Hi.

I double checked my server.cfg settings and the startup parameters in the BAT file. They are definitely correct, but players can still draw lines on the map.

However, when a vanilla mission is loaded - in this case End Game 16 Moddergat (MP_End_Game_05) - line drawing is correctly disabled. In other words, I can only reproduce this issue on a custom mission file.

I searched through the custom mission file and could not find anything that would interfere with line drawing being disabled.

Two of the custom mission files I can reproduce this issue on are: co40 Domination! Blufor (co40_domination_3_45_blufor.tanoa) by Xeno and GunGame-Tanoa by OPTiX.

Maybe caused by adding a draw eventhandler to the map?

It's not the mission which is causing it because when I add drawingInMap = 0; to my server.cfg I can't draw lines on the map when running the mission. So map eventhandler was nothing more than a guess :)

@Jawsh Since Xeno is unable to reproduce the issue on his side, perhaps there're some corrupt or inconsistent files. What about game cache integrity?

@Xeno, thanks for the heads up, should anything else come in mind, please let me know

I have verified the game cache for both my Arma 3 Client and Server. I have downloaded the latest version of Xeno's mission (co40_domination_3_46_blufor.tanoa). I have also double checked my server.cfg and BAT file that launches the server. Everything seems to be in good order, yet I can still draw lines on the map in Domination and GunGame-Tanoa.

See this ZIP file for (near) identical versions of the server.cfg, launch BAT, and .Arma3Profile files that I'm using.

Line drawing is correctly disabled as intended.

Voted for MP_End_Game_05 - regular.

Server.cfg:

[...]
// MISSIONS CYCLE (see below)
class Missions {};        // An empty Missions class means there will be no mission rotation
//class Missions
//{
//	class MP
//	{
//		template = "MP_End_Game_05.tanoa";          // Omit the .pbo suffix.
//		difficulty = "regular";                     // Difficulty: recruit, regular, veteran, or custom (see CfgDifficulties in the main game config) //This has changed since 1.58!
//		class Params
//		{
//		};
//	};
//};
[...]

Line drawing is meant to be disabled, but is actually still available.

Server.cfg:

[...]
// MISSIONS CYCLE (see below)
//class Missions {};        // An empty Missions class means there will be no mission rotation
class Missions
{
	class MP
	{
		template = "MP_End_Game_05.tanoa";          // Omit the .pbo suffix.
		difficulty = "Custom";                     // Difficulty: recruit, regular, veteran, or custom (see CfgDifficulties in the main game config) //This has changed since 1.58!
		class Params
		{
		};
	};
};
[...]

I also tried changing the difficulty from custom to regular and the issue persisted.

Disabling drawingInMap still does not work.

Server.cfg:

drawingInMap = 0;				// Enables or disables the ability to place markers and draw lines in map. Default = 1 (since Arma 3 1.63+).

Launcher version: 1.5.138010

Game version: 1.64.138137 (26-08-2016)

Branch: rc

Tested.

Definitely not working.

The drawingInMap parameter is now correctly working as of version 1.64.138310 (09-09-2016) RC.

[...]
Fixed: JIP players were able to draw on the map even with drawingInMap disabled (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T119279)

Awesome news, thanks for the confirmation :)

@razazel, this issue is fixed in 1.64, but another issue with drawingInMap has arisen. Please see Disabling drawingInMap server.cfg parameter removes map markers.

Thank you for the heads up, will look into the second issue now :)