From 8a3d584eec64bd0ddbe9eb0ef78368dc56bfcc2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valmo Trindade Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:44:45 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] enhanced docs based on FAQs --- Arma-3-Mission-Maker-Guide.md | 2 +- Arma-3-Players-Guide.md | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Arma-3-Mission-Maker-Guide.md b/Arma-3-Mission-Maker-Guide.md index 092806a..b35d912 100644 --- a/Arma-3-Mission-Maker-Guide.md +++ b/Arma-3-Mission-Maker-Guide.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## Running the TAK Server -This guide assumes that i have already mastered the player's step by step to use ARMATAK, especially for helping newcomers as the mission maker. In order to fully run ARMATAK, you must have already configured a TAK Server (i highly recommend you to use [OpenTAKServer](https://docs.opentakserver.io/)) instance correctly. It's not a easy job for newcomers to the TAK environment but i always try to give a light on it. +This guide assumes that i have already understood the player's step by step to use ARMATAK, especially for helping newcomers as the mission maker. In order to fully run ARMATAK, you must have already configured a TAK Server (i highly recommend you to use [OpenTAKServer](https://docs.opentakserver.io/)) instance correctly. It's not a easy job for newcomers to the TAK environment but i always try to give a light on it. ## In Game Setup diff --git a/Arma-3-Players-Guide.md b/Arma-3-Players-Guide.md index fd91cc8..11a6a27 100644 --- a/Arma-3-Players-Guide.md +++ b/Arma-3-Players-Guide.md @@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ For the newcomers to the TAK environment: ATAK (Android Team Awareness Kit) is a ATAK -> Android App for Situation Awareness ARMATAK -> Arma 3 mod that sends the player's position to a websocket connection SIMTAK -> App that will connect into a websocket and mock the device's location based on information provided by the websocket. +CoT -> Cursor Over Time, is the marker designation on ATAK, you can have player's CoTs, NATO 2525c CoTs, custom draw CoTs... ## Installation ### ATAK Installation -ATAK-CIV is publicly available on [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atakmap.app.civ&hl=pt_BR), download and authorize the permissions on your phone (there are many of them, it quite makes sense because of the functions required). If you are not going to use SIMTAK, just go to your connections and add the desired TAK Server instance that your game session will use and you are good to go, if not, follow the SIMTAK installation bellow. +ATAK-CIV is publicly available on [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atakmap.app.civ&hl=pt_BR), download and authorize the permissions on your phone (there are many of them, but it quite makes sense because of the functions required). If you are not going to use SIMTAK, just go to your connections and add the desired TAK Server instance that your game session will use and you are good to go **using ATAK without SIMTAK is the easiest way to play with ARMATAK and can fit most of the newcomers**, but you will see a CoT as third person instead of yourself that is playing, that's why we have the feature to mock your phone's location. ### ARMATAK Installation @@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ If you are using a Samsung device, there is a "Adaptive Battery" feature for bat ## ARMATAK and SIMTAK usage -Remember to disable Battleye before starting the game, after stating the game, right on briefing screen or inside the game already, ARMATAK's websocket should be running by default, but you can check if it's up and running on the log located in: +**Remember to disable Battleye before starting the game**, after stating the game, right on briefing screen or inside the game already, ARMATAK's websocket should be running by default, but you can check if it's up and running on the log located in: ```path /armatak.log @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ It should be getting something like this: 2024-12-12T02:46:04.471617600-03:00 ws - Listening for new connections on 0.0.0.0:4152. ``` -Then you can get your phone and open SIMTAK, it should look like this: +"0.0.0.0" means that your Socket connection is runnning on LAN, soo the phone must be on the same network as the computer running Arma 3. You can get your phone and open SIMTAK, it should look like this: ![Simtak Start](./data/simtak_start.png)