Mission.sqm

Mission.sqm is the file generated by the in-game Mission Editor.

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

File Format

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 EditorData

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

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;
};

then comes the 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;
			};
		};
	};
};