Guides
Arma 3 Custom Difficulty
Rent your own Prepaid ArmA 3 server! nitrado.net
Here we would like to show you how you can set up your own difficulty levels on your server.
We have divided this article into smaller steps for you, so that they are easier to follow.
All changes refer to the server.cfg and the profile file of your server.
Find profile file for modification
You can see the name of your profile under “Settings > General” from the point ” Profile name’ .
The file itself can be found here “/arma3/config/users/<profile name>/<profile name>.Arma3Profile”.
Create Custom Difficulty
Custom is used here as an example only, it can be customized by name as desired .
To create your own difficulty level, go to your profile file and add the following:
| Config Parameter | Name in Game | Recruit | Regular | Veteran | Possible Values | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulation | ||||||
| reducedDamage | Reduced Damage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Decreases damage dealt to the player and members of his group. |
| squadRadar | – | – | – | – | – | Shows a squad radar. Not implemented! |
| groupIndicators | Group Indicators | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 = never, 1 = limited distance, 2 = always | Shows indication icons on units in player’s group. |
| friendlyTags | Friendly Name Tags | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 = never, 1 = limited distance, 2 = always | Friendly unit identification. Works only when the player aims at a unit. |
| enemyTags | Enemy Name Tags | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 = never, 1 = limited distance, 2 = always | Enemy unit identification. Works only when the player aims at a unit. |
| detectedMines | Detected Mines | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 = never, 1 = limited distance, 2 = always | Shows icons indicating exact positions of mines which are 200 m or closer. |
| commands | Commands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 = never, 1 = fade out, 2 = always | Displays command icons like target markers, get in command and others. |
| waypoints | Waypoints | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 = never, 1 = fade out, 2 = always | Manages visibility of waypoint markers. |
| Personal Awareness | ||||||
| weaponInfo | Weapon Info | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 = never, 1 = fade out, 2 = always | Shows Weapon Info box contains round and magazine count, firing mode, etc. |
| stanceIndicator | Stance Indicator | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 = never, 1 = fade out, 2 = always | Displays stance indication contains actual stance, weapon resting and deployment. |
| staminaBar | Stamina Bar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Manages visibility of stamina indicator. Fades in when stamina changes. |
| weaponCrosshair | Crosshair | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Shows weapon crosshair both in 1st and 3rd person view. |
| visionAid | Vision Aid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Helps to detect units in visual range and identify friend from foe. |
| View | ||||||
| thirdPersonView | 3rd Person View | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled, 2 = vehicles only | Enables camera switching to 3rd person view. |
| cameraShake | Camera Shake | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Shakes camera if player is near explosion, passing vehicle or if player’s vehicle is under G-load. |
| Multiplayer | ||||||
| scoreTable | Score Table | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Displays table with kills, deaths and overall score in multiplayer. |
| deathMessages | Killed By | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Shows in chat window who killed the player. |
| vonID | VON ID | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Indicates who is speaking through VON communication. |
| Map Content | ||||||
| mapContent | – | – | – | – | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | This property was replaced by mapContent* but still works. If it is set, all other mapContent* properties are overwritten. Not available via menu. |
| mapContentFriendly | Friendly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Shows friendly units on the map. |
| mapContentEnemy | Enemy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Shows enemy units on the map. |
| mapContentMines | Mines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Shows detected mines on the map. |
| tacticalPing | Tactical Ping | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = in 3D scene, 2 = on map, 3 = both | Allows players to highlight a position via a Tactical Ping. |
| Misc. | ||||||
| autoReport | Automatic Reporting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Former autoSpot Enables/disables automatic reporting of spotted enemies by players only. To stop AI from talking with script, use unit setSpeaker “NoVoice”. |
| multipleSaves | Multiple Saves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled | Allows player to create multiple saves in a mission. |
The name of the difficulty level is defined in the following code block Custom Difficulty
Enter difficulty in the mission
Now only the custom difficulty has to be entered in the server.cfg in the Mussioncycle.
We do this as follows:
class Missions { class DEINMISSIONNAME { template = MISSION.KARTE; difficulty = “Custom”; }; };
Force Difficulty
If you now want every player to be set to this difficulty level Custom , you have to add the following to the server.cfg
forcedDifficulty = “Custom”;
Get Arma 3 Server Hosting now!
More Guides:
How to become an Admin in ARK Survival of the Fittest
How to become an Admin on Icarus
How to become an Admin on Path of Titans
How to become OP in Minecraft Bedrock
How to become OP in Minecraft
How to change a servers location
How to change map and game mode for Mordhau
How to change map in Insurgency Sandstorm
How to connect to a Frozen Flame server
How to connect to a Minecraft server
How to connect to Rising World server
How to connect to a Risk of Rain 2 server
How to connect to a SCP Secret Laboratory server
How to connect to an ARK Survival Evolved server for Xbox & PS4
How to connect to an ECO game server
How to connect to an Outlaws of the old West server
How to connect to an Unreals Tournament 2004 server
How to connect to your MTA server
How to connect to your Nitrado Squad server
How to connect to your Terraria server
How to connect to your the Isle server
How to connect to your Zescape server
How to customize to your Rising Storm 2 server via web admin
How to disable killcam on your Battlefield 4 server
How to enable a modded map on a Conan server
How to enable cheats on Unturned server
How to find Minecraft Plugins
How to fix corrupted Gamedb in Conan Exiles
How to generate a new world on your Minecraft server
How to install data pack to your Minecraft server
How to install bukkit plugins
How to install Fabric in my Minecraft server
How to install GeyserMc and Floodgate
How to install maps on a Farming Simulator 2013 server
How to install murder game mode
How to install plugins in your Battlefield server
How to install simple voice chat for Minecraft
How to join a Bedrock Edition server on Xbox & Switch
How to join a gmod server guide
How to join a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server on PS4 or PS5
How to make a local backup of The Forest
How to manually set random gen world
How to obtain default xml
How to properly install oxide 20 and enter admins
