Location

A location is an extended type of marker. For example city names displayed on the map are locations; their information can be accessed and modified with Location commands.

Location notion was introduced in 1.08.

Specifics

• Locations have a name, a side, a 3D position, a 2D area, and an orientation.
• They have a non-scaling map representation (icon and/or text, depending on class).
• They require a class definition to define basic properties that can be changed using script commands. Classes are defined in bin\Config.bin\CfgLocationTypes
• They can be attached to objects, with all of the location's relevant properties inherited from the object
• They can use setVariable and getVariable, but this only works with user made locations
• Locations are local in MP, their properties are not synchronized
• Existing locations are set in an islands .pew file. When the island is exported to .wrp the islandname.hpp is also produced - this contains the location names used in the .pew file. This .hpp is then incorporated into the config for the island using an #include statement.
  This section included in the island config ensures any locations set in the .pew file are included in the island during packing.
• A terrain config can not be changed using the location script commands, but they can be found and read. This provides a single command method of finding nearby high points, towns, etc.

Location Types

Arma Location icons and fonts

Armed Assault

Possible location types are:

• Mount
• Name
• NameMarine
• NameCityCapital
• NameCity
• NameVillage
• NameLocal
• Hill
• ViewPoint
• RockArea
• BorderCrossing
• VegetationBroadleaf
• VegetationFir
• VegetationPalm
• VegetationVineyard

Arma 2

Arma 2 Location icons and fonts

• Name
• Strategic
• StrongpointArea
• FlatArea
• FlatAreaCity
• FlatAreaCitySmall
• CityCenter
• Airport
• NameMarine
• NameCityCapital
• NameCity
• NameVillage
• NameLocal
• Hill
• ViewPoint
• RockArea
• BorderCrossing
• VegetationBroadleaf
• VegetationFir
• VegetationPalm
• VegetationVineyard

Arma 3 Location icons and fonts

Arma 3

• Airport (on Tanoa only. Tanoan airports have their own location type. On Altis and Stratis, airports are NameLocal)
• Area
• BorderCrossing
• CityCenter
• CivilDefense
• CulturalProperty
• DangerousForces
• Flag
• FlatArea
• FlatAreaCity
• FlatAreaCitySmall
• Hill
• HistoricalSite
• Invisible
• Mount
• Name
• NameCity
• NameCityCapital
• NameLocal (will return names like Airport)
• NameMarine
• NameVillage
• RockArea
• SafetyZone
• Strategic
• StrongpointArea
• VegetationBroadleaf
• VegetationFir
• VegetationPalm
• VegetationVineyard
• ViewPoint
• b_air
• b_antiair
• b_armor
• b_art
• b_hq
• b_inf
• b_installation
• b_maint
• b_mech_inf
• b_med
• b_mortar
• b_motor_inf
• b_naval
• b_plane
• b_recon
• b_service
• b_support
• b_uav
• b_unknown
• c_air
• c_car
• c_plane
• c_ship
• c_unknown
• fakeTown
• group_0
• group_1
• group_10
• group_11
• group_2
• group_3
• group_4
• group_5
• group_6
• group_7
• group_8
• group_9
• n_air
• n_antiair
• n_armor
• n_art
• n_hq
• n_inf
• n_installation
• n_maint
• n_mech_inf
• n_med
• n_mortar
• n_motor_inf
• n_naval
• n_plane
• n_recon
• n_service
• n_support
• n_uav
• n_unknown
• o_air
• o_antiair
• o_armor
• o_art
• o_hq
• o_inf
• o_installation
• o_maint
• o_mech_inf
• o_med
• o_mortar
• o_motor_inf
• o_naval
• o_plane
• o_recon
• o_service
• o_support
• o_uav
• o_unknown
• respawn_air
• respawn_armor
• respawn_inf
• respawn_motor
• respawn_naval
• respawn_para
• respawn_plane
• respawn_unknown
• u_installation