Arma 3
Dynamic Recon Ops
Sunflower Jan 2, 2019 @ 3:32pm
How to Port DRO/DCO
As the creator of an ever-growing "Map Suggestions" thread on DRO as well as someone who does his own ports, I thought I'd just give everyone a guide. Enjoy!

Start here:

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=16369
This is a .pbo unpacker. It's small and easy, don't worry about it.

Once you've got that, go to:
YourName\Documents\Local\ArmA3-OtherProfiles\YourGameName\Saved\steamMPMissions\

Find any DRO/DCO you've got, open the .pbo with your handy download from earlier. Copy the contents, then go to:
YourName\Documents\Local\ArmA3-OtherProfiles\YourGameName\mpMissions\

Make a new folder (or create a blank Eden map, save it with the name "DROPort" or whatever.)
The extension at the end of the folder will say which map it is. If you don't know your map extension definitely make a blank Eden map first, as it'll save with the extension tacked on.

It'll look like:
DROPort.tem_ihantalaw, as a folder. Paste the .pbo contents into this folder.

Last but not least, you need to glitch-proof your port.
Do this by opening ArmA and firing up Eden again. Find your "DROPort" save and open it up. If you've done the previous steps correctly, you should see some objects/assets along the left. Specifically, some civilians and some props.

Find these assets, they are usually far off the map somewhere in the out-of-bounds void. You want to move these guys over to somewhere reasonable on the map proper. There's a few ways you can do this, do it however makes you happiest.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1612412247

If you're not used to Eden, my dummy way (because cut/paste sometimes does weird things in Eden) is to create a unit where you want the setup area to be. If you right-click on one of the "Civilian"s on the left, you can click "Go Here" and it'll move the camera over to it. Then click on the dummy unit and right-click and hold to move the camera around until you see where it is, way off in the distance (probably). Select all the objects, click and hold then move the camera off in the direction your dummy unit was. You can speed this up by holding Alt and Shift. If you use Q to gain some altitude I believe that also helps the camera move speed.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1612412325
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1612412382

Note: Your objects might be floating like weirdos off the ground. Fix this by selecting all those objects again and one of the options (under "Transform") should be "Snap to Surface." Not doing this may cause you some problems.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1612412407

Once all that's been done and you're happy with your little team setup area, your port should be ready to go! SAVE YOUR FILE. Then... fire up your multiplayer local server, select the map you ported to, and enjoy!

Last edited by Sunflower; Jan 2, 2019 @ 3:35pm
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RamblinRick Jan 2, 2019 @ 8:09pm 
thanks for this guide
Plaargath Jan 13, 2019 @ 6:56am 
Thanks, man!
JediSith1981 Sep 1, 2021 @ 5:41pm 
greets to all :-)

love DRO & DCO and would love to make some of my own for maps that dont have one

Is this guide still relevant / the same?

Thanks in advance !!
Sunflower Sep 1, 2021 @ 9:23pm 
Originally posted by JediSith1981:
Is this guide still relevant / the same?

It should be! If it is not, I need to know so I can fix it!
JediSith1981 Oct 10, 2021 @ 2:08pm 
re: YourName\Documents\Local\ArmA3-OtherProfiles\YourGameName\Saved\steamMPMissions\

as in Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\Marc\Saved\steam ?
or Documents\Arma 3\Saved\steam ?

thanks in advance :-) B-) :-P
Sunflower Oct 10, 2021 @ 3:25pm 
For me it was Other-Profiles, I'm not actually sure how ArmA saves its profiles so it might be there for you as well. Try following the paths and see where the files appear to match up. It should be pretty obvious if it doesn't (*I THINK*)

Originally posted by JediSith1981:
re: YourName\Documents\Local\ArmA3-OtherProfiles\YourGameName\Saved\steamMPMissions\

as in Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\Marc\Saved\steam ?
or Documents\Arma 3\Saved\steam ?

thanks in advance :-) B-) :-P
Cryptic May 19, 2022 @ 7:04am 
Most maps work perfectly but it seems like anything from the sog prairie fire DLC has issues from time to time in spawning the player in
AmazingPotatoes Oct 7, 2022 @ 7:51am 
When I try to go to the Armaholic website, it takes me to some Indonesian gambling site, so I cannot get the .pbo opener.
roby Dec 1, 2024 @ 6:05am 
Hey I kind of got this to work but I was wondering if there was a way to use custom objects for the objectives and bases? I can't seem to find compositions or objects regarding DCO/DRO in the assets tree.
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