Arma Reforger
as world and environment designer
Arma Reforger is the first installment in the Arma franchise powered by the Enfusion engine, Bohemia Interactive’s new in-house technology. I worked on Everon – the island from Operation Flashpoint.
I transitioned to Arma Reforger in September 2020. My initial responsibility was converting the classic Everon heightmap from Operation Flashpoint into the Enfusion engine and modifying it to meet modern standards. This entire process was carried out using World Creator, a terrain generation tool.
My focus later shifted to location design and exploring new pipelines. I designed the southern part of Everon, including various towns, nature locations and the well-known castle. Along the designing and manual work on the island itself, I was exploring a new way of developing large open world terrains for Arma series. I was hugely inspired by the GDC’s Procedural World Generation of Far Cry 5 presentation and sought the similar approach for Arma terrains. However, the Houdini approach was later moved aside in favor of manual polygon GIS-style generation.
Responsibilities
Terrain Heightmap
Conversion of the original Everon heightmap, applying filters, erosion and generation of masks.
Location design
Creation of design documents, placing 3D models in the world, terrain sculpting, iterating based on the received feedback.
Procedural generation
Vegetation scatter in Houdini, researching new ways how to make terrains.
Enfusion designs
Writing up design documents for Enfusion’s World Editor features, research of other engines and related technology
Placeholders
Creation of placeholder models using Modo
Locations
Southern everon
I was responsible for the countryside of southern Everon and its points of interest, including a military base and surrounding mountains.
LEvie
Levie is a town situated at a key crossroads and serves as the gateway to southern Everon.
Saint piere
The main port city in southern Everon, featuring both an industrial port area and the urban city itself.
Castle
The iconic—and only—castle on Everon, overlooking Saint Piere and the surrounding area. It is based on Helfenburk Castle near Ústí and serves as the home of the Everon partisans.
DuRras
A small village nestled in a valley in southern Everon, near Vernon.
Vernon
A small village situated in a valley near Duras in southern Everon.
Morton
An iconic location where the story of Operation Flashpoint begins with the landing operation and capture of the town. It was a true honor to recreate it.
Regina
Another iconic location, serving as the setting for the second mission of the original Operation Flashpoint.
Arma Reforger was developed by Bohemia Interactive’s Mníšek office, with support from other studios including Brno. Powered by the proprietary Enfusion engine, the game was released on May 17, 2022, for PC and Xbox Series X/S. The island of Everon is based on Croatia’s Krk Island, which I visited in 2021 to experience firsthand the land I helped bring to life.