Arma 3: Porting Guidelines Overview

Infantry weapons

• Weapon attachments (add proxies, make WeaponSlotsInfo config definition, Inventory Icons)
• Adjustable sights (add selections)
• Reload animations (model.cfg definition, CfgGesturesMale anim definition)
• 3d optics
• Muzzle FX (model.cfg + config definition?)
• Smoke FX
• Stereo sounds (soundBegin, soundClosure configs definition?)
• AllowAgainstInfantry (config)
• AllowedSlots (config)
• Fatigue system (Mass in config)
• TextureType (config)

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Weapon_Config_Guidelines
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149341-Arma-3-weapons-config-guidlines
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_2_Weapon_to_Arma_3
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147718-Bringing-A2-weapon-addons-to-A3
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?184655-Preventing-skeleton-errors-in-rpt-HOW-TO
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Weapon_Collimator_Sights
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?175379-Weapon-UI-Tool

Infantry units

• Clothing (remove from infantry model, make separate models/objects, assign uniform, vest and headgear in configs)
• New head/faces and sunglasses (replace head model)
• Injury selections (rename selections)
• Damage system (adjust HitPoints armor in configs)
• Engineer (detectSkill and backpack in configs)
• AA/AT (backpack in configs)
• Items and NVG (linkedItems in configs)
• Medic (items and backpack in configs)
• Command bar (picture in configs)

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Modding_Characters
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?148130-Arma3-Characters-Modding-Tutorial

Vehicles in general

• Reflectors (config)
• Heat haze effect
• attenuationEffectType (config) http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?164073-Echo-issue-when-vehicle-weapons-fired
  
• explosionShielding (in HitPoints in configs)
• Olds-Configs-for-Newbs
  
• Sound volume (config) - computation unknown so far..
• Randomized variations
• Light Volume Proxy for reflectors

Cars

• Custom Engine, Gearbox and Suspension:
  • Tutorial
    by RedPhoenix
  • More info
    
• Driver and gunner IK (AnimatedDriverHands and AnimatedGunnerHands in configs, something? in the model)
• Mirrors
• Engine sounds

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?174673-Tutoria-Importing-ArmA2-vehicles-to-ArmA3
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Cars_Config_Guidelines
https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/physx/Docs/Vehicles.html
http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm

Tanks

• Custom Engine, Gearbox and Suspension
• Damage system
• Engine sounds

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?174301-Tank-porting-tutorial
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Tanks_Config_Guidelines
http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?176585-Olds-Configs-for-Newbs

Helicopters

• helicopterX simulation or helicopterRTD for advanced flight model and sling loading
• Pilot and gunner IK (AnimatedDriverHands and AnimatedGunnerHands in configs, something? in the model)
• Damage system (add HitFuel in HitPoints and new HitXXX classes in AnimationSources in configs, selections to be defined in the model?)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168988-AirplaneX-Sinking-into-ground&p=2565139&viewfull=1#post2565139
http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm

Planes

• airplaneX simulation
  • selection for wheels
    
  • Adjusted weight in p3d?
• WingVortices effects (definition in configs)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168988-AirplaneX-Sinking-into-ground&p=2565139&viewfull=1#post2565139
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?172174-AirplaneX-PhysX&p=2614023&viewfull=1#post2614023
http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm

Boats and Ships

• ShipX
• SubmarineX
• PhysX Geometry Lod
• Buoyancy Lod

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?185434-Boat-Ship-Builders!-New-wiki-entry
http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm

Terrains

• Volumetric clouds
• Improved lighting
• Ponds
• Fog

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Improved_Fog

Effects

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?155866-Arma-3-Particle-Effects-documentation
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Particle_Effects
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Particle_Effects:_Config_Parameters