What is Altis Life?

Altis Life is a server mod for ArmA 3. ArmA is an open world tactical shooter video game.
You spawn on the Greek island Altis and play as a police officer or civilian. The goal of the game is to make money and friends.

Installation of Altis Life (ArmA III) on your Nitrado gameserver

Necessary Requirements

• Nitrado.net gameserver
• FTP Client
• PBO Manager

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Install an ArmA 3 Server
   • Option 1: Nitrado.net > Order gameserver > Publicserver Basic > Game “ArmA 3” > Rent
   • Option 2: Open the webinterface of your gameserver > Gameswitching > Install ArmA 3
2. Stop the Server
3. Download Altis Life RPG
   • The modification can be downloaded from the official forum thread of Altis Life RPG.
4. Extract “Altis_Life_RPG_v311”
   • Extract Altis_Life_RPG_v311.zip (e.g., 7-ZIP, WinRar, etc.).
5. Open the file life_server.pbo
   • • Open the file life_server.pbo located in Altis_Life_RPG_v311 > Altis Life RPG > @life_server > addons with “PBO Manager”.
     • Move the file init.sqf via Drag’n’Drop to your desktop.
     • Open init.sqf with a text editor (like Notepad++). Search for the following line:

   __CONST__(LIFE_SCHEMA_NAME,"'arma3life'");//CHANGE THIS IF YOUR DATABASE IS NOT CALLED ARMA3LIFE KEEP THE ' '

   • • Replace arma3life with your own database name, which you can find in the Webinterface under “MySQL DB”.
     • Examples:

   __CONST__(LIFE_SCHEMA_NAME,"'ni1234_5_DB'");//CHANGE THIS IF YOUR DATABASE IS NOT CALLED ARMA3LIFE KEEP THE ' '

   __CONST__(LIFE_SCHEMA_NAME,"'ni45789_11_DB'");//CHANGE THIS IF YOUR DATABASE IS NOT CALLED ARMA3LIFE KEEP THE ' '

   • Save the init.sqf file after making your changes.
   • Add the modified init.sqf back into the life_server.pbo file using Drag’n’Drop.
6. Upload the @life_server Folder via FTP
   • Upload the @life_server folder via FTP to the /arma3/ directory of your gameserver.
   • Upload the life_server.pbo file via FTP to the /arma3/@life_server/addons directory.
7. Download and Extract the @ArmA2NET Archive
   • Download the @ArmA2NET archive and extract it (e.g., with 7-ZIP, WinRar, etc.).
   • Upload the @ArmA2NET folder via FTP to the /arma3/ directory of your gameserver.
8. Download and Upload the Missions File arma3_life.altis
   • Upload the arma3_life.altis file via FTP to the /arma3/mpmissions directory of your gameserver.
9. Edit the server.cfg File
   • • The server.cfg file can be accessed via Webinterface > Config Editor. You need to change the following at the end of the file:

   class Missions { class ARMA3 { template = arma3_life.altis; difficulty = "Regular"; }; };

   • Save the server.cfg file after making your changes.
10. Add Additional Mods
    • Paste the following into your Webinterface > Settings under additional Mods: @Arma2NET;@life_server
11. Create and Edit the Databases.txt File
    • • Create a file called Databases.txt (text file) in the root directory (/arma3/).
      • Paste the following content into the new file. The needed information can be accessed in your Webinterface under “MySQL DB”.

    mysql,DATABASE_NAME,DATABASE_IP,3306,USERNAME,PASSWORD

    • • Examples:

    mysql,ni1234_5_DB,ms123.nitrado.net,3306,ni1234_5_DB,SecretPassword

    mysql,ni4789_11_DB,ms456.nitrado.net,3306,ni4789_11_DB,Secret123Password

• MySQL-Database structure creation:
• Webinterface > MySQL DB > Login (phpMyAdmin)

• click on the database, select SQL in the top. Enter the following content:

SET SQL_MODE = "NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
SET time_zone = "+00:00";

-- Character Set Settings
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;

-- Define custom delimiter for stored procedures
DELIMITER $$

-- Procedures
-- --------------------------------------------------------
CREATE PROCEDURE `resetLifeVehicles`()
BEGIN
    UPDATE vehicles SET `active` = 0;
END$$

CREATE PROCEDURE `deleteDeadVehicles`()
BEGIN
    DELETE FROM `vehicles` WHERE `alive` = 0;
END$$

-- Reset delimiter to default
DELIMITER ;

-- Table structure for table `players`
-- --------------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `players` (
    `uid` int(12) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
    `playerid` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
    `cash` int(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `bankacc` int(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `coplevel` enum('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7') NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `cop_licenses` text,
    `civ_licenses` text,
    `cop_gear` text NOT NULL,
    `arrested` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `aliases` text NOT NULL,
    `adminlevel` enum('0','1','2','3') NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `donatorlvl` enum('0','1','2','3','4','5') NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `civ_gear` text NOT NULL,
    `blacklist` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    PRIMARY KEY (`uid`),
    UNIQUE KEY `playerid` (`playerid`),
    KEY `name` (`name`),
    KEY `blacklist` (`blacklist`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=12;

-- Table structure for table `vehicles`
-- --------------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `vehicles` (
    `id` int(12) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `side` varchar(15) NOT NULL,
    `classname` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
    `type` varchar(12) NOT NULL,
    `pid` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
    `alive` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
    `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `plate` int(20) NOT NULL,
    `color` int(20) NOT NULL,
    `inventory` varchar(500) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    KEY `side` (`side`),
    KEY `pid` (`pid`),
    KEY `type` (`type`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=2;

-- Restore original character set settings
/*!40101 SET [email protected]_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET [email protected]_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET [email protected]_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;

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