Diagnostics Exe – Arma 3
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It is possible to '''update rvmats and textures on-the-fly''' while using "local data" - unpacked data in the same structure as the game sees them. You simply need to adjust rvmats or textures and it should affect the game as soon as you task back into it. There may be some visual artifacts; it is always worth to give it one more go with packed data. | It is possible to '''update rvmats and textures on-the-fly''' while using "local data" - unpacked data in the same structure as the game sees them. You simply need to adjust rvmats or textures and it should affect the game as soon as you task back into it. There may be some visual artifacts; it is always worth to give it one more go with packed data. | ||
{{GameCategory|arma3| Official Tools}} | |||
Revision as of 01:36, 5 January 2021
Basic information
- Author:
- Bohemia Interactive
- Compatibility:
- Arma 3 Official Tools
- Download:
- Part of Arma 3 Development branch on Steam. If you are using DEV branch, arma3diag_x64.exe should be in the Arma 3 main directory already.
Description
- Description:
- This special executable aims to help community creators in tweaking their addons. It contains various diagnostic tools that display the current game state in various conditions. See also: Performance Profiling. Some of the extra commands available only in diag build:
- Notes:
- This exe has multiplayer disabled on purpose. There is no way to use this executable in multiplayer as this functionality has been removed completely.
Usage
- Line call:
- arma3diag_x64.exe
Licenses
Additional information
How to use it
Simply run the exe as you would use the standard arma3.exe. For example to perform diag on a PBO, add it as a launch parameter (-mod=@YOURMOD)
Once the game is loaded, go into the editor and select 'Virtual Reality'.
There are several diagnostics to be toggled by either using the diag_toggle command or setting diag_enable to true, e.g.:
diag_toggle "Animation";
"Animation" diag_enable true; "All" diag_enable true; "All" diag_enable false;
List of available diagnostics:
AI
AIAiming - shows vectors (lines) of AI aiming at known target AIBrain - general informations about AI brain, combat mode and fsm state AIDynamicError - shows value of dynamically calculated AI aiming error AISkill - shows value of skill, plus global coefficients, as set by difficulty mode AISuppression - shows value of suppression AIDriving - Shows various information about AI driving and path in real time.
Dynamic Simulation For more information visit Arma 3 Dynamic Simulation
DynSimEntities - Displays the map overlay with yellow coloured activation boxes around each dynamically simulated (empty) object. DynSimGrid - Displays the map overlay with the most detailed Dynamic Simulation grid. DynSimGroups - Displays the map overlay with side coloured activation boxes around each dynamically simulated group.
Animations
Animation - displays current animation state, actions being used and target animation states depending on the actions AnimSrcTarget - displays all animation sources and their values for the model under the cursor AnimSrcUnit - displays all animation sources and their values for the player's vehicle (or his gun in case of a soldier)
Physx
EPEVehicle - displays gearbox, friction, thrust, brake and various parameters of a PhysX vehicle EPEForce - displays PhysX forces applied on the vehicle Force - displays some other forces with their names Suspension - displays status of suspension for each wheel of a PhysX vehicle
Misc
HitPoints - displays status of hit points of the player's vehicle and vehicle under the cursor Mines - displays nearby mines, their properties and radius Particles - displays what particles are used in scene and their count ParticleNames - attaches a name to each particle effect used so that it may be identified Shots - visualizes projectiles and their paths, hits and ricochets, guidance, seek radius and laser and artillery targets; shows details about hit contacts, penetration, projectile speed, guidance and missile phases SurfaceUnder - displays the per-foot surface information on which a unit is standing CursorTargetObject - Shows name of cursor object and it is distance to the player. Max distance in 50 meters
There is an additional diagnostic command used to adjust (by merging) configs on-the-fly without the need of restarting the game (Warning: there are some minor issues like CTD while exiting the game):
diag_mergeConfigFile ["PathToConfigOnDrive"] - merges config file from "PathToConfigOnDrive" (which must be absolute path to the config including the drive - e.g. O:\Arma3\A3\Stuff_F\config.cpp)
It is possible to update rvmats and textures on-the-fly while using "local data" - unpacked data in the same structure as the game sees them. You simply need to adjust rvmats or textures and it should affect the game as soon as you task back into it. There may be some visual artifacts; it is always worth to give it one more go with packed data.