Mission.sqm

Mission.sqm is the file generated by the Mission Editor; it contains mission information (date, time, weather), object placement information (position, direction and other parameters) as well as every other setting that can be set from the editor (respawn type and duration, etc).

Versions

SQM version can be found by opening the file with a basic text editor: it is the very first line of the file, to format version=version; - correspondence below:

Version	Game	Format
11	Operation Flashpoint Operation Flashpoint: Resistance Arma Arma 2 Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead Take On Helicopters	2D
12	Arma 3 (2D Editor)
53	Arma 3 (Eden Editor)	3D

Eden Editor format

As seen above, the first line is version, then come:

• class EditorData - Eden Editor settings, like camera position, entity id
• binarizationWanted - 0 to output the mission in plain (non-binary) text
• addons - list of required addons
• AddonsMetaData - user-friendly required addons' information
• randomSeed - seed for randomisation, most likely used by random
• class ScenarioData - scenario's meta data (author name) as well as respawn settings (respawn type, etc)
• class CustomAttributes - advanced scenario attributes (such as respawn templates, revive, etc)
• class Mission - contains the following classes:
  • class Intel - date/time and weather settings
  • class Entities - the various entities present in the Mission

class Mission

Constituted of two sub-entries class Intel and class Entities, This structure applies to class Intro, class OutroWin and class OutroLoose as well.

class Entities

Flags

• KeepHorizontal = 1
• IsGroupLeader = 2
• IsSnappedToSurface = 4
• ContainsArea = 8

2D Editor format

First line is version, then four classes of data, all of the same structure - they are:

• class Mission
• class Intro
• class OutroWin
• class OutroLoose^sic

class Mission

It is filled as such:

// addons required to run the mission
// Once you are done creating/updating your mission, it is always good practice
// to check the mission.sqm for presence of unwanted addons in "addOns" and "addOnsAuto"" arrays.
// They contain "CfgPatches" classes of used addons.
// Apart from "class Mission", list of addons is present also in "Intro", "OutroWin" and "OutroLoose" classes.
addOns[]=
{
	"cacharacters",
	"desert"
};
addOnsAuto[]=
{
	"cacharacters",
	"desert"
};
randomSeed=9361411; // the random seed, most probably used to generate random numbers
class Intel // pretty self-explanatory
{
	startWeather=0.100000;
	forecastWeather=0.300000;
	year=2007;
	month=6;
	day=7;
	hour=8;
};

class Groups

class Groups
{
	items=1;
	class Item0
	{
		side="WEST";
		class Vehicles
		{
			items=1;
			class Item0
			{
				position[]={2606.808838,14.685581,2408.266602}; // X, Z, Y
				id=0;
				side="WEST";
				vehicle="SoldierWB";
				player="PLAYER COMMANDER";
				leader=1; // group leader
				skill=0.600000;
			};
		};
	};
};