mission.sqm convertation

[Demellion]

Hi there, anyone can give an advice how to convert mission.sqm from pre-3DEN format to a newer (you can compare diffreneces from 0.3.7 and 0.3.8 builds of Epoch).

Older:

...
class Mission {

class Intel{};
class Groups{};
class Vehicles{};
class Markers{};
};
...

Newer:

class Mission {
    class Entities {
        Item0 {
            type = "Group";
            ...
        };
        Item2 {
            type = "Vehicle";
            ...
        };
        Item2 {
            type = "Marker";
            ...
        };
    };
};

 

[ReDBaroN]

Thanks for the reply. Still haven't got round to Eden editor yet but, sounds like I need to catch up. 

Whats the advantage of binarization? Does it increase performance? 

[vbawol]

Hey Demellion, check out this PHP script I made to initially convert Epochs mission files over. Hopefully this gives you an idea of what I did to convert them.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EpochModTeam/Epoch/33964589edc063f3a76127aa630339a00d9e7cf5/Tools/PHP/ConvertMission2dto3d.php

[Demellion]

On 12.04.2016 at 7:22 PM, vbawol said:

Hey Demellion, check out this PHP script I made to initially convert Epochs mission files over. Hopefully this gives you an idea of what I did to convert them.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EpochModTeam/Epoch/33964589edc063f3a76127aa630339a00d9e7cf5/Tools/PHP/ConvertMission2dto3d.php

Thanks much.

[ReDBaroN]

Hey vbawol, thanks for this. Is there any advantage in using the new format since the old format seems to work fine.....?

[vbawol]

Hi ReDBaron, The main advantage is that you can edit the mission file with Arma 3's EDEN editor now and even use the binarization option.

[Grahame]

And one advantage of EDEN, apart from it being a pretty good mission editor, is that those items in M3Editor that could not be rotated (for example razorwire) now can be (with Shift-Mouse Button 1). The mission file also seems cleaner though that's a minor thing.