Arma 3 missions provide scenarios or campaigns which help keep the content on your server fresh. In some cases, an Arma 3 server owner may wish to configure a single mission to be active on their server at all times. This situation may apply to you if you intend on using a persistent mission for your server.
Before you can configure a single mission or mission cycle on your Arma 3 server, you must first locate your desired mission files locally and then upload them to your server.
Finding your Local Mission Files
After downloading custom missions or loading vanilla ones, their .pbo files can be found in the MPMissionsCache.
- Press
Win+Ron your keyboard to open a Run window. - Enter
%localappdata%, then press ok.
- In the opened directory, navigate to the
/Arma 3/MPMissionsCache/.
- Locate your desired missions .pbo file.
Uploading a Mission File to your Server
After locating your desired mission .pbo file(s), you'll need to upload them to your mpmissions folder on your server.
- Navigate to your control panel and Stop your server.
- Access your server files via FTP, we recommend using Filezilla.
- Navigate to the
/mpmissionsdirectory.
- Upload your local mission file (.pbo) to the
mpmissionsdirectory.
Configuring a Single Mission
To configure a single active mission on your Arma 3 server, you will have to define the mission in your server.cfg file.
- Access your control panel and Stop your server.
- Navigate to Files > Config Files.
- Click Server Config.
- Copy and paste the following code block at the bottom of the file.
class Missions { class TestMission01 { template = MAP NAME; difficulty = "veteran"; class Params {}; }; }; - Replace
MAP NAMEwith the name of the mission file without the.pbo.
- Click Save and Start your server.
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