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

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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;
	};
};

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