World Editor Plugin – Arma Reforger

ⓘ Not to be confused with World Editor Tool.

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This tutorial teaches how to create a World Editor-specific plugin.

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Please read Workbench Plugin before following this tutorial.

Setup

• Open Script Editor
• In an addon, create a new script in WorkbenchGame/WorldEditor - name it TAG_TutorialPlugin.c (must end with Plugin by convention)
• Double-click the file to open it
• Press Ctrl + T to use the Script Template plugin
  • In its window, select "Class Type: WorkbenchPlugin", leave the other fields blank/default
  • A Workbench plugin skeleton is inserted.
• In the WorkbenchPluginAttribute, replace wbModules: { "ResourceManager" } by wbModules: { "WorldEditor" }
• Make the plugin inherit from WorldEditorPlugin instead of WorkbenchPlugin
• In the Run() method, write Print("It works!"); and save the file
• Unlike other plugins, Rebuild Scripts using the ⇧ Shift + F7 default shortcut
• Reload Workbench scripts via Reload Scripts option located in Plugins → Settings (default shortcut: Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + R)
• The TAG_TutorialPlugin plugin should appear in the World Editor's Plugins list, available in the top bar - click on the plugin entry
• "It works!" gets printed in the output console.

WorldEditorPlugin API

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See the WorldEditorPlugin class.

The WorldEditorPlugin class only exposes some events on which it is possible to subscribe (e.g OnGameModeEnded()).

WorldEditor Module API

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See the WorldEditor class.

The WorldEditor module allows to do some minor operations (e.g get Resource Browser's selection, get current world's boundaries).

vector min, max; WorldEditor worldEditor = Workbench.GetModule(WorldEditor); if (!worldEditor) return; worldEditor.GetWorldBounds(min, max); Print("Min = " + min); Print("Max = " + max);

The meat of the matter is happening in WorldEditorAPI, available through the WorldEditor.GetApi() method - see below.

WorldEditorAPI API

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See the WorldEditorAPI class.

Example

In this example, we will use WorldEditorAPI methods to hide/show all selected entities (it will hide a shown entity and vice versa):

#ifdef WORKBENCH [WorkbenchPluginAttribute(name: "Tutorial Plugin", shortcut: "Ctrl+Shift+H", wbModules: { "WorldEditor" }, awesomeFontCode: 0xF188)] class TAG_TutorialPlugin : WorldEditorPlugin { override void Run() { WorldEditor worldEditor = Workbench.GetModule(WorldEditor); if (!worldEditor) return; WorldEditorAPI worldEditorAPI = worldEditor.GetApi(); IEntitySource entitySource; for (int i = worldEditorAPI.GetSelectedEntitiesCount() - 1; i >= 0; --i) { entitySource = worldEditorAPI.GetSelectedEntity(i); if (!entitySource) continue; worldEditorAPI.SetEntityVisible(entitySource, !worldEditorAPI.IsEntityVisible(entitySource), false); } } } #endif

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For a more advanced WorldEditorAPI usage, see World Editor Tool.