Tools And Build Workflow

Tools And Build Workflow

LoadoutManager

Tools/LoadoutManager is a .NET 8 executable. Program.cs calls SqfFileGenerator.GenerateCommonBalanceInitAndTheEasaFileForEachTerrain().

Responsibilities:

• generate common balance/EASA SQF files for terrains;
• copy source mission files from Chernarus to vanilla/modded target missions;
• adjust terrain-specific map parameters such as Takistan SET_MAP;
• optionally package missions with 7-Zip.

Build configurations:

• DEBUG
• SERVER_DEBUG
• RELEASE
• AIRWAR_DEBUG
• AIRWAR_SERVER_DEBUG
• AIRWAR_RELEASE

Repo instruction: after mission edits, run from Tools/LoadoutManager with dotnet run. If .NET SDK is missing, stop and tell the user. If 7za is missing, copying can still be useful; packaging is the only blocked part.

PerformanceAuditAnalyzer

Tools/PerformanceAuditAnalyzer parses Arma 2 RPT lines containing [Performance Audit] and exports CSV/Markdown/HTML/Word-friendly reports.

Important outputs include:

• performance_raw.csv
• performance_pivot_ready.csv
• performance_extra_fields.csv
• performance_timeline.csv
• performance_by_script.csv
• performance_spikes.csv
• performance_fps_context.csv
• performance_by_player.csv
• performance_by_map.csv
• performance_by_session.csv
• performance_report.md
• performance_report.html

Use it after performance-sensitive mission changes or live-server audits.

Packaging And Deployment Notes

• 7za environment variable points to 7za.exe.
• ZipManager packages mission directories after copy/generation.
• The source Chernarus mission is copied to target terrain folders. Avoid manual changes in generated targets unless the generator is being updated.

Development Commands

cd Tools\LoadoutManager
dotnet run
dotnet run -c SERVER_DEBUG

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Tools\PerformanceAuditAnalyzer\Analyze-PerformanceAudit.ps1 -InputPath ".\logs\arma2oa.rpt" -OutputPath ".\PerformanceAuditResults"