DayZMap

A browser map for vanilla DayZ Mod (ArmA II) with vehicle spawns etc. Working example here.

Building

Requirements

• node with angular, leaflet, see package.json
• python to render the map tiles
• ArmA 3 Tools
• ImageMagick (linux via packet manager, windows via MinGW)
• GDAL (On Windows via Anaconda)

Steps

1. Run

ng build --aot --prod --base-href=/dayz/ --deploy-url=http://www.example.com/

2. Copy to webserver

Rendering Map Tiles

Getting Satellite Map

1. Unpack Arma 2/AddOns/Chernarus_Data_Layers.pbo with your favorite pbo extractor
2. Convert tiles in ca/chernarus/data/layers from .paa to .png 2.1. Get full path to Pal2PacE.exe from Arma 3 Tools and edit paths in tools/create_tiles.sh accordingly 2.2. Run it, this should give you a single map.png with about 500 MB as output.

Getting Topography Map

You can skip some these steps marked as (optional) by grabbing the pre-rendered map at tools\Chernarus.png. (Its only 15360x15360, you might need a better resolution for higher zoom levels)

1. (Optional) Export Chernarus.emf from Arma 2 1.1. Start game as admin 1.2. Press left shift + numpad minus, then release and type topographz (it uses QUERTZ layout, not QUERY) 1.3. You should find C:\chernarus.emf 1.4. Since Arma 3 there is also ExportNoGrid, you will have to play around with that
2. (Optional) Convert .emf to .png as described here.

EmfToPng.exe Chernarus.emf 8

Getting Tiles From Single Image

1. Run

python gdal2tiles.py -l -p raster -z 0-7 -w none map.png tiles

and wait for it to finish. Here maximum zoom level is 7, you can increase, but it will increase render time and size. 2. You should have your finished map in the /tiles folder. 3. Copy the entire folder to some static url on your webserver.

Hosting

Requirements

• nginx/apache webserver
• around 1 GB for both topo and sat map
• map tiles

Steps

2. Copy map tiles to your webserver (you can send me a message, I can upload them for you).
3. Edit src/assets/config.json to your needs.
4. Move angular build to your webserver.

References

• How to export Topography
• Mondkalb's Terrain Tutorial
• Making Satellite Texture and Mask
• ArmA 2 Terrain
• gdal2tiles.py