Breaking Point Mod

Breaking Point Mod is a total conversion mod for Arma 3. Source is provided for the community to improve the mod and host their own servers. Released under the Arma Public Share Like Licence (APL-SA).

Objectives & Goals

• Provide a better version of the mod for people still playing. While the developers focus work on the standalone version.
• Compatibility with Arma Updates / New Maps / DLC etc.
• Move Away from Breaking Point Launcher / The Zombie Infection Specific Code & Requirements. This removes a time / money cost and allows the official developers to spend all their time working on the standalone game.
• Intergrate Launcher Features (Legion System, Viewing Faction Points and Stats into the Main Game)
• Cross Platform Support ( Windows, Mac, Linux ) / This allows for hosting dedicated servers on Linux with a cheaper server cost.
• Release a Official Update with all these fixes. Submit a pull request with improvements and we will merge that into the game.

Conflicts & Problems

• Fragmentation: Everyone using a custom version of Breaking Point and hosting vastly different servers and configurations. If we can work together and merge fixes into Breaking Point as a community.

Server Configuration

Prerequisites

• These steps assume you already know how to setup/install a MySQL database and basic ArmA server yourself, so do this first.
• Make sure you install the Visual C++ 2015 Redistributables from microsoft.
  • https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Configuration

• Download the BreakingPoint Client + Server files to your server (A batch file will be included in a tools folder for steam cmd users).

  If downloading using the steam client and uploading to your server.

  • Subscribe to the following mods on the workshop and copy each to your ArmA server directory.
  • Make sure the folders have the correct names on your server (@BreakingPoint and @BreakingPointServer).
  • BreakingPoint Client: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426629791
  • BreakingPoint Server: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1133182382

  If using the provided batch tool.

  • Copy the batch file to your server directory (or wherever you like), open it and make the following changes.
  • Make sure you set the correct username and password for steam (The workshop disallows downloads if you're not using a account that owns ArmA 3).

   set steam_username=MySteamUser
   set steam_password=MySteamPassword
  

  • Make sure you set the correct path to your SteamCMD install.

   set "steamcmd_dir=C:\Path\To\SteamCMD"
  

  • Make sure you set the correct path to your ArmA server directory.

   set "arma_serverdir=C:\Path\To\Server\"
  

  • Save the file once all the above changes have been made, remember to keep the quotes around the file path settings or you will get errors
  • Double click the batch file and will do everything else for you (you may need to input a steam guard code as you would when using the steam client).

• Import the included breakingpoint.sql file from the SQL folder to a clean database and make sure you have a sql account that has full access to that database.

• Copy the ServerConfig folder to your ArmA server directory.

• Open the BreakingPointExt.ini in ServerConfig and change the database ip, name, username, password and port to the ones you setup earlier.

   [DATABASE]
   ip = 127.0.0.1
   port = 3306
   database = breakingpointmod
   username = root
   password =
  

• Open the config.cfg in ServerConfig directory and setup your instance, this is important to remember for each server you host.

   class Params
   {
   	instance = 1;
   	debug = false;
   };
  

• Set the correct mission file for the map you'd like to run.

   /*
   List of mission names.
   "BP1_BreakingPoint.Altis" //Altis
   "BP2_BreakingPoint.Stratis" //Stratis
   "BP4_BreakingPoint.Thirsk" //Thirsk
   "BP3_BreakingPoint.ThirskW" //Thirsk Winter
   "BP5_BreakingPoint.Tanoa" //Tanoa
   "BP6_BreakingPoint.newhaven" //Newhaven
   "BP7_BreakingPoint.Esseker" //Esseker
   "BP8_BreakingPoint.Chernarus" //Chernarus
   "BP9_BreakingPoint.namalsk" //Namalsk
   */
   class Missions
   {
     class BreakingPoint
     {
   	  template = "BP1_BreakingPoint.Altis";
   	  difficulty = "Regular";
   	  class Params
   	  {
   		  instance = 1;
   		  debug = false;
   	  };
     };
   };
  

• Open your database manager and go to the instance table and set the world id for instance 1 to what map you intend on running, here's a list of possible values.

   World ID | Map
   1 | Altis
   2 | Stratis
   3 | Thirsk
   4 | Bornholm
   5 | Newhaven
   6 | Esseker
   8 | Chernarus;
   9 | Namalsk
   11 | Legion
   12 | Tanoa
  

• Remember if you open more servers increment the instance = x; by one in your server's config.cfg and then in the database set the world id correctly for that instance id

• Copy the included server_start.bat file from the Tools folder to your server directory and edit as necessary (The defaults provided will work for a 64 Bit server running on port 2302).

• Double click the batch file and wait for the server to start, if everything went successfully you should see the server start and a console displayed saying the following.

   Starting Connection To Databases...
   Database Connection Success (Game DB)
  

Custom Server Configfile

• Download from Github "breakingpointmod/ServerConfiguration" the folder "breakingpoint_server_config" to your server
• Edit the config.cpp in the "breakingpoint_server_config" to your server liking
• Pack the folder "breakingpoint_server_config" to a .pbo and put it in your server root directory inside "@BreakingPointServer/addons"

Missionconfig

• in each Mission provided with the mod there is a missionconfig file called "description.ext" change it to your liking
• New Feature : only allied factions are able to group. To enable this feature use one of the build in missions in the client files and edit the description.ext

Look for

class Factions
{
	...
	disableMixedgrouping = true; // true = enabled => only allied factions are allowed to group
	...
};	

If disableMixedgrouping does not exist in the description file it will be automaticaly disabled => false. By default this feature is disabled.

Credits/Notable mentions.

• DeathlyRage - For tirelessly working hard over the years to maintain and develop such a high quality mod.
• KamikazeXeX - Writing the server configuration guide and providing the tools for server owners to use.
• The BP Community - For standing by BreakingPoint over the years helping to keep the mod alive.