====== ArmA 2 bis Terrain Analysis ======

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Quick overview summary analysis of bis made terrains; Chernarus, Utes, Desert, Takistan and Zargabad.


====== ArmA 2 ======

Are located in arma2\AddOns dir.

[[arma2:terrain:bis_terrain_chernarus|Chernarus]]

[[arma2:terrain:bis_terrain_utes|Utes]]


====== ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead ======

Are located in arma2\Expansion\Addons dir.

[[arma2:terrain:bis_terrain_desert_e|Desert]]

[[arma2:terrain:bis_terrain_takistan|Takistan]]

[[arma2:terrain:bis_terrain_zargabad|Zargabad]]

Also

Provinggrounds - 512 grid, 4m cell size.\\
Shapur - 512 grid, 4m cell size.


====== bis Terrain Satellite Resolutions ======

^ Terrain ^ Texture Layer ^ Sat Res ^ Heightmap / CellSize ^ Meters ^
| takistan | 256, 50px | 12800 | 2048, 6.25m | 12800m |
| zargabad | 256, 32px | 8192 | 2048, 4m | 8192m |
| chernarus | 512, 30px | 15360 | 2048, 7.5m | 15360m |
| desert_e | 64, 32px | 2048 | 512, 4m | 2048m |
| utes | 128, 40px | 5120 | 512, 10m | 5120m |
| mountains_acr | 128, 50px | 6400 | 1024, 6.25m | 6400m |
| woodland_acr | 256, 30px | 7680 | 1024, 7.5m | 7680m |
| bootcamp_acr | 128, 30px | 3840 | 512, 7.5m | 3840m |
| shapur | 64, 32px | 2048 | 512, 4m | 2048m |
| provinggrounds | 64, 32px | 2048 | 512, 4m | 2048m |


====== WRP Object Count ======

^ Terrain ^ Object Count ^
| Chernarus | 1,055,157 |
| Desert_E | 1,810 |
| Shapur | 8,291 |
| Proving Grounds | 18,970 |
| Takistan | 438,906 |
| Utes | 17,474 |
| Zargabad | 93,516 |
| TOH: South East Asia | 1,160,307 |
| TOH: United States | 2,284,713 |


====== Take On Helicopters ======

Take On Helicopters terrain wrp analysis

Original PBO's:
^ PBO Name ^ $PBOPREFIX$ ^ Contents ^
| south_asia_h.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h | WRP |
| south_asia_h_data.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h\data | Ground clutter / close textures, cutscenes |
| south_asia_h_data_layers.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h\data\layers | rvmat's |
| south_asia_h_data_layers_00_00.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h\data\layers\00_00 | paa's |
| south_asia_h_data_layers_00_01.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h\data\layers\00_01 | paa's |
| south_asia_h_data_layers_00_02.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h\data\layers\00_02 | paa's |
| south_asia_h_data_layers_00_03.pbo | hsim\south_asia_h\data\layers\00_03 | paa's |

Same is then used for 01_00, 02_00 and 03_00:

south_asia_h_data_layers_01_00.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_01_01.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_01_02.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_01_03.pbo

south_asia_h_data_layers_02_00.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_02_01.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_02_02.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_02_03.pbo

south_asia_h_data_layers_03_00.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_03_01.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_03_02.pbo\\
south_asia_h_data_layers_03_03.pbo

Config.cpp includes large / detailed zoom levels for the large south east asia terrain:
<code cpp>
class Grid: Grid
{
	offsetX = 0;
	offsetY = 122880;
	class Zoom1
	{
		zoomMax = 0.015;
		format = "XY";
		formatX = "0000";
		formatY = "0000";
		stepX = 100;
		stepY = -100;
	};
	class Zoom2
	{
		zoomMax = 0.2;
		format = "XY";
		formatX = "000";
		formatY = "000";
		stepX = 1000;
		stepY = -1000;
	};
	class Zoom3
	{
		zoomMax = 0.99;
		format = "XY";
		formatX = "00";
		formatY = "00";
		stepX = 10000;
		stepY = -10000;
	};
	class Zoom4
	{
		zoomMax = 1e+030;
		format = "XY";
		formatX = "0";
		formatY = "0";
		stepX = 100000;
		stepY = -100000;
	};
};
</code>