WhiteDevil

Thanks mikebart! I think I finally got the hang of this. So I write down the properties for my trees to my geometry lod in the 'named properties' window(which isn't shown by default in O2!!!) and it should behave like a tree then? I had no frigging clue I needed to reveal a hidden window so I can put down properties for my objects... Took me too many hours to figure that out. Maybe now I can finally get things going.

So what I understand is that I need a config file to define my model properties but none of the example packages where the trees/bushes/grass are includes these files. How do I do the make the config file and how do I define those properties? I've never done any models for arma before so it looks a bit confusing to start writing a text file defining how the model behaves when other engines just have a properties window and you just check buttons how you want the object to behave.

Now I've seen some threads about these from other parts of the forum but I'm going into more specifics here. I know very well what kind of lods, normal edits and such I need since I've made vegetation models for other game engines in the past and I've looked the arma2 trees and how they've been made. But there's still a lot I do not know how to do for Arma3. What kind of material setup(rvmat) do I need for my leaf textures and how do I make it? How do I make my tree sway? How do I setup my tree for destruction? It would be really great to know these so I can start doing my custom tree and vegetation pack for Arma3, and maybe release it for the public in future.

Now this seems interesting but the original link does not work. :(

Didn't work for me still after all these settings and tweaks.. I therefore reinstalled everyting over and over and over again, still I got these same arma2 and external view errors. Then for an odd reason I ran oxygen2 with administrator rights and the viewer magically started to work. Getting the tool work is indeed a dark arcane art. This took me 2 months to finallly figure out that launching with admin rights finally does the trick.