Still would love to have this capability if you get the time/inclination :)

"bus [author] Mar 23, 2021 @ 7:26am
Yea, in the unreleased version, there's server side/scripting support...or at least, I've exposed the ability for scripters to enforce visibility. If it's not enforced, the user is free to choose the scope (my side, my group, me, within x meters). I could add a toggle for the spotted enemy feature...I think that's the 'knows about' thing behind the scenes. I'll look into it: no promises though."

Is there a way to track only the squad leaders and not every group member.

Id like to enforce this as a mission maker.

For me, Athena tries to display the Steam-provided FPS counter, which might be fine on it's own, but it's stretched across the map display and makes it hard to read. Not impossible to workaround, but unfortunate.

Also, when you record, where are the files to view? Great app!!

Only nit pick would be the need to shown seen hostiles on the map just like the main map. Not non spotted ai. Your switching back n forth to the main map to see what your fellow squad mates see.

This is an AMAZING app

So i was reading through the comments and was wondering what is the difference between this workshop version and the alpha Download on the Bohemia forum

Is the community server still exist?

@diveyez, Thanks for the concern! No need to worry. I'm perfectly fine. Just haven't played Arma all that much and been distracted with work for, uh, several years.

I hope he is okay. This mod ware is amazing.

why hide the enemy team?

Call you save markers and reload them?

is this client side?

Hey @bus, I'm using this on a 1080x1920 monitor in portrait mode and I'm running into an issue where the Athena Desktop app has a hardcoded minimum window size and thus cutting off part of the app window. Is there a way I can change that minimum size or remove it?

Did the map actually finish exporting in game? Contact me on chat tomorrow and Ill help you out.

There’s a setting in the config file if you open the mod folder that will let you disable the automatic opening of the app.

Nice!

No port forwarding in the router, as I cannot access it because I'm using data mobile and I don't see a way to get its configuration. Only private connection, open the port 28805 inside Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security(known just as Windows Firewall Advanced).

Anyways I tried again but the map isn't downloading it get stucked in that part!

Port forward? On the firewall on your main pc? Or on your network firewall? If you're forwarding a port of your firewall, then you're routing your packets out the internet connection and back in. Its not ideal. You'll want to connect to the internal/private ip of your game pc. There’s a setting in the config file if you open the mod folder that will let you disable the automatic opening of the app.

@bus so I tried in the Windows(main PC) first, the page loaded (after I enabled port forwarding) but the screen was very slow, it stuck on the part "downloading the map". I also tried on the TV and Android, both show a blank screen running forever. I'll try again!

One complain is that when game starts, it automatically opens the browser with the localhost, that would be OK only if the screen I wanted was the main screen, so it would be cool to deactivate that for a while!

I hope so too! It's very early but I'm eager to hear feedback. I haven't had any yet.

All I found was:

https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/znycdh/open_beta_of_athena_web_edition_released_on/

&

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2902761497

And the instructions says: Grab your tablet or phone, browse to the app ( http://<your private ip>:28805/) and connect.

So I hope it works! I'll test right now!

@gbr000 - Try the web edition that's in an open beta. That's as close as I'll get to releasing a native Android version.

Ok but for Android?

No, it will not. It doesn't reveal enemy locations and it doesn't tie into the knowsAbout/intel system. Its strictly friendly units.

hey, will it show enemies too like on in game map? i launched it, but enemies arent marked on map

All, I've released an early alpha of a re-write. Please see the forum topic for more information: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/171846-athena-an-arma-2nd-screen-application/?do=findComment&comment=3468030

Hi bus, Athena is awesome, it's such a shame there's been no update since 2017.
I've sent you a friend request, I'd love to possibly talk business with you, in the hopes of purchasing your software (for the rights to edit and update)

Thanks in advance!

stopped working for me since the latest arma update :(

Roo - It pushes the locations onEachFrame. There could be a few reasons why it's a little jittery. Either your CPU bound, or if it's an AI driven vehicle I noticed the further the AI is from you the less CPU cycles it gets so the vehicle would stutter or if it's multiplayer, maybe it's lagging a bit? Would need more info to diagnose.

Hey man great mod, Just was wondering if there is a way to increase the rate at which Athena grabs information from the game? I noticed that in vehicles it seemed to stutter a bit and it would be nice to increase.

idk if its just me but my game crashes everytime i import a map

I love this add on and have always included it into all my modsets for the different groups I play with. Unfortunately it seems to have stopped working over the last few weeks. I'm wondering if the recent Arma 3 updates have changed some of the settings that Athena uses to do its thing...

@Sekonda: Thanks man! I appreciate that!

Just since the author is back in here, great program, I use it on my surface for the best craic.

@Drymarchon - I've been asked this before and the answer is still no. I still hope to resume working on Athena in the future. I still regard it as something I built for myself. That I shared it with others is secondary. Anyways, the code is such a mess, it'd be easier for someone to start from scratch if they really wanted to.
@Pyromaniac - It's most likely a JSON formatting error in my code where I fail to account for special characters. There's likely nothing you can do on your end to fix it.

@Pyromaniac: I am getting the same issue as you on the VT7 map.

Update to to the prior comment, still no solution but have found it's one your aware off.

Map name in viewer of the status is vt7, I've tried to follow the older manual method however, after having exported topography, get stuck at exporting the locations. So while solutions for the automatic process would be great, solutions to the manual process could work aswell.

Would ä type characters be considered ones that break it? (assuming the location names stop it from functioning.

Hey @Bus , I seem to get an issue where the map Virolathi Finland / Virolathi isn't getting automatically imported, It appears to get stuck on "ath - getting map divisor" prompt and what I assume to be the opening set of code where the program tries to 'connect' with the only number changing being FrameGUID.

I've seen mention of similair issues dating back sometime yet don't seem to see any solutions. If there is one, what is it? and if not... well, say no.

Regardless, cool mod so far as I've tested it on the maps that arent the aforementioned.

If you don't plan on continuing development, maybe you could open source the code so someone who actively plays the game and has the time to spare could continue work on it?

Already purchased reforger. Investigating.

Addition: I'm sorry you haven't played ArmA in a while, Its the only game that has kep't me coming back since the original OpF, I've been playing it on and off for years.

Bus: Yeah, A4 will hopefully be a further improvement, the entire ArmA community is waiting for it at this point.

Krukov: been toying with a complete overhaul for a while now but it's hard to justify the time on a mod for a game I really haven't played in years. I do intend to resume, in earnest, development when A4 goes into early access though.

Bus, its awesome that you're still kicking around! I'm somewhat shocked that there hasn't been an update, even just for maintenance in years. xD

This mod still works great! I use a laptop next to my game system. Only thing is that zooming in and out with the mouse will crash the app.

map is black?

Does a server need to have this mod installed to use it?

I think athena needs some updates to where when you create your own game in editor and have a character set as zeus game master that athena could follow the zeus camera around the map like how it follows your character around the map. I also think that it should be able to show the enemies location on the map once you have spotted them

@bus i am currently trying to get Harvey pointe to import and i receive is "ATH- getting map divisor" prompt from arma please help. Thank you

@bus - Just to get back on the topic since you took the time to reply to mine. It turns out it's something with that mission. It works fine (and is amazing) in vanilla ARMA, bulwark and various other missions.

@kin, no.
@bento, probably not. There might be some issues with the formatting of the JSON as it exports the map. It could be an illegal character in your profile name or within the map itself.
@eight, same for you.
@TED, same for you.