So I see they're incorporating JBAD into the pack. Should we expect any disruption with map indexes or our current missions (Takistan, Zargabad, etc)?

That sucks.

I really should try my hand at indexing again but it was super frustrating a couple months ago with all the crashes I was having with it.

New Terrains update is out! Time to see all the amazing things it added, and what it probably broke!

Building class names, paths to models, and positions should be the same. The only thing that should have changed is related to animations. The majority of JBAD buildings were for structures_e, which like Neo stated, are used on Takistan and Zargabad. However, all of the A2 terrains will have received upgraded buildings, in some cases it might only be one or two new buildings, but it's probably best to play it safe and reindex the maps.

If needed I could put together a list of specific buildings that were updated, but I don't really have an easy method of telling you what maps use those specific buildings.

From CUP Dev Pennyworth.

@Tupolov does this mean what I think it means and a mass reindexing is in order? Time for me to roll up my sleeves if so.

Yes, they will all need re indexing if objects were changed

Yikes, according to NeoArmageddon, it's just about every map ever, including maps not in the CUP pack (so probably most if not all Middle East and African themed, Sangin, Reshmaan, FATA, N'Ziwasogo, Clafghan, etc etc).

You guys I'm sure will need all hands on deck here so I'll try again to get the tools working. You devs are doing so many other important and amazing things I hate to see you set that aside for something like this.

@incontinenetia Yup, same here. Struggled to get the tools working last time but didn't really give it a fair shot to be honest as everything I wanted indexing was already good and laziness won the day...

You took the words out of my mouth basically. A couple crashes and I was like nope, off to play on a different map.

I can honestly say that I REALLY tried to index. I spent 2-3 hours on multiple weekends trying to figure out why my PC kept crashing everytime I tried. Downloaded, redownloaded dlls, etc. But I could never get it to work.

If I did...I would have had about 20 maps indexed by now! lol

Maybe when 64 bit ARMA and ALiVE arrive, I will be able to join the cause.

On a sidenote..the CUP Terrains update is awesome. I can confirm that it didn't break my Takistan mission..ALiVE is still working. But I'm sure as many have said that just about every map will need a fresh index.

So I think I'm going to start a new thread, where in the first post I'll maintain and update a list of users and the map they plan on trying to index. This will hopefully avoid people doing the same thing and wasting time.

But I also want to avoid people indexing maps that weren't impacted by the update because that would be a waste of time too. @Tupolov @SpyderBlack723 would there be any way to easily figure this out?

Pennyworth of the CUP dev team can probably provide some additional info (building names, etc). JBAD is primarily a middle eastern themed building pack, would that be correct? So for example, Chernarus and other European and western themed maps *probably* wouldn't have been altered, would that be a fair assumption?

The military buildings on Chernaus and other maps that have JBAD counterparts were replaced.

Oh wow so it's everything then. :( Thanks for the heads up.

Side note and off-topic but I hope my bases are all intact. @AUTigerGrad has building placement and/or shape changed at all that you've seen?

@Friznit would Baretail be a useful resource for determining if a CUP map had JBAD replacements (even if it was only a couple of buildings) or is that program more for monitoring totally f'd up indexes?

If possible, my first priority would be to determine which maps were effected by the update. Any ideas on the most efficient way to do that?

For instance, I can assume Sangin has JBAD buildings now. But it might not.

Thanks Friznit. That's a good point. I messed around with Zargabad last night, and although the CUP team said that map specifically (along with Takistan) absolutely have the new buildings, ALiVE is still spawning units fine and without errors. So that's cool then that at least it isn't "urgent," though obviously less than ideal.

I'll see if I can get the tools working and I hope to take a crack at indexing here soon.