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Where I live
Steam	Twitter(JA/EN)	Forums
Also cursed biography on my blog

My very own sandbox (aka Idea for contribute to the wiki)

April Fool things by Bohemia Interactive

2014	Arma 3 Karts (It eventually became true)
2015	Nothing?
2016	“Arma” Eau De Combat
2017	Nothing due to it being a Saturday.
2018	Nothing due to it being a Sunday.
2019	Bohemia Sandbox Theme Park
2020	More to come... Soon™
...	...
2035	Launches Operation Magnitude

Missing events in Armaverse Timeline

• Red Tiger Coup
• Kavala Coup
• Jerusalem Ceasefire
• First Contact events (Which aren't canon though)
  • June 15 2039, Electron-39 starts
  • Olom Meteor Strike in 2020 (Coverup news)
  • July 7 2039, Electron-39 supposed to be ended

Maybe there's more

Easter eggs in BI games

→ Category:Easter Eggs

Is DLC Restricted?

->Arma_3_DLC_Restrictions¯\_(ﾂ)_/¯

Missile Components

Kind of personal memo. Useful when you're trying to do setMissileTarget and setMissileTargetPos?
Looks like SACLOS one (manualControl = 1) is the only component to do setMissileTargetPos.
See Also: Component Types, Munition guidance list

Missile Components list

classname	Cone (degrees)	Components	Air Target Range (m)	Ground Target Range (m)	Max lock speed (km/h)	Used in
MissileCore	50	SACLOS	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
ammo_Missile_CruiseBase	360	Data Link	0?-32000	0?-32000	1	N/A
ammo_Missile_CannonLaunchedBase	50	AI Manual	500-8000	500-8000	0	N/A
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
ammo_Bomb_LaserGuidedBase	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	N/A
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
Laserbeam	0	SACLOS	N/A	N/A	0	Designator Batteries
M_PG_AT	30	IR	500-4000	500-4000	35	DAGR DAGR DAGR
		Laser	0?-4000	0?-4000
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_AT	30	IR	500-4000	500-4000	35	DAR DAR DAR
		Laser	0?-4000	0?-4000
M_NLAW_AT_F	5	Visual	500-800	500-800	35	PCML Missile
M_Scalpel_AT	30	IR	500-6000	500-6000	55	Scalpel E2 Scalpel E2 Scalpel E2 Scalpel Scalpel Scalpel 3x Scalpel 4x
		Laser	0?-6000	0?-6000
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_Scalpel_AT_hidden	30	IR	500-6000	500-6000	55	Scalpel E2
		Laser	0?-6000	0?-6000
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
Bo_Air_LGB	30	IR	500-6000	500-6000	55	N/A
		Laser	0?-6000	0?-6000
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
Bo_Air_LGB_hidden	30	IR	500-6000	500-6000	55	N/A
		Laser	0?-6000	0?-6000
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
Bo_GBU12_LGB	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	GBU-12
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
Bo_GBU12_LGB_MI10	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	GBU-12
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
Bomb_03_F	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	LOM-250G KAB 250 LGB x1 KAB 250 LGB x1
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
Bomb_04_F	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	GBU-12 GBU 12 LGB x1 GBU 12 LGB x1 GBU 12 LGB x2
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
M_Titan_AA	4	IR	500-3500	500-2500	250	Titan AA Missile
M_Titan_AA_static	4	IR	500-3500	500-2500	250	Zephyr
M_Titan_AA_long	30	IR	500-4500	500-3500	500	Titan Missile Titan Missile
M_Zephyr	40	Radar	0?-10000	0?-5000	835	Zephyr Zephyr Zephyr
M_Zephyr_Mi06	40	Radar	0?-10000	0?-5000	835	N/A
M_Zephyr_air	40	Radar	0?-10000	0?-5000	835	N/A
M_Air_AA	90	IR	500-6000	500-5000	600	ASRAAM ASRAAM ASRAAM ASRAAM
M_Air_AA_MI02	90	IR	500-6000	500-5000	600	ASRAAM ASRAAM
M_Air_AA_MI06	90	IR	500-6000	500-5000	600	ASRAAM
M_Titan_AT	4.5	IR	500-2000	500-2000	35	Titan AT Missile
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_Titan_AP	4.5	SACLOS	N/A	N/A	35	Titan AP Missile
M_Titan_AT_static	4.5	IR	500-2000	500-2000	35	Titan Missile
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_Titan_AT_long	12	IR	500-5000	500-5000	35	Titan Missile Titan Missile Titan Missile
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_Air_AT	4.5	IR	500-2000	500-2000	35	AG Missiles AG Missiles
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
Missile_AA_04_F	30	IR	500-5000	500-4000	445	Falchion-22 Falchion-22
Missile_AGM_02_F	50	IR	500-8000	500-8000	55	Macer Macer 3x Macer II AGM x1 Macer II AGM x1 Macer II AGM x2 Macer II AGM x1 Macer II AGM x2
M_Mo_82mm_AT	40	IR	500-800	500-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_82mm_AT_LG	40	Laser	0?-800	0?-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_120mm_AT	40	IR	500-800	500-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_120mm_AT_LG	40	Laser	0?-800	0?-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_155mm_AT	40	IR	500-800	500-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_155mm_AT_LG	40	Laser	0?-800	0?-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_230mm_AT_LG	40	Laser	0?-800	0?-800	0	N/A
M_Mo_230mm_AT	40	IR	500-800	500-800	0	N/A
Missile_AA_03_F	45	IR	500-6000	500-4000	700	Sahr-3 Sahr-3
Missile_AGM_01_F	20	IR	500-8000	500-8000	40	Sharur KH25 AGM x1 KH25 AGM x1 KH25 AGM x1
M_Jian_AT	30	IR	500-6000	500-6000	35	Jian
		Laser	0?-6000	0?-6000
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
ammo_Missile_MediumRangeAABase	70	Active Radar	0?-12000	0?-8000	777.778	N/A
		Data Link	0?-12000	0?-8000
ammo_Missile_ShortRangeAABase	180	IR	500-5000	500-4000	600	N/A
ammo_Missile_rim116	180	IR	500-5000	500-4000	600	Spartan AA
ammo_Missile_rim162	170	Active Radar	0?-12000	0?-8000	888.889	Centurion AA
		Data Link	0?-12000	0?-8000
ammo_Missile_AMRAAM_C	70	Active Radar	0?-12000	0?-8000	777.778	AMRAAM C AA x1 AMRAAM C AA x1 AMRAAM C AA x1 AMRAAM C AA x2
		Data Link	0?-12000	0?-8000
ammo_Missile_AMRAAM_D	140	Active Radar	0?-13000	0?-9000	777.778	AMRAAM D AA x1 AMRAAM D AA x1 AMRAAM D AA x1 AMRAAM D AA x1 AMRAAM D AA x2
		Data Link	0?-13000	0?-9000
ammo_Missile_BIM9X	180	IR	500-5000	500-4000	600	BIM 9X AA x1 BIM 9X AA x1 BIM 9X AA x1 BIM 9X AA x2
ammo_Missile_AA_R77	90	Active Radar	0?-12000	0?-8000	777.778	R77 MR AA x1 R77 MR AA x1 R77 MR AA x1
		Data Link	0?-12000	0?-8000
ammo_Missile_AA_R73	150	IR	500-6000	500-4000	600	R73 SR AA x1 R73 SR AA x1
BombCluster_01_Ammo_F	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	CBU-85 CBU-85 Cluster x1 CBU-85 Cluster x2
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
BombCluster_02_Ammo_F	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	RBK-500F RBK-500F Cluster x1
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
BombCluster_02_Cap_Ammo_F	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	RBK-500F Cluster x1
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
BombCluster_03_Ammo_F	120	NV	500-5000	500-5000	30	BL778 BL778 Cluster x1 BL778 Cluster x2
		Laser	0?-5000	0?-5000
M_125mm_cannon_ATGM	50	AI Manual	500-8000	500-8000	0	125mm ATGM
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_120mm_cannon_ATGM	50	AI Manual	500-8000	500-8000	0	120mm ATGM
		SACLOS	N/A	N/A
M_120mm_cannon_ATGM_LG	180	Laser	0?-8000	0?-8000	35	120mm ATGM LG
M_Vorona_HEAT	50	SACLOS	N/A	N/A	0	9M135 HEAT Missile
M_Vorona_HE	50	SACLOS	N/A	N/A	0	9M135 HE Missile
M_127mm_Firefist_AT	4	IR	500-4500	500-4500	41.6667	FireFIST ATGM Missile
ammo_Missile_Cruise_01	360	Data Link	0?-32000	0?-32000	1	Cruise Missile HE
ammo_Missile_Cruise_01_Cluster	360	Data Link	0?-32000	0?-32000	1	Cruise Missile Cluster
ammo_Missile_LongRangeAABase	70	Active Radar	0?-16000	0?-8000	777.778	N/A
		Data Link	0?-16000	0?-8000
ammo_Missile_AntiRadiationBase	120	Anti Radiation	0?-16000	0?-16000	55	N/A
ammo_Bomb_SmallDiameterBase	120	NV	0?-8000	0?-8000	30	N/A
		Laser	0?-8000	0?-8000
		IR	500-8000	500-8000
ammo_Missile_mim145	120	Active Radar	0?-16000	0?-8000	777.778	Defender AA
ammo_Missile_s750	120	Active Radar	0?-16000	0?-8000	777.778	Rhea AA
ammo_Missile_HARM	120	Anti Radiation	0?-16000	0?-16000	55	AGM-88C HARM x1 AGM-88C HARM x1 AGM-88C HARM x1 AGM-88C HARM x1
ammo_Bomb_SDB	120	NV	0?-8000	0?-8000	30	GBU SDB x1 GBU SDB x4
		Laser	0?-8000	0?-8000
		IR	500-8000	500-8000
ammo_Missile_KH58	120	Anti Radiation	0?-16000	0?-16000	55	KH58 ARM x1 KH58 ARM x1 KH58 ARM x1

_data = ("isClass (_x >> 'Components' >> 'SensorsManagerComponent' >> 'Components') or (getNumber (_x >> 'manualControl') == 1)" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgAmmo") apply { _cfg = _x ; _mags = "getText (_x >> 'ammo') == configName _cfg" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMagazines") ; _launchers = ("(getNumber (_x >> 'scope') >= 1) and { (configName _x) isKindOf ['LauncherCore',(configFile >> 'CfgWeapons')] }" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons")) ; [ configName _cfg, "true" configClasses (_cfg >> "components" >> "SensorsManagerComponent" >> "Components"), _mags//_launchers select {(toLower (_mags#0)) in (([configName _x,true] call BIS_fnc_compatibleMagazines) apply {toLower _x})} ] }) ; #define PB _return pushBack _return = [ '{| class="wikitable sortable"', '|+Missile Components list', '|-', '!classname', '!Cone (degrees)', '!Components', '!Air Target Range (m)', '!Ground Target Range (m)', '!Max lock speed (km/h)', '!Used in' ] ; _lastSpan = 0 ; _addComponent = { if !(_this isEqualTo "SACLOS") then { PB "|" + (configName _this call _componentToString) ; { _minRange = getNumber (_this >> _x >> "minRange") ; _maxRange = getNumber (_this >> _x >> "maxRange") ; if (_minRange == _maxRange) then { PB "|" + "0?-" + (str _maxRange) ; } else { PB "|" + (str _minRange) + "-" + (str _maxRange) ; } ; } forEach ["AirTarget","GroundTarget"] ; } else { PB "|" + "SACLOS" ; PB "|" + "N/A" ; PB "|" + "N/A" ; } ; } ; _componentToString = { if (_this == "IRSensorComponent") exitWith {"IR"} ; if (_this == "NVSensorComponent") exitWith {"NV"} ; if (_this == "LaserSensorComponent") exitWith {"Laser"} ; if (_this == "VisualSensorComponent") exitWith {"Visual"} ; if (_this == "RadarSensorComponent") exitWith {"Radar"} ; if (_this == "DataLinkSensorComponent") exitWith {"Data Link"} ; if (_this == "ActiveRadarSensorComponent") exitWith {"Active Radar"} ; if (_this == "AntiRadiationSensorComponent") exitWith {"Anti Radiation"} ; if (_this == "AIManualSensorComponent") exitWith {"AI Manual"} ; _this } ; { _x params ["_name","_sensors","_wpn"] ; _cfg = (configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> _name) ; if (getNumber (_cfg >> "manualControl") == 1) then { _sensors pushBack "SACLOS" ; } ; PB "|-" ; _rowspan = (if (count _sensors >= 2) then {format ['rowspan="%1"|',count _sensors]} else {""}) ; PB "|" + _rowspan + _name ; PB "|" + _rowspan + str getNumber (_cfg >> "missileLockCone") ; _sensors#0 call _addComponent ; PB "|" + _rowspan + str getNumber (_cfg >> "missileLockMaxSpeed") ; if (count _wpn != 0) then { PB "|" + _rowspan + ((_wpn apply {getText (_x >> "displayName")}) - [""] joinString "<BR>") ; } else { PB "|" + _rowspan + "N/A" ; } ; { if (_forEachIndex != 0) then { PB "|-" ; _x call _addComponent ; } ; } forEach _sensors ; } forEach _data ; PB "|}" ; copyToClipboard (_return joinString endl) ;

Particle effects

Useful particle effects.
See also: ParticleArray

Type	Note
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,10,32,1],"","billboard"	Fire
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,12,8,0],"","billboard"	White smoke
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,13,2,0],"","billboard"	Fire spark
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,14,5,1],"","billboard"	Chaff
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,7,48,1],"","billboard"	Smoke 1
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal_02.p3d",8,0,40,1],"","billboard"	Smoke 2
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,12,13,0],"","billboard"	Dusty smoke
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,2,80,0],"","billboard"	Explosion 1
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,0,32,0],"","billboard"	Explosion 2
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,13,10,0],"","billboard"	Water splash
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universalonsurface.p3d",16,12,8,0],"","billboard"	Water splash (surface)
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\stonesmall.p3d",1,0,1,1],"","spaceobject"	Stone (grey)
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\pstone\pstone.p3d",1,0,1,1],"","spaceobject"	Stone (khaki)
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\wallpart\wallpart.p3d",1,0,1,1],"","spaceobject"	Building shard
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,12,9,0],"","billboard"	Dirt
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\shard\shard.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","spaceobject"	Metal shard 1
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\shard\shard2.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","spaceobject"	Metal shard 2
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\shard\shard3.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","spaceobject"	Metal shard 3
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\shard\shard4.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","spaceobject"	Metal shard 4
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\refract.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","billboard"	Refract/haze
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\underwatersmoke.p3d",4,0,16,1],"","billboard"	Bubbles
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,13,1,0],"","billboard"	Blood
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\meat_ca.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","spaceobject"	Body meat
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universalonsurface.p3d",16,13,3,0],"","billboard"	Water splash 2 (surface)
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,12,16,0],"","billboard"	White orb
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\sparksball.p3d",1,0,1,0],"","spaceobject"	Spark
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\wallpart\wallpart2.p3d",1,0,1,1],"","spaceobject"	Concrete debri
["a3\data_f\particleeffects\universal\universal.p3d",16,15,15,1],"","billboard"	Single bubble

ctrlCreate controls

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• RscText
• RscTextSmall
• RscTitle
• RscProgress
• RscProgressNotFreeze
• RscPicture
• RscLadderPicture
• RscPictureKeepAspect
• RscHTML
• RscButton
• RscShortcutButton
• RscButtonSmall
• RscEdit
• RscCombo
• RscListBox
• RscListNBox
• RscXListBox
• RscTree
• RscSlider
• RscSliderH
• RscXSliderH
• RscActiveText
• RscStructuredText
• RscBackgroundStripeTop
• RscBackgroundStripeBottom
• RscToolbox
• RscHitZones
• RscXKeyShadow
• RscXKey
• RscMapControl
• RscObject
• RscLineBreak
• RscCompass
• RscWatch
• RscCheckBox
• RscDisplayUavTerminalWaypointMenu
• RscIGText
• RscIGProgress
• RscListBoxKeys
• RscBackground
• RscLine
• RscActivePicture
• RscButtonTextOnly
• RscShortcutButtonMain
• RscButtonEditor
• RscIGUIShortcutButton
• RscGearShortcutButton
• RscButtonMenu
• RscButtonMenuOK
• RscButtonMenuCancel
• RscButtonMenuSteam
• RscLoadingText
• RscIGUIListBox
• RscIGUIListNBox
• RscFrame
• RscBackgroundGUI
• RscBackgroundGUILeft
• RscBackgroundGUIRight
• RscBackgroundGUIBottom
• RscBackgroundGUITop
• RscBackgroundGUIDark
• RscBackgroundLogo
• RscMapControlEmpty
• IGUIBack
• RscVignette
• CA_Mainback
• CA_Back
• CA_Title_Back
• CA_Black_Back
• CA_Title
• CA_Logo
• CA_Logo_Small
• CA_RscButton
• CA_RscButton_dialog
• CA_Ok
• CA_Ok_image
• CA_Ok_image2
• CA_Ok_text
• ctrlCheckbox
• ctrlCheckboxBaseline
• ctrlActivePicture
• ctrlStatic
• ctrlControlsGroupNoScrollbars
• ctrlStructuredText
• RscTextMulti
• RscTreeSearch
• RscPictureAllowPixelSplit
• RscPictureKeepAspectAllowPixelSplit
• RscVideo
• RscVideoKeepAspect
• RscActivePictureKeepAspect
• RscButtonMenuBIKI
• RscTextCheckBox
• RscEditMulti
• RscEditReadOnly
• RscEditMultiReadOnly
• RscMapSignalBackground
• RscMapSignalPicture
• RscMapSignalText
• RscInterlacingScreen
• RscFeedback
• RscVehicleToggles
• RscTrafficLight
• RscButtonSearch
• RscControlsTable
• RscIGUIText
• RscOpticsText
• RscOpticsValue
• RscIGUIValue
• RscButtonMenuMain
• RscButtonTestCentered
• RscDisplayDebriefing_RscTextMultiline
• RscButtonArsenal
• RscTextNoShadow
• RscButtonNoColor
• RscToolboxButton
• ctrlStaticPicture
• ctrlStaticPictureKeepAspect
• ctrlStaticPictureTile
• ctrlStaticFrame
• ctrlStaticLine
• ctrlStaticMulti
• ctrlStaticBackground
• ctrlStaticOverlay
• ctrlStaticTitle
• ctrlStaticFooter
• ctrlStaticBackgroundDisable
• ctrlStaticBackgroundDisableTiles
• ctrlButton
• ctrlButtonPicture
• ctrlButtonPictureKeepAspect
• ctrlButtonOK
• ctrlButtonCancel
• ctrlButtonClose
• ctrlButtonToolbar
• ctrlButtonSearch
• ctrlButtonExpandAll
• ctrlButtonCollapseAll
• ctrlButtonFilter
• ctrlEdit
• ctrlEditMulti
• ctrlSliderV
• ctrlSliderH
• ctrlCombo
• ctrlComboToolbar
• ctrlListbox
• ctrlToolbox
• ctrlToolboxPicture
• ctrlToolboxPictureKeepAspect
• ctrlCheckboxes
• ctrlCheckboxesCheckbox
• ctrlProgress
• ctrlHTML
• ctrlActiveText
• ctrlActivePictureKeepAspect
• ctrlTree
• ctrlControlsGroup
• ctrlControlsGroupNoHScrollbars
• ctrlControlsGroupNoVScrollbars
• ctrlShortcutButton
• ctrlShortcutButtonOK
• ctrlShortcutButtonCancel
• ctrlShortcutButtonSteam
• ctrlXListbox
• ctrlXSliderV
• ctrlXSliderH
• ctrlMenu
• ctrlMenuStrip
• ctrlMap
• ctrlMapEmpty
• ctrlMapMain
• ctrlListNBox
• ctrlCheckboxToolbar

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Not even tested - I'd like to add it to ctrlCreate article after confirm "(isNumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo true) and !isClass (_x >> 'controls')" configClasses (configFile) apply {"* " + configName _x} joinString endl

ParticleArray

Todo and note:
-Add the section for the array from setParticleRandom, setParticleCircle, setParticleFire?
-Planning remove and merge to format section, suggestions?
-Make A3-compatible copy-and-paste examples

Particle is a lightweight for performance effect system that is to be used for emulate dusts, fires, explosions, and/or anything. Every explosions, dusts, fires and most of in-game 3D effects are made in this system.
Particles can be generated by script commands like drop, so you can also do emulate them easily.

Format

[ shapeName, animationName, type, timerPeriod, lifeTime, position, moveVelocity, rotationVelocity, weight, volume, rubbing, size, color, animationPhase, randomDirectionPeriod, randomDirectionIntensity, onTimer, beforeDestroy, object, angle, // Template:since onSurface, // Template:since bounceOnSurface, // Template:since emissiveColor, // Template:since vectorDir // Template:since ]

#	parameter name	Type	Description
0	shapeName	Render	Arma 3 universal particle texture, file path: a3\data_f\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal String or Array format [p3dPath, nth, index, count, loop]: p3dPath: String - File path to the particle you desired to use. nth: Number - Divide the particle texture by this number. index: Number - The row index that start of the animation. count: Number - The animation count that the particles will use. If the number is bigger than nth, will continue to next row. loop: Number - (Optional, default 1) If 0, the particle will stop its animation when there's no more texture left, 1 to loop back to the start of the texture set. For example, to use the fire texture that shown in the picture, put this: ["a3\data_f\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 10, 32, 1]
1	animationName	N/A	String - obsolete parameter that was meant to play .rtm anims, will throw "Skeletal animation not supported for particles" rpt error if not empty
2	type	Render	String - "Billboard" that the particle will always face to the camera, or "SpaceObject" that that particle is similar with regular objects.
3	timerPeriod	Script	Number - The script that defined in onTimer parameter will be executed in this time after a particle is generated, in seconds.
4	lifetime	Physical	Number - The life time of each particles in seconds.
5	position	Physical	Array format Position, the center is the position of the source.
6	moveVelocity	Physical	Array format velocity.
7	rotationVelocity	Physical	Number - particle rotations per second.
8	weight	Physical	Number - weight of the particle (kg).
9	volume	Physical	Number - volume of the particle in m3.
10	rubbing	Physical	Number - Determines how particles blown by winds (include downwash by helicopters).
11	size	Render	Array of Numbers - particle size along its lifetime, in meter. Example: this will generate particles that 1m sized, then will increase its size to 2m and 4m when its end of life, smoothly. [1, 2, 4]
12	color	Render	Array of Arrays format Color Example: this will generate half-transparent grey particle, then will change its color to transparent white. [[0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.3], [1, 1, 1, 0]]
13	animationPhase	Render	Array of Numbers - phase of the animation in time. In other words, the play speed of the selected frames for the Number of Frames to Play above. The higher the number, the faster it plays through the animation frames. Note that if the Number of Frames to Play above is set to 1, this will have no visible effect. Example: [2, 0]
14	randomDirectionPeriod	Random	Number - In seconds.
15	randomDirectionIntensity	Random	Number - How particles change its velocity every once in randomDirectionPeriod seconds, in meters?
16	onTimer	Script	String - code executed on timer. private _particlePosition = this;
17	beforeDestroy	Script	String - code executed right before particle's destruction. private _particlePosition = this;
18	object	Physical	Object - If this parameter isn't objNull, the particle source will be attached to the object. The source will stop to generate its particles when the distahce between the object and the source is further than Object View Distance.
19	angle	Physical	Number - (Optional, default 0) determines the particle's starting angle in radian. pi = 180°. Template:since
20	onSurface	Physical	Boolean - (Optional, default false) Bounce the particles when hit the surface if true. If circleRadius > 0, placing of particle on (water) surface on start of its existence. Circle radius is defined by command setParticleCircle. Template:since
21	bounceOnSurface	Physical	Number - (Optional, default -1) coef of bounce in collision with ground, 0..1 for collisions, -1 to disable collision. Should be used soberly as it has a significant impact on performance. Template:since
22	emissiveColor	Render	Array of Arrays format Color - (Optional, default [ ]?) Sets emissivity of the particle (RGB0). Works as lighting of particles, so must be combined with correctly set particle color. Last parameter has no meaning for now. Template:since
23	vectorDir	Physical	Array format vectorDir? - (Optional) Sets the default direction for SpaceObject particles. Template:since

Parameters

Global parameters

ArmA particle texture

ShapeName - Name of the shape associated with the particle.

In ArmA, the ShapeName is defined as an array. This should be the particle shape name, followed by three integers.

Example: ["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\FireAndSmokeAnim\SmokeAnim.p3d", 8, 5, 0]

1. Anim Divisor (1 for a 1x1, 8 for a 8x8, etc)

2. Anim Starting Row

3. Number of Frames to Play (speed controlled by animation phase below)

In this shot of "\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\FireAndSmokeAnim\SmokeAnim.p3d", note the following:

The image used for this particle effect is 8X8 effect frames. This means you need to use 8 as your Anim Divisor. Overwise, the game will either draw too much of the image used, or too little. This is highly visible in most situations.

The Anim Starting Row picks the coresponding superimposed number in the image above. 0 picks the first smoke effect, 1 picks the second smoke effect, 2 picks the first fire effect, etc.

The setting for the Number of Number of Frames to Play should, in most cases, be the number of effects available to the animation. If you go over this (for example, selecting 9 in this 8X8 tile), it will start playing the animation frames of the next effect down. If there is nothing below to grab, it will draw a blank for that frame. If 1 is used, it will only play the first frame of the selected row.

If you want to find out of how many rows a datasource consists use ["...", 1, 0, 1] to see the full picture as a particle.

Arma2 particle texture

In ArmA 2 (and OA), the method for determining how many frames to play has changed.

Example 1:

["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 10, 32, 1]

1. Anim Divisor (for the new Universal particle model it is 16 since the texture file is 16x16)

2. Anim Starting Row (starting a 0)

3. Number of Frames to play (Starting with 1 and not 0)

4. Animation Loop (0 = no loop, 1 = loop (default if left blank is 1))

Example 1 above (a fire burning) will start the animation in row 10, will play from frames 1 to 32, and will loop.

Also in ArmA 2 and OA, To achieve a single frame of animation that is not the first column of a row, use the third numerical value as a column selection instead of indicating how many frames to play.

Example 2:

["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 12, 9, 0]

1. Anim Divisor (for the new Universal particle model it is 16 since the texture file is 16x16)

2. Anim Starting Row (starting at 0)

3. Column Selection (Starting with 1 and not 0)

4. Animation Loop (0 = no loop, 1 = loop (default if left blank is 1))

Additional Step: You must also set the AnimationPhase value (described in render parameters) to a large number (such as 1000) if you only want to play a single frame. The reason for this is that the game engine does not only play a single frame, it actually begins at the first frame in the row and cycles to the desired frame. If a small AnimationPhase number is used then you can actualy see the animation cycle through the all the frames (1-9). A large number makes this imperceptible and only the desired frame appears to be displayed.

Arma3 particle texture (Universal)

Example 2 above (exploding rock dust) will start the animation in row 12, will only play frame 9, and will not loop.

AnimationName - Has to be a String, but it is obsolete. Used to play .rtm anims, if not empty, it will throw "Skeletal animation not supported for particles" rpt error

Type - Type of particle (either "Billboard" or "SpaceObject").

TimerPeriod - The period of calling the "OnTimer" event (in sec).

LifeTime - Life time of the particle (in sec).

Physical parameters

Position -' Either 3D coordinate (x, y, z) or name of the selection - in this case the Object property must be set.

MoveVelocity - 3D vector (x, y, z) which describes the velocity vector of the particle direction and speed in m/s.

RotationVelocity - Float number which determines number of rotations in one second.

Weight - Weight of the particle (kg).

Volume - Volume of the particle (m^3).

Rubbing - Float number without dimension which determines the impact of the density of the environment on this particle. 0 - no impact (vacuum).

Angle - Float number which determines starting angle of the particle.

OnSurface - Boolean. Placing of particle on (water) surface on start of it's existence, default value is true, works only if circleRadius > 0. Circle radius is defined by command setParticleCircle. Works since Arma 3 v. 0.74.

BounceOnSurface - Coef of speed's loosing in collision with ground, 0-1 for collisions, -1 disable collision. Default value -1. Should be used soberly, it has significant impact on performance. Works since Arma 3 v. 0.74.

Arma3 particle texture (Universal_02)

Render parameters

Note: All these values are set as arrays to show their development in time.

If you set the array [1, 2] as a size, then at the beginning the size of the particle will be 1 and at the end of the life time of the particle its size will be 2.

The rest of the values during the life time will be linearly interpolated.

Size - Size of the particle in time to render (m).

Color - Colour of the particle in time to render (RGBA).

EmissiveColor - Sets emissivity of the particle (RGB0). Works as lighting of particles, so must be combined with correctly set particle color. Last parameter has no meaning for now.

AnimationPhase - Phase of the animation in time. In other words, the play speed of the selected frames for the Number of Frames to Play above. The higher the number, the faster it plays through the animation frames. Note that if the Number of Frames to Play above is set to 1, this will have no visible effect.

Random parameters

RandomDirectionPeriod - Period of change of the velocity vector (s).

RandomDirectionIntensity - Each MoveVelocity component will be changed with random value from interval <0, RandomDirectionIntensity>.

OnTimer - Name of the script to run every period determined by TimerPeriod property.

Position of the particle is stored in "this" variable.

BeforeDestroy - Name of the script to run right before destroying the particle.

Position of the particle is stored in "this" variable.

Object - Object to bind this particle to.

Example

For several examples of the kind of effects that can be accomplished via particles, see ParticleTemplates.

Thunderbolt

Create thunderbolt on logic named logic1:

private _pos = [position logic1 select 0,position logic1 select 1, 10];
drop ["blesk1", "", "Billboard", 0.01, 0.2, _pos, [0,0,0], 0, 1, 1, 0, [20 + random 20], [[1,1,1,1], [1,1,1,0.7]], [1,0], 0, 0, "", "", ""];

Mass grave Flies

// SCRIPT FOR GENERATING FLIES AROUND MASS GRAVE

// FIXED PARAMS
private _source = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal getPos (_this select 0);
_source setParticleParams [
/* Sprite */			["\ca\characters2\OTHER\FLY.p3d",1,0,1,0], // File,Ntieth,Index,Count,Loop
/* Animation */			"",
/* Type */				"spaceObject",
/* TimerPer */			1,
/* Lifetime */			4,
/* Position */			[0,0,0],
/* MoveVelocity */		[0,0,0.5],
/* Simulation */		1,1.30,1,0, // rotationVel, weight, volume, rubbing
/* Scale */				[0.03,0.03,0.03,0],
/* Color */				[[1,1,1,1],[1,1,1,1]],
/* AnimSpeed */			[1.5,0.5],
/* randDirPeriod */		0.01,
/* randDirIntensity */	0.08,
/* onTimerScript */		"",
/* DestroyScript */		"",
/* object */			_this,
/* Angle */             0,
/* onSurface */         true,
/* bounceOnSurface */   0.5,
/* emissiveColor */     [[0,0,0,0]]];

// RANDOM / TOLERANCE PARAMS
_source setParticleRandom [
/* LifeTime */			2,
/* Position */			[2,2,0.25],
/* MoveVelocity */		[0,0,0],
/* rotationVel */		1,
/* Scale */				0.02,
/* Color */				[0,0,0,0.1],
/* randDirPeriod */		0.01,
/* randDirIntensity */	0.03,
/* Angle */				10];

_source setDropInterval 0.003;
private _soundSource = createSoundSource ["Sound_Flies", getPos (_this select 0), [], 0];

Tutorials

• Vektorboson's Drop Tutorial