Steam Game Recording – Arma 3

Latest revision as of 15:57, 25 June 2025

Arma 3 supports the Steam Timeline feature as part of Steam Game Recording.

The game has implemented timeline events for:

Various events in general gameplay
Arma 3: Time Trials
Arma 3: Firing Drills
Arma 3: Invaders

Scenarios and mods are able to also trigger (custom) events! This is primarily done via the steamGameRecordingEvent script command.

Events

class SteamManagerConfig
{
	class GameRecording 
	{
		class YourEvent //Class name referenced in the event trigger by script
		{
			scope = 2; //Accessor scope (2: public)
			title = "Your Event"; //Title text
			description = "Your event has triggered at %1."; //Description text (possibly with parameters)
			icon = "a3_steam_x"; //Icon from the list below
			priority = 100; //Priority relative to other events near the same time (0 - 1000)
			clipPriority = 2; //1: None, 2: Standard, 3: Featured
		};
	};
};

Special Utilities

While steamGameRecordingEvent is primarily used to trigger events defined in configs, it can also be used for triggering special utilities. These can mark game phases, set phase tags / attributes, and more. Explore the scripts and FSMs for the content listed above for inspiration (UI_F, Modules_F_Beta and Modules_F_Kart). Here are various examples to help get started:

steamGameRecordingEvent ["StartGamePhase", "Your Game Phase ID"]; //Start a game phase, separately presented in the clip listing

steamGameRecordingEvent ["EndGamePhase"]; //End a game phase

steamGameRecordingEvent ["SetGamePhaseTag", "TagName", "TagGroup", "a3_steam_x"]; //Apply a tag with associated icon in the current game phase

steamGameRecordingEvent ["SetGamePhaseAttribute", "AttributeName", "AttributeGroup"]; //Apply an attribute in the current game phase

steamGameRecordingEvent ["SetTooltip", "TooltipText"(, StartOffset)]; //Apply a tooltip to the timeline

steamGameRecordingEvent ["ClearTooltip"(, StartOffset)]; //Clear tooltip from the timeline

Icons

While Steam itself has a set of icons available, Arma 3 has a (larger) set available as well. This includes a duplication of the Steam set, which are better visually consistent with the rest of the icons (prefixed with "a3_steam_", see list below).

Icon ID	Preview
a3_aow
a3_grenade_throw
a3_armad
a3_explosive_trigger
a3_arsenal
a3_revive
a3_heal
a3_respawn
a3_icon
a3_curator
a3_kart
a3_heli
a3_mark
a3_expansion
a3_jets
a3_argo
a3_orange
a3_tacops
a3_tank
a3_enoch
a3_dlc
a3c_gm
a3c_vn
a3c_csla
a3c_ws
a3c_spe
a3c_rf
a3c_ef
a3_artillery
a3_radio
a3_supply_drop
a3_camera
a3_task_success
a3_task_failure
a3_challenge_timer
a3_challenge_cp
a3_challenge_target
a3_challenge_finish
a3_challenge_bronze
a3_challenge_no_bronze
a3_challenge_silver
a3_challenge_no_silver
a3_challenge_gold
a3_challenge_no_gold
a3_challenge_no_special
a3_invaders
a3_zeus
a3_rank_captain
a3_rank_colonel
a3_rank_corporal
a3_rank_general
a3_rank_lieutenant
a3_rank_major
a3_rank_private
a3_rank_sergeant
a3_reload
a3_inventory
a3_take
a3_vehicle_driver
a3_vehicle_passenger
a3_vehicle_commander
a3_vehicle_gunner
a3_vehicle_pilot
a3_eject
a3_steam_achievement
a3_steam_attack
a3_steam_bolt
a3_steam_bookmark
a3_steam_bug
a3_steam_cart
a3_steam_caution
a3_steam_chat
a3_steam_checkmark
a3_steam_chest
a3_steam_circle
a3_steam_combat
a3_steam_completed
a3_steam_crown
a3_steam_death
a3_steam_defend
a3_steam_diamond
a3_steam_edit
a3_steam_effect
a3_steam_explosion
a3_steam_fix
a3_steam_flag
a3_steam_gem
a3_steam_group
a3_steam_heart
a3_steam_info
a3_steam_invalid
a3_steam_marker
a3_steam_minus
a3_steam_pair
a3_steam_person
a3_steam_plus
a3_steam_purchase
a3_steam_question
a3_steam_ribbon
a3_steam_screenshot
a3_steam_scroll
a3_steam_square
a3_steam_star
a3_steam_starburst
a3_steam_timer
a3_steam_transfer
a3_steam_triangle
a3_steam_trophy
a3_steam_view
a3_steam_x

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 Scenarios and mods are able to also trigger (custom) events! This is primarily done via the [[steamGameRecordingEvent]] script command.
+== Events ==
+<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">
+class SteamManagerConfig
+{
+	class GameRecording
+	{
+		class YourEvent //Class name referenced in the event trigger by script
+		{
+			scope = 2; //Accessor scope (2: public)
+			title = "Your Event"; //Title text
+			description = "Your event has triggered at %1."; //Description text (possibly with parameters)
+			icon = "a3_steam_x"; //Icon from the list below
+			priority = 100; //Priority relative to other events near the same time (0 - 1000)
+			clipPriority = 2; //1: None, 2: Standard, 3: Featured
+		};
+	};
+};
+</syntaxhighlight>
+== Special Utilities ==
+While [[steamGameRecordingEvent]] is primarily used to trigger events defined in configs, it can also be used for triggering special utilities. These can mark game phases, set phase tags / attributes, and more. Explore the scripts and FSMs for the content listed above for inspiration (UI_F, Modules_F_Beta and Modules_F_Kart). Here are various examples to help get started:
+<sqf>steamGameRecordingEvent ["StartGamePhase", "Your Game Phase ID"]; //Start a game phase, separately presented in the clip listing</sqf>
+<sqf>steamGameRecordingEvent ["EndGamePhase"]; //End a game phase</sqf>
+<sqf>steamGameRecordingEvent ["SetGamePhaseTag", "TagName", "TagGroup", "a3_steam_x"]; //Apply a tag with associated icon in the current game phase</sqf>
+<sqf>steamGameRecordingEvent ["SetGamePhaseAttribute", "AttributeName", "AttributeGroup"]; //Apply an attribute in the current game phase</sqf>
+<sqf>steamGameRecordingEvent ["SetTooltip", "TooltipText"(, StartOffset)]; //Apply a tooltip to the timeline</sqf>
+<sqf>steamGameRecordingEvent ["ClearTooltip"(, StartOffset)]; //Clear tooltip from the timeline</sqf>