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Building the addon

Requirements

  • Mounted P: drive
  • HEMTT
  • Arma 3 Tools

Guide

  1. Download the files from GitHub, either as a .zip or by cloning the repository

  2. Mount the P: drive from 'Arma 3 Tools/workdrive/mount.bat'

  3. Copy the repository to the root of your P: drive

  4. Open the command prompt in the Overthrow directory (P:/Overthrow)

  5. Run 'hemtt release'

  6. The built addon can now be found in P:/Overthrow/Releases

Can I just unpack the PBO instead?

Technically yes, but it is not recommended. HEMTT does a lot of things like rapifying that make things non-human readable. We recommend sticking to the above instructions, and assistance won't be provided for other methods.

What is HEMTT, why does Overthrow use it?

HEMTT is an opinionated build system for Arma 3 mods. It is used in large mods like ACE and CBA.

HEMTT is used because it is a complete tool that can build and sign the entire mod as well as rapify, binarize and optimize.

Before HEMTT, Overthrow was built using a completely custom, complicated toolchain that didn't offer all of these benefits.