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 before starting to work on anything.

We recommend using VS Code but lowest minimal standard you should use it Notepad++ with SQF Syntax Highlighting.

Setting up dev tools and extensions or add-ons can be a pain. Here is a summery of links and copy-paste solutions.

If you have any questions please get in contact with a member of the Dev-Team

Arma 3 Dev Extensions

Arma 3 Dev Extensions

Name	Steam URL
3den Enhanced	3den Enhanced on Steam
CBA_A3	CBA_A3 on Steam
Enhanced Movement	Enhanced Movement on Steam
Extended Function Viewer	Extended Function Viewer on Steam
Zeus Enhanced	Zeus Enhanced on Steam

Do not use the following to join servers with Battleye enabled!

Name	Steam URL
Intercept Minimal Dev	Intercept Minimal Dev on Steam
Arma Debug Engine	Arma Debug Engine on Steam (could have issues, check out steam workshop description and comment)
Arma Script Profiler	Arma Script Profiler on Steam (could have issues, check out steam workshop description and comment)

Code Editor Extensions

Code Editor Extensions

Visual Studio Code

You can download Visual Studio Code for free on their Website. The following extensions are recommended.

Name	Description
SQF Language	Provides language for SQF extensions and highlighting.
Arma Dev	Makes it easier to develop and test mods.
SQF Wiki	Hover over command, see explanation.
GitLens	Supercharge the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code
Live Share	Real-time collaborative development from the comfort of your favorite tools.
File Header Comment	Insert File Header Comment such as date, time
SQFLint	Under lines some errors, quite a few false positives, so take it with a pinch of salt. Do not wait for it to finish Indexing (it will throw some false errors).
Arma 3 - Open Last RPT	Ctrl+Shift+P -> Open Last -> [enter]: will open the last RPT.
Save and Run	Requires some config, see bellow.

Save and Run

Allows running a specified script or program when a keybind is pressed, or a specific filetype is saved. The extension does provide documentation, but here is an example that I use with this repository. Edit the WORKSPACE settings. It’s already in .gitIgnore ...A3-Antistasi.vscodesettings.json. You can Download an Example

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 where 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

Notepad++

Name	Description
NO LONGER AVAILABLE Notepad++ SQF Syntax Highlighting and Auto Completion https://github.com/Barrow/npp-sqf	If you don’t have an IDE and no clue how to work with one, this is basically the minimum requirement to work with it.