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-====== Creating Briefing ======+====== ArmA 2 Creating Briefing ======
  
-How to create a briefing.+[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=50|ArmA 2 Forum]], [[:arma2|ArmA 2 Home]], [[arma2:config|ArmA 2 Config]], [[arma2:file_formats|ArmA 2 File Formats]], [[arma2:missions|ArmA 2 Missions]], [[arma2:modeling|ArmA 2 3D Modeling]], [[arma2:scripting|ArmA 2 Scripting]], [[arma2:terrain|ArmA 2 Terrain]], [[arma2:texturing|ArmA 2 Texturing]], [[arma2:tools|ArmA 2 Tools]]
  
-I haven't seen a lot of briefings in missions I've played online yet, which is probably out of lack of documentation, So I thought to discover it by myself how to make briefings in arma2.+How to create a briefing.
  
-In Arma 2 BIS has decided to not use the briefing.html anymore for the Notes and Tasks sections. The briefing.html is only used for the Debriefing text which is dependent on the EndMission trigger of the mission.+ArmA 2 does not use the briefing.html anymore for the Notes and Tasks sections. The briefing.html is only used for the Debriefing text which is dependent on the EndMission trigger of the mission.
  
 An Example briefing: (should actually be renamed to debriefing.html now BIS) An Example briefing: (should actually be renamed to debriefing.html now BIS)
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 </code> </code>
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 These different endings are activated in triggers, but I'm sure everyone knows about them already (the end1 and end2 endings are in the type listbox of the trigger menu) These different endings are activated in triggers, but I'm sure everyone knows about them already (the end1 and end2 endings are in the type listbox of the trigger menu)
  
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 </code> </code>
  
 +Color example:
 +<code cpp>
 +<font color='#FF0000'>red</font>
 +<font color='#FFFF00'>yellow</font>
 +<font color='#008000'>green</font>
 +<font color='#0000FF'>blue</font>
 +</code>
 I suggest you put these commands in a file called briefing.sqf so you keep your other files clean, and then in your init.sqf write execVM "briefing.sqf" I suggest you put these commands in a file called briefing.sqf so you keep your other files clean, and then in your init.sqf write execVM "briefing.sqf"
  
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   * All these commands are local arg, local effect. So execute them on every machine (throw them in the init.sqf).   * All these commands are local arg, local effect. So execute them on every machine (throw them in the init.sqf).
  
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-====== Notes ====== 
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-This tutorial was written by Mike84 in BIS forums topic [[http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73424|here]]. 
arma2/missions/briefing.1244240290.txt.gz · Last modified: 2009/06/05 22:18 by snakeman