DayZ Mission Editing

Quick tut on mission editing.


**ALWAYS save a copy of the origanal PBO from your server when editing**
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Step 1.

Open Arma2OA

Press Alt + E to open map editor

Select the Map you want eg. Chernarus

On the right side, press "Center" double click on the map and set this to "Civilian"

Now do the same for "Group" it will already have the right settings.

Now click "Unit" then double click the map and beside "type" select any human model.

In that same window you will see "Player" and "Playable" set the drop down menu to "Player" default is "AI" and "Playable" Default is "Non-Playable"

Now you can add custom buildings to your map. All available objects are in the "Vehicle" Selection, even buildings.
(DO NOT TRY TO ADD REAL VEHICLES (Cars/trucks/helis.ect). This must be done in your database.)

Now that you have added the custom buildings you want, Save the file to any name you want.
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Go to your Servers main directory and look for the MPmissions file and download the PBO file in that folder. Some say dayz1_chernarus some have other names.

You will now need a PBO Packer/Unpacker.  PBOManager v1.4 is a good choice for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
You will also need the Arma2 - 3D map to 2D map converter

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Step 2.

Now that you have downloaded everything.

Open the Arma2 3d map to 2d map converter, click "Open 3D Map"  and select the "mission.sqf" file you edited and saved.
This is in MyDocuments\Arma 2 other profiles\yourname\missions\yourmissionname

It will then make another folder inside your Missions folder called yourmissionname_2d.chernarus

Copy and paste this new folder and all its content to your Mydocuments\Arma 2 other profiles\yourname\MPmission folder.

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Step 3.
Merging your missions

Now open your PBO unpacker/packer and import your Servers DayZ MPmission PBO (mission.sqm)
extract the mission.sqm file to your MyDocuments\ArmA2 Other profiles\yourname\MPmissions

Now run Arma2OA.
Select "Multiplayer"
Select "New"
Press "OK"
Then select your difficulty mine is allways "regular" Your map eg: Chernarus and select "<<New - Editor>>" then press "Play"

Now on the right side of the screen press the "Load" button and select your DayZ server mission file.
Now press "Merge" and Select the mission you edited 2D
Now Save the mission and name it anything you want.
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Step 4.

Back to the PBO Packer/Unpacker

Delete the "mission.sqm" file that is inside your servers mpmission PBO (eg: dayz1_chernarus.pbo - delete mission.sqm file)
Copy and Paste the newly saved merged one from your
Arma2 other profiles\your name\MPmissions\NameOfTheMissionYouJustSaved

Now you can re pack the PBO (PBOmanager v1.4 does it automaticly)
Now Upload the new PBO to your servers MPmission folder.

Your done!!!
Credit DayzBlackHeart