Dev Tools Starter Setup

Please note that this part is still heavily work in progress. For more dev related information please go to our Antistasi-Wiki-for-Devs.

For you to be able to properly work with Antistasi and especially SQF, we have collected tools, IDE extensions and such so you can set up your system to make your development experience easier.
It is highly recommended to use VSCode so you can make use of the many Arma-related extensions there, but any text editor will technically work.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out on our Discord.

Arma 3 Developer Mods

These are some mods that you are recommended to use to make testing easier.

It is recommended to make this into a saved modlist along with your local build of the mod so you can always load the right modset.

Name	Steam URL
Advanced Developer Tools	Advanced Developer Tools on Steam
CBA_A3	CBA_A3 on Steam
Zeus Enhanced	Zeus Enhanced on Steam

Code Editor Extensions

Visual Studio Code

You can download Visual Studio Code for free on their Website. The following extensions are extremely useful for editing Antistasi and are almost required.

Name	Description
Antistasi Development	Utilities specifically built for Antistasi development
SQF Wiki	Hover over command, see explanation
Arma 3 - Open Last RPT	Quickly open your last RPT to check for errors with Ctrl + Alt + R
Arma SQF Language	Comprehensive command support for SQF
SQF Language	Adds command and structure highlighting

These next extensions can streamline smaller aspects of Antistasi development, but are not at all required.

Name	Description
Live Share	Can help other people debug your code if needed
GitLens	Extends on the existing VSCode Git support
GitHub Pull Requests	Allows the viewing of pull requests from within VSCode
Partial Diff	Useful to find differences between files in a pinch
XML	Useful for editing stringtable files

Atom

Atom is no longer supported by Antistasi Dev team. However, it is still possible to use Atom as an editor for Arma. The plugins down below were recommended back then.

Name	Description
Arma language support in Atom	Syntax highlighting, auto-completions and snippets for sqf and other languages used within the Real Virtuality engine
atom-bracket-highlight package	Animates bracket highlighting