Automatic Arma 3 map art

Requirements

To build you will need the rust compiler or preferably cargo. Get it here
To run you will need AutoHotkey. Get it here

Description

This application generates AutoHotkey scripts from .svg files to draw on the Arma 3 in game map.

Usage

Build or use a prebuilt version and run it with the desired flags.
Then run the generated .ahk script as administrator.
Arma 3 seems to block AutoHotkey from reading your input, so tab out of Arma, press control + b, tab back in and see a bounding box be drawn. Play around with the scale and offset parameters until the box is in a desirable position. Repeat the tab out process, but press control + z to start the drawing process. To stop the process, hit the escape key.

Flags:

Mandatory:

• -s <SOURCE FILE> A path to a .svg file

Optional:

• -d <DESTINATION PATH> The destination path. Default same as source
• -g <GRAIN LEVEL> Higher value makes image more jaggered. Default value 0.15
• -p <PAUSE DURATION> Time interval between individual lines. Prevents opening the marker dialogue. Default 750ms
• -c <SCALE> Scales the image. Default 1
• -i <STARTING INTERVAL> Time span between pressing the hot key and the drawing process beginning. Default 3000ms
• -x <X OFFSET> Offset on the x axis. Default 0px
• -y <Y OFFSET> Offset on the y axis. Default 0px

Flags:

• -f Filters out small grains from the file
• -o Slows down the drawing process to be more compatible with remote servers

Recommendations:

• Run Arma 3 in borderless window
• Set your task manager to always be on top, as you can get "trapped" in Arma with particularly large images.
• Use inkscape to generate svg files from bitmaps
• There are some issues when parsing SVGs with transforms, so in case of unexpected behavior, use the applytransforms extension in inkscape.

Known issues:

• The library used for parsing svg files to polylines seems to have compatibility issues with some svg files.