Exemplary Mission Setup
Tip
Quick Tip: Like with every software, remember to click save after every few step or so. (if you don't know what the save symbol is.... god are you young)
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Get the PBO from the github releases tab. If it is a steam mission use this steam workshop downloader to download the mission PBO.
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Copy the file with
.pboending into thempmissionsfolder on your server. -
Now Create a Profile for your Server. Name it appropriately (or not, I don't care).
- Mods are next. Create your mod preset in your local Arma launcher and export it, you'll get a HTML file. Go to the "Steam Mods" Main page and click the page symbol to import the HTML preset into FASTER. Click update all (clock icon) to download all missing mods.
Tip
Quick Tip If you're looking to create presets from steam collections this Preset generator is a great tool.
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The mods are now downloaded on your server install.
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Back to your Liberation Server Profile. Click the "Load from File" button and import your HTML preset from before. This will select the correct mods to be loaded. You will see checkboxes being ticked in the "CLIENT" mod column.
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If you want to use key verification click the "Copy Mods Keys" button after you have imported your HTML preset.
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Ignore the "SERVER" mods column unless you know what you're doing (which, face it, you don't if you're reading this). All mods should be ticked in the CLIENT column.
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Headless clients should be running the same modset, to select the correct checkboxes simply right click on the column header and select "Copy From Client".
- Mods are done, onto mission setup and server difficulty.
- Comparing the suggested difficulty settings from liberation (mentioned here) we configure our difficulty.
Tip
Quick Tip: Too see what the 0,1 and 2 mean check the official BI wiki here)
- Click on "Mission selector override" and paste the Mission rotation from the Liberation github into it
forcedDifficulty = "custom";
class Missions
{
class kp_liberation
{
template = "kp_liberation.Altis";
difficulty = "custom";
};
};
- Change the part after
template =to match your missions file name. So if your mission name isMildlysawesome_kp_liberation.Chernarusyou would change the mission selection to:
forcedDifficulty = "custom";
class Missions
{
class kp_liberation
{
template = "Mildlysawesome_kp_liberation.Chernarus";
difficulty = "custom";
};
};
- Liberation is a persistent mission meaning you want to keep the mission loaded even after everyone disconnects. For that you have to tick the check boxes "Persistant Battlefield" and "AutoInit".
- Choose your server name, password (if any) and admin password (strongly suggested). Basically copy all settings seen in the picture below. If you're on a home connection you can tick "UPNP" to enable automatic port forwarding.
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Change "Verify Signatures" to "Activated" if you copied mod keys earlier.
You can also add your Steam64ID to the "Admin ID" box to save yourself the hassle of typing in the "Adminpassword", simply doing "#login" is enough then.
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Quick Tip: to login as admin type "#login adminpassword" in chat, for a list of available admin commands see the BI wiki
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Quick Disclaimer: these settings should work with a normal 34 player Server. Anything more and you really shouldn't be looking at this guide to get network configs.
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Select the correct "load Performance Preset" for your bandwidth (UPLOAD). If there is no preset for your bandwidth select the next lowest one.
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Tick the "enable Hyper Threading" checkbox and add
-limitFPS=500to "Command Line Arguments"
(17.) You should see three Arma windows open and loading. If someone ever asks for your server logs right click on the profile name at the bottom and select "Open File Location". The latest .rpt file is what you're looking for.
Same procedure, just different mission file.
Mission Names of inhouse-supported maps can be found here https://official-antistasi-community.github.io/A3-Antistasi-Docs/beginners_guide/raw_beginners_guide.html#how-to-set-up-a-game