Is there a way to import single player missions to my editor?

[Vostov]

I think my looking at how they were constructed I'd learn how to make better missions. Is this possible?

[twirly]

Have a read here...this should help you find the answers. http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=123041

[Günter Severloh]

Is there a way to import single player missions to my editor?

Yes follow my tutorial

How to import SP/MP Missions into the editor

Mission Files

1. Mission files be it Sp or Mp come in a form of a pbo

what is a pbo?

2. A pbo is like a zip file once extracted inside is a folder with the same title as the Pbo, and inside that folder is all the files required by the mission.

Opening Pbo files
How do I open (extract) Pbo files?

1. To open Pbo files you will need a tool.

Tools

Go to this page and grab the following tools:
http://dev-heaven.net/projects/mikero-pbodll/files
Eliteness2.88.rar
or
ExtractPbo1.80.rar
or refer to the link Twirly had posted:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=123041

2. Once you install either of those tools (all of them isn't necessary) then you will want to choose the pbo file you want to open and then open it.

3. Once the pbo file opens you will see a folder with the same title as the pbo itself.

Locate the editor folders

Next you will need to move the folder that was extracted from the pbo in the previous step to one of the following folders:

For the SP missions folder-

moving the folder here will allow you to open,view, & edit the mission in the sp editor
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ArmA 2\missions

For the MP missions folder-

moving the folder here will allow you to open,view, & edit the mission in the Mp editor
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ArmA 2\mpmissions

How to edit a mission in MP

1. As above move the mission you want to view, & edit to this folder path:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ArmA 2\mpmissions

2. start the game, go to the menu, then go to Multiplayer
-start a new server (host)
-give the server a name and password (so no one joins it)
-pick the island that the mission is on, once you have the island then
-find the mission
-click on the mission and at the bottem of the screen click on edit to open the mission in the mpeditor.

Mission File

1. Every mission once extracted from pbo contains a file called mission

2. SQM
The mission file is in script type format called an SQM the file wont have a title but "mission"

3. Other files for a mission (depends on whats in the mission) will have other files like scripts, and other folders. The main file for Mp missions are called Description.ext files seen here:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext

Editing existing missions and saving them

After you have made your edits in a mission you have a 3 main options to saving:

If your in the SP Editor

User mission
Always Save your mission as a user mission!
why?
what this does is it updates any new edits be it small or big to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ArmA 2\missions
in the folder you will find your mission (either you placed it there or the editor created it- (when you save as user mission) )

Note:

You can play/test your missions in the editor itself! (just save first and hit preview)

Export to SP Missions

After saving your mission (either you have created a new mission or looking ,editing at an existing mission) as a User Mission (always do this!)

you then can have the option to export to SP Missions.

When you export to Sp missions the editor will PBO the mission folder and then move the pbo to this folder:
C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\Arma2\missions

Where do i find this mission I had exported to SP Missions once ingame?

When you get to the main menu of the game, you will find your exported missions under --> Main menu/Singe player\Scenarios

Export to MP Missions

After saving your mission (either you have created a new mission or looking ,editing at an existing mission) as a User Mission (always do this!)

you then can have the option to export to MP Missions.

When you export to Mp missions the editor will PBO the mission folder and then move the pbo to this folder:
C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\Arma2\Mpmissions

Where do i find this mission I had exported to MP Missions once ingame?

When you get to the main menu of the game, you will find your exported missions under -->
Main menu/Multiplayer\Scenarios and then host a server\choose island\pick your mission.

[.kju [PvPscene]]

Very good post Günter. You should move it into the BIKI for future use.

[Günter Severloh]

Thank you.

I think it could be better outlined and maybe cleaner but its sufficient for now.

I have seen the Biki many times but which one specifically are you referring too, and how do I do it?

[.kju [PvPscene]]

The official Bohemia Interactive Community wiki:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Main_Page

You can create a new page very easily. Just change the URL to the new pagename:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/NEWPAGENAME

At times it is useful to add a tag to a page like:

_http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_2:_Troubleshooting

And replace spaces with underscore characters.

On your new page it says:

There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, search the related logs, or edit this page.

Now click edit this page and once you are done the save a page button at the bottom.

You can also assign it to categories:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Special:Categories

By adding a category tag at the end of your page:

[[Category:ArmA_2:_Editing]]

The biggest benefits of all:
1) Now you can adjust and improve the page any moment using the edit button on the top of the page (tick the This is a minor edit on small changes).
2) Even more, everyone else can adjust and improve any page at any moment.

[Günter Severloh]

Great, thanks for the links, and info
I will look into it this week.

[Vostov]

I actually can't see any pbo files in the Arma 2 C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\Missions folder...

Also... when I downloaded Eliteness2.88.rar all I got was some strange text on a notepad file.

I'm afraid I do not know how to use the tools I've been given.

[TexKaz]

you have to download 7zip or something and unzip elitness2.88.rar. Then you it will make a folder with the program and everything in it.

[Günter Severloh]

I actually can't see any pbo files in the Arma 2 C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\Missions folder.

As there are none because its in a readme format. and tbh if you want those mission I personally do not
know where they are located or where you get them at in terms of getting a pbo and lookign at them in the editor, as well I never really played the sp scenerios,
as i had always built my own, I'm always int he sp or mp editors.

So did you want those missions or do you have a mission or missions in mind that you wanted to move to the editor to look at?

Also... when I downloaded Eliteness2.88.rar all I got was some strange text on a notepad file.

try the other link then either get this:

Go to this page and grab the following tools:
http://dev-heaven.net/projects/mikero-pbodll/files
ExtractPbo1.80.rar
or get http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=411
cpbo:

Any other questions please ask.