2 columns with ID and Class.
In here you will need to put the ID (I started at 100 and then increment accordingly) and the Class we want to look at the beldi file part TYPE="Land_molo_krychle"; the bit we want is Land_molo_krychle.
When added it should look like this
ID Class
101 Land_molo_krychle
If you where to add 2 of the Land_molo_krychle to your map you do not need to add it again in this table as it is already in.
Step 9 (Putting the building onto your map)
Now you want to go into your database and go into the Instance_buildings.
In here you should have the columns;
ID(Unique to this table)
Building ID(This is the ID of the building you are putting in from the building table)
InstanceID(This is the ID of the map ie 1 is for chernarus)
WorldSpace(This is the buildings position)
Created(I Don't use this think its just for telling you when you created it)
Right in the ID column you want to start from 100 and increase accordingly.
Building ID you want to put what building you want to put there for this tutorial its Land_molo_krychle which will be buildingid 100.
Instance ID need to be 1 for chernarus.
For the world space its works from the beldi file, the database cords work as [2,[7300,3560,0]].
2 is heading
7300 is X
3560 is Y
0 is Z (This is height From ground)
To get these from the beldi you do as follow.
Azimut is heading = 55.22618913043.407 = X
3624.3174 = Y
-1.3173169 = Z
So when done it should like like [55.226189,[13043.407,3624.3174,-1.3173169]]
After this is all added save
Step 9 (Restart)
Restart your server and your building should now be there.
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This looks complicated and long but when you get the hang of it you can add whole cities in minutes.
As i said this is my first major post so any problems I've made please lemme know and ill rectify them. Hope this helps
~Phenonix
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Step 1 (All maps)
Right first things first you want to do is download the Jon-C5 Editor update here and follow the instructions to install and get it working. This will give you the ability to add more buildings such as fire-stations etc.
Step 2 (Running)
Run Arma 2 as stated in Jon-C5 Editor and when at main menu press Alt+E and select Chernarus for example.
Step 3 (Setup Editor)
At the right hand side of the editor there are some options at the minute though we just need 3, Select Center and double click anywhere on map doesn't matter where then when the box comes up just click okay. Do this again but for the groups and then again for unit. This will allow you to be able to save the map later and look around your map with the unit you created.
Step 4 (Creation)
Create your edits with the vehicle tab and place what you would like to place where, try not to add to much in one go though.
Step 5 (Save)
Save your map as multiplayer (don't know if this matters its just the way i do it).
Step 6 (Finding the right file)
Go into your documents folder, go into arma2 other profiles and then missions. In here you should see all your missions saves. Go into the one you saved example test.chernarus.
In here you want the test.chernarus beldi file, Open this file in notepad ++ ( if you don't have this the download can be found here) .
Step 7 (Building information from beldi file)
Once open you are will be looking at for example.
Code:
objectType="vehicle";
class Arguments
{
POSITION="[13043.407, 3624.3174, -1.3173169]";
TYPE="Land_molo_krychle";
AZIMUT="55.226189";
PARENT="";
};Step 8 (Adding the building to the database)
Now we need to make a list of the buildings that will be added so the database know what they are. In your database go to the Buildings table and you should have 2 columns with ID and Class.
In here you will need to put the ID (I started at 100 and then increment accordingly) and the Class we want to look at the beldi file part TYPE="Land_molo_krychle"; the bit we want is Land_molo_krychle.
When added it should look like this
ID Class
101 Land_molo_krychle
If you where to add 2 of the Land_molo_krychle to your map you do not need to add it again in this table as it is already in.
Step 9 (Putting the building onto your map)
Now you want to go into your database and go into the Instance_buildings.
In here you should have the columns;
ID(Unique to this table)
Building ID(This is the ID of the building you are putting in from the building table)
InstanceID(This is the ID of the map ie 1 is for chernarus)
WorldSpace(This is the buildings position)
Created(I Don't use this think its just for telling you when you created it)
Right in the ID column you want to start from 100 and increase accordingly.
Building ID you want to put what building you want to put there for this tutorial its Land_molo_krychle which will be buildingid 100.
Instance ID need to be 1 for chernarus.
For the world space its works from the beldi file, the database cords work as [2,[7300,3560,0]].
2 is heading
7300 is X
3560 is Y
0 is Z (This is height From ground)
To get these from the beldi you do as follow.
Code:
objectType="vehicle";
class Arguments
{
POSITION="[13043.407, 3624.3174, -1.3173169]";
TYPE="Land_molo_krychle";
AZIMUT="55.226189";
PARENT="";
};Azimut is heading = 55.22618913043.407 = X
3624.3174 = Y
-1.3173169 = Z
So when done it should like like [55.226189,[13043.407,3624.3174,-1.3173169]]
After this is all added save
Step 9 (Restart)
Restart your server and your building should now be there.
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This looks complicated and long but when you get the hang of it you can add whole cities in minutes.
As i said this is my first major post so any problems I've made please lemme know and ill rectify them. Hope this helps
~Phenonix
