That would be cool if you could try. I handle a good portion of the indexing recently, along with a couple others, but had an issue with my PC and haven’t gotten around to reinstalling the tools after installing my OS again. If you do try it that would be great and we can help you if you get stuck or have questions.

Getting set up is the hardest part, but it’s really not that hard, it’s just the step by step is definitely a bit intimidating the way it’s written. The actual indexing part is pretty easy once you get going.

If you do take a stab at getting started, it’s ok to ask for help or clarification.

You’re on the right track! Don’t give up! For one, don’t use the Workshop version of ALiVE for indexing. It’s designed to be found directly in the Arma 3 riot folder, not the !Workshop folder. Either download the standalone on the ALiVE site, or copy the one in your !Workshop folder and paste it over to the Arma 3 root.

Yes every object that shows up in the category or screen needs to be chosen as something. Such as blacklist. If it’s a civilian building, select civilian. If it’s a civilian building that’s enterable, select civilian AND the option below it for allowing civs to spawn.

For HQ’s, I try to make sure there’s at least one Military and one civilian. “Barracks” are excellent for Military HQ. For civilian I just try to select one of the larger civilian houses (they usually stand out as being exceptionally large and good for HQ’s).

If all else fails and you are not sure, you can type the object classname directly into the ALiVE Github search bar and see how other people have categorized certain objects. If Isla Duala, you’ll see my index for it there.

Lol yeah it takes a bit of understanding. Example, if it’s a stack of garbage, it’s not something that needs to be categorized. So click blacklist. If it’s a military bunker that you can enter, select military object, then allow supplies to spawn inside as well.

Vehicles I very rarely let spawn unless the object has a shit ton of room around it in all instances.

For civilian, these are mostly “houses.” Any enterable one should be classified as civilian and for civ spawns. Any that can’t be entered should be just civilian.

For objects like hesco barriers, I usually blacklist them. It’s the buildings inside the bases that matter. Not the fence.

For “ruins” objects I usually blacklist, unless it’s an entire village of ruins houses then I’ll classify as civilian. Remember, any blacklisted objects will not be recognized by ALiVE and therefore won’t spawn fighters.

For helicopter spawns and aircraft, you’ll almost never have anything for civilian. So just focus on Military “rotary” (helicopters) or “fixed wing” (planes).

@Preacher Oh man. I feel like I've made it this far and it should be clear. But tbh I'm so confused man. I don't mind taking the time to do this, but I really don't want to do this wrong and break something (which I tend to do a LOT).

I have a copy of @ALiVE in the Arma 3 directory for TADST? Is that what you mean?

Don’t stress it. Feel free to type in any obiect classname on ALiVE Github search and you’ll see my Isla Duala index. For any building youare not sure, feel free to classify it as I did. I did this a lot when I first started. I always index in “windowed” mode so I can easily search the internet.

Yeah if @ALiVE is in your Arma 3 root, that’s perfect.

Also, I know you have no A.V., but turn off Windows Defender it you have it. I always close the Arma 3 launcher window as well. And again, always in Windowed mode. I do this because sometimes not only do I need to search online for stuff, but indexing can make your PC feel like it’s frozen sometimes so being in Windowed mode is a good way to reassure you your PC isn’t totally locked up.

Hey if you live stream I wouldn’t mind setting aside some time to hang out with you and help you during an index. I usually am free after 8PM EST most nights.

No biggie really. You’ll get it. Either way. Just note, there is a very good chance any Isla Duala index won’t function even if you do it correctly (it’s not worth going into right now. Some data can get cut off in the files. We’ll need to clean that up). But if you get it to where you feel ok, we can handle the rest. :)

@Preacher I've also noticed that I cannot bring up the ALiVE menu without having a player down on the map. Is that normal? The wiki just told me to place the module and launch the mission.

Yes a player has to be placed on the map.

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