Arma 3 is a popular first-person shooter game with a variety of game modes, maps, and missions. One of its most popular features is the ability to create custom missions and run them on your own server.
Setting up a custom mission on your Arma 3 server can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be! Our guide here will walk you through all the steps necessary to set up a custom mission on your Arma 3 server:
How to Set Up a Custom Mission on an Arma 3 Server
Here are the things you need to do to set up a custom mission on the server:
- Enter your game's control panel.
- View your game service.
- Navigate to the file manager icon.
- Navigate to and open the "mpmission" folder.
- Click the upload icon to upload your mission .pbo file.

- After you've uploaded the file, go to the control panel's Configuration File menu.
- Locate and launch the server.cfg .
- Continue through the file until you reach the mission template settings.
- The mission name will be set to "ChangeMe.Altis" by default
- Change the mission name to be the exact same name as the mission .pbo file you uploaded, but do not include .pbo at the end of it.
- Save the server.cfg.
If you want the server [1] to start the mission automatically when it boots up, enable the Auto Initialize option in your custom command line in the command line manager.
- Enter your game's control panel.
- View your game service.
- Open the Commandline Manager and navigate to the Custom Commandlines tab.

- Make a new custom Commandline if you haven't already done so.
- Enable the Auto Initialize option.
- Save your personalized command line.
- Return to the Commandline manager and click the Select button to the right of your custom Commandline.
Conclusion
Setting up a custom mission on your Arma 3 server is not a difficult task, but it does require some steps and knowledge to ensure that everything is done correctly.
By following the instructions in this guide, you can easily create and run custom missions on your Arma 3 server!