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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.

Chernarus

Utes

ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead

Are located in arma2\Expansion\Addons dir.

Desert

Takistan

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: 

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;
	};
};