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ArmA 3 Tools
This page is dedicated for tools specifically made for ArmA 3. Remember that most ArmA and ArmA 2 tools work just fine with ArmA 3 in most parts.
Official Tools
Not released yet PMCTODO
User Made Tools
Please check ArmA Tools and ArmA 2 Tools.
ArmA 3 P:\ Drive Guide
ArmA 3 P:\ Drive Guide until the official BIS tools are released.
Copy your existing ArmA 2 ArmaWork directory, rename it to ArmA.2.Work
Make a P:\ drive switcher shortcut so the same set of tools are used, but the P:\ drive contents can be switched between an ArmA2 and an ArmA3 version.
Unpack all the ArmA3 files and Dta & Bin etc overwriting into the ArmA3 version.
In Dta copy the new product.bin file from ArmA3
Unpack Bin and Core pbo's from the ArmA3 install Dta directory.
For the new ArmA3 P:\ drive make new localised ArmA3Profile and ArmA3config files for buldozer, based on the game profile ones.
ArmA 3 P:\ Drive Tutorial
1. Copy Arma3.exe to P:\
2. Copy all the files that are in Arma3 root folder to P:\ root folder (steam_api.dll etc)
3. Depbo bin.pbo and core.pbo from A3\Dta folder and replace the A2 pendants on P:\ (backing A2 core.pbo and bin.pbo up in to a separate folder is a good idea) ⇒ Remember to do that everytime Steam updates Arma 3!
4. In Visitor 3/O2, simply exchange buldozer.exe to Arma3.exe in System Preferences, rest can stay the same. I use:
“p:\arma3.exe” -window -buldozer -exThreads=8 -noPause
5. Create a folder called a3 on your P drive, put in all necessary pbos, unpack them and move them until they look like a3\data_f\xxx.p3d etc.
