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-====== Common Errors ======+====== ArmA 1 Common Errors ======
  
-ArmA common errors in configs which you should and need to avoid at all cost.+[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=42|ArmA 1 Forum]], [[:arma|ArmA 1 Home]], [[arma:config|ArmA 1 Config]], [[arma:tools|ArmA 1 Tools]], [[arma:file_formats|ArmA 1 File Formats]], [[arma:missions|ArmA 1 Missions]], [[arma:modeling|ArmA 1 3D Modeling]], [[arma:terrain|ArmA 1 Terrain]], [[arma:texturing|ArmA 1 Texturing]], [[arma:scripting|ArmA 1 Scripting]]
  
-==== Rebasing existing BIS classes ==== +**ArmA 1** aka Armed Assault (ArmA) 
-For example on many many addons (even in BIS material) you'll see this [[arma:arma.rpt|arma.rpt]] error:+ 
 +ArmA 1 common errors in configs which you should and need to avoid at all cost. 
 + 
 +===== Changing The Inheritance Of Existing Classes ===== 
 + 
 +For example on many many addons (even in bis material) you'll see this [[arma:arma.rpt|arma.rpt]] error:
 <code> <code>
 Updating base class ->MGunCore, by ca\weapons\config.bin/cfgWeapons/MGun/ Updating base class ->MGunCore, by ca\weapons\config.bin/cfgWeapons/MGun/
 </code> </code>
 This happens because an addon changes the inheritance of a class that has already been defined. In the example above, This happens because an addon changes the inheritance of a class that has already been defined. In the example above,
-BIS themselves does this in the ''Addons\weapons.pbo'' addon, where the basic class ''MGun'' is altered from+bis themselves does this in the ''Addons\weapons.pbo'' addon, where the basic class ''MGun'' is altered from
 having no parent class to having the class ''MGunCore'' as the parent. having no parent class to having the class ''MGunCore'' as the parent.
  
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-==== Altering existing BIS classes ==== +===== Altering Existing Classes ===== 
-Sometimes you see addons that not only alters the inheritance of existing BIS classes, but then proceeds to make changes to the classes themselves.+Sometimes you see addons that not only alters the inheritance of existing bis classes, but then proceeds to make changes to the classes themselves.
 An example of this can be seen below: An example of this can be seen below:
  
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 }; };
 </code> </code>
-That's just bad form. What you should do instead is create your own machine gun class and let it inherit from the existing BIS class.+That's just bad form. What you should do instead is create your own machine gun class and let it inherit from the existing bis class.
  
 Good config: Good config:
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 </code> </code>
  
-==== Other common errors ====+===== Other Common Errors =====
 <code> <code>
 Updating base class ->Default, by ca\anims\characters\config.bin/CfgMovesBasic/DefaultDie/ Updating base class ->Default, by ca\anims\characters\config.bin/CfgMovesBasic/DefaultDie/
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 </code> </code>
 All can be avoided by not touching these base classes, just inheriting from them into your own new classes. All can be avoided by not touching these base classes, just inheriting from them into your own new classes.
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