Arma 3: Loading Screens

Note

This page is about Arma 3 configuration; for Take On Helicopters, see Take On Helicopters: Loading Screens.

Arma 3 loading screens composes of two main sections:

• Map - based on currently loaded world; full screen. Configured in world config, cannot be changed in mission.
• Mission - previews currently loaded mission; fixed size. Configured in mission.

Mission Configuration

Description.ext

author = "John Doe"; // Author
onLoadName = "Epic Invasion"; // Mission name (temporary solution; actual name set in editor will be used later in the alpha)
onLoadMission = "Fate of the world is in your hands. Good luck and Godspeed."; // Description
loadScreen = "loadScreen_ca.paa"; // Preview picture
class Header
{
    gameType = Coop; // MP mission type
};

Image

• must be in paa or jpg file format
• 2:1 aspect ratio (different aspect are rendered correctly as well, but won't cover the whole area)
• Ideally 1024x512 pixels

World Configuration

Config.cpp

class CfgWorlds
{
    class Stratis : CAWorld
    {
        author = "Bohemia Interactive"; // Author
        description = "Stratis"; // World name
        pictureMap = "A3\map_Stratis\data\pictureMap_ca.paa"; // Background map
        pictureShot = "A3\map_Stratis\data\ui_Stratis_ca.paa"; // Default overview picture

        // Loading texts displayed on the bottom of the loading screen (picked randomly)
        loadingTexts[] =
        {
            "Area of Stratis is 19.3 square kilometers.",
            "Stratis is of volcanic origin, with many rocks and crevices.",
            "Kamino Firing Range uses remnants of the nearby old Kamino village as a target area."
        };
    };
};

Image

• Preferably paa, but jpg file format works too
• 2048x2048 version of actual satellite map used on terrain. Should be exact copy, will be used by other game systems in the future