---
name: "Arma 3: Porting Guidelines Overview"
type: topic
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Porting_Guidelines_Overview
revid: 369465
updated: 2024-09-06T09:28:08Z
---

# Arma 3: Porting Guidelines Overview

### Infantry weapons

- Weapon attachments (add proxies, make WeaponSlotsInfo config definition, Inventory Icons)
- Adjustable sights (add selections)
- Reload animations (model.cfg definition, CfgGesturesMale anim definition)
- 3d optics
- Muzzle FX (model.cfg + config definition?)
- Smoke FX
- Stereo sounds (soundBegin, soundClosure configs definition?)
- AllowAgainstInfantry (config)
- AllowedSlots (config)
- Fatigue system (Mass in config)
- TextureType (config)

- Arma 2 Weapon to Arma 3
- [Arma 3: Weapon Config Guidelines](../topics/Weapon_Config_Guidelines.md)
- [Arma 3: Weapon Collimator Sights](../topics/Weapon_Collimator_Sights.md)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147718-Bringing-A2-weapon-addons-to-A3](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147718-Bringing-A2-weapon-addons-to-A3)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149341-Arma-3-weapons-config-guidlines](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149341-Arma-3-weapons-config-guidlines)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?184655-Preventing-skeleton-errors-in-rpt-HOW-TO](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?184655-Preventing-skeleton-errors-in-rpt-HOW-TO)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?175379-Weapon-UI-Tool](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?175379-Weapon-UI-Tool)

### Infantry units

- Clothing (remove from infantry model, make separate models/objects, assign uniform, vest and headgear in configs)
- New head/faces and sunglasses (replace head model)
- Injury selections (rename selections)
- Damage system (adjust HitPoints armor in configs)
- Engineer (detectSkill and backpack in configs)
- AA/AT (backpack in configs)
- Items and NVG (linkedItems in configs)
- Medic (items and backpack in configs)
- Command bar (picture in configs)

- [Arma 3: Modding Characters](../topics/Modding_Characters.md)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?148130-Arma3-Characters-Modding-Tutorial](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?148130-Arma3-Characters-Modding-Tutorial)

### Vehicles in General

- Reflectors (config)
- Heat haze effect
- attenuationEffectType (config) [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?164073-Echo-issue-when-vehicle-weapons-fired](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?164073-Echo-issue-when-vehicle-weapons-fired)
- explosionShielding (in HitPoints in configs)
- [Olds-Configs-for-Newbs](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?176585-Olds-Configs-for-Newbs)
- Sound volume (config) - computation unknown so far
- Randomised variations
- Light Volume Proxy for reflectors

### Cars

- Custom Engine, Gearbox and Suspension:
  - [Tutorial](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?165390-Tutorial-Creating-Custom-Engine-Gearbox-and-Suspension-Vehicle-config)
  - [More info](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149027-Primer-for-new-vehicle-simulation)
- Driver and gunner IK (AnimatedDriverHands and AnimatedGunnerHands in configs, something? in the model)
- Mirrors
- Engine sounds

- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?174673-Tutoria-Importing-ArmA2-vehicles-to-ArmA3](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?174673-Tutoria-Importing-ArmA2-vehicles-to-ArmA3)
- [Arma 3: Cars Config Guidelines](../topics/Cars_Config_Guidelines.md)
- [https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/physx/Docs/Vehicles.html](https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/physx/Docs/Vehicles.html)
- [http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm](http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm)

### Tanks

- Custom Engine, Gearbox and Suspension
- Damage system
- Engine sounds

- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?174301-Tank-porting-tutorial](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?174301-Tank-porting-tutorial)
- [Arma 3: Tanks Config Guidelines](../topics/Tanks_Config_Guidelines.md)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?176585-Olds-Configs-for-Newbs](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?176585-Olds-Configs-for-Newbs)
- [http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm](http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm)

### Helicopters

- helicopterX simulation or helicopterRTD for advanced flight model and sling loading
- Pilot and gunner IK (AnimatedDriverHands and AnimatedGunnerHands in configs, something? in the model)
- Damage system (add HitFuel in HitPoints and new HitXXX classes in AnimationSources in configs, selections to be defined in the model?)

- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168988-AirplaneX-Sinking-into-ground&p=2565139&viewfull=1#post2565139](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168988-AirplaneX-Sinking-into-ground&p=2565139&viewfull=1#post2565139)
- [http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm](http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm)

### Planes

- airplaneX simulation
  - [selection for wheels](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?151050-are-planes-not-possible-in-the-a3-alpha&p=2536167&viewfull=1#post2536167)
  - Adjusted weight in p3d?
- WingVortices effects (definition in configs)

- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168988-AirplaneX-Sinking-into-ground&p=2565139&viewfull=1#post2565139](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?168988-AirplaneX-Sinking-into-ground&p=2565139&viewfull=1#post2565139)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?172174-AirplaneX-PhysX&p=2614023&viewfull=1#post2614023](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?172174-AirplaneX-PhysX&p=2614023&viewfull=1#post2614023)
- [http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm](http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm)

### Boats and Ships

- ShipX
- SubmarineX
- PhysX Geometry Lod
- Buoyancy Lod

- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?185434-Boat-Ship-Builders!-New-wiki-entry](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?185434-Boat-Ship-Builders!-New-wiki-entry)
- [http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm](http://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/2-00/devref/#Adding_Models/How_to/AMHT_Physx.htm)

### Static weapons

N/A

### Terrains

- Volumetric clouds
- Improved lighting
- Ponds
- Fog

- [Arma 3: Improved Fog](../topics/Improved_Fog.md)

### Effects

- [Arma 3: Particle Effects](../topics/Particle_Effects.md)
- [Arma 3: Particle Effects: Config Parameters](../topics/Particle_Effects~3A_Config_Parameters.md)
- [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?155866-Arma-3-Particle-Effects-documentation](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?155866-Arma-3-Particle-Effects-documentation)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — Arma 3: Porting Guidelines Overview](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Porting_Guidelines_Overview) (revision 369465).</sub>