Very useful code samples for decorating your base in Arma 3.

Decorating a base in Arma 3 is a lot of fun. Here is some useful code to help out with this.

Spawn an LAU-68/A 70mm Rocket pod on a camp table.

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_pos261 = [0,0,0];
_tree261 = createSimpleObject ["a3\weapons_f_epc\Ammo\Rocket_Pod_02_F.p3d", _pos261];
_tree261 attachTo [t3,[0,0,0.70]];

Run this code in initServer.sqf and this will work just fine. Name the camp table t3 and this will work.

The code below will replace all H barriers with Green H barriers in an 800m radius around a certain location. This is very nice.

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{
        _dir= getDir _x;
        _pos = getPosASL _x;
        _x hideObjectGlobal TRUE;
        _new = createVehicle ["Land_HBarrier_01_big_4_green_F", ASLToAGL _pos,[],0,"can_collide"];
        _new setDir _dir;
        [_new,true] call BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject;
} foreach (nearestTerrainObjects [[11501.3,17742.2,0],[],800] select {getModelInfo _x #0 in ["hbarrier_big_f.p3d"]});

Run this replacement code in a function set as PreInit and make sure it is the first code run in the mission.

This is how to do it. Set the function as PreInit = 1; in the CfgFunctions.hpp and then the code will run in PreInit which is a hundred times faster. But you CANNOT use the sleep command in there, so be careful with functions are called in PreInit.

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		class replace{
			PreInit = 1;
		};

Spawn a cruise missile and attach it to a table named t2.

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private _tree36 = createSimpleObject ["\A3\Weapons_F_Destroyer\Ammo\Missile_Cruise_01_F.p3d", [0,0,0], true];
_tree36 attachTo [t2,[0,1.1,0.60]];

This makes for a nice little decoration for the players to look at.

Spawn an RHS tank on a table as a little model.

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private _obj = createSimpleObject ["\rhsusf\addons\rhsusf_m1a2\m1a2v1_tuskii", [0,0,0], true];
_obj attachTo [t1,[0,0,0.54]];
_obj setDir 180;
_obj setObjectScale 0.1;

Name the camp table t1 and then this will spawn a nice little model tank.

These code samples should be very useful for anyone who wants a nicely decorated base and to make use of the new SetObjectScale command. Which does work on a dedicated server.