Zeus Sector Control CSAT-NATO

A Zeus-versus-Zeus sector control gamemode for Arma 3 on Altis. Two Game Masters — one commanding NATO, one commanding CSAT — build and direct their own forces to capture and hold sectors. Holding sectors drains the enemy's ticket pool. First side to zero tickets loses.

Mission Info

Map — Altis
Players — 2 commanders and 2 spectators

Sides & Slots

Four playable slots total. One Zeus commander per side plus up to two spectator slots.

NATO (WEST)

Zeus / Commander slot (B_VirtualCurator_F) at NATO HQ
Runs NoWatermark.sqf on init to hide the Zeus watermark
Curator: z1 — all addons enabled, full player/group/object attribute permissions

CSAT (EAST)

Zeus / Commander slot (I_VirtualCurator_F) at CSAT HQ
Runs NoWatermark.sqf on init
Curator: z2 — all addons enabled, full player/group/object attribute permissions

Each base is pre-stocked with support assets (truck, quadbike, MRAP, repair truck, helicopter, a soldier) that the Zeus can use as starter placements.

Sectors

Three neutral sectors (ModuleSector_F) are contested throughout the match. All sectors share the same capture cost table.

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie

Capture cost (points contributed by units inside the sector)

Infantry — 1
Player — 2
Wheeled vehicle — 2
Aircraft — 2
Tracked vehicle — 4
Watercraft — 0

Task title on capture: Capture %1.

Ticket / Bleed System

The ticket bleed is driven by a ModuleBleedTickets_F:

Starting tickets per side: 500
Bleed ratio: 0.5 — the side that owns fewer/less-valuable sectors bleeds tickets proportionally
Tick interval: 2 s
Max bleed per tick: 1

While a side holds more sector value than its opponent, the opponent loses tickets on every tick. First side to 0 tickets loses.

Sensor triggers (WEST SEIZED, EAST SEIZED) fire on ownership changes to keep sector visuals in sync.

Map Setup

NATO HQ marker: [16482.91, 5.58, 9753.96]
CSAT HQ marker: [18139.26, 63.88, 11677.26]
Respawn marker: respawn_guerrila (CSAT base area, [18131.83, 62.46, 11660.40])
Ambush / point-of-interest markers scattered around the map to hint at engagement zones

Scripts

`init.sqf`

Bootstraps the mission — just kicks off cleanup:

[] execVM "cleanup.sqf";

`cleanup.sqf`

Deletes corpses/wrecks 60 seconds after death to keep entity count down. On every 10-second pass it stamps RYD_DeathTime on newly dead entities, then removes them once that stamp is older than 60 s:

while {true} do {
    sleep 10;
    {
        _sandGlass = _x getVariable "RYD_DeathTime";
        if (isNil "_sandGlass") then {
            _x setVariable ["RYD_DeathTime", time];
        } else {
            if ((time - _sandGlass) > 60) then {
                deleteVehicle _x;
            };
        };
    } foreach AllDead;
};

An older, commented-out block at the top of the file is kept as reference — it tracked entities disappearing from wholeworld and, on a 500 s cycle, deleted ships/aircraft/land vehicles along with any dead crew or nearby dead men. Disabled in favour of the simpler AllDead sweep above.

`NoWatermark.sqf`

Executed by both Zeus slots on init to strip the Zeus interface watermark for a cleaner commander view.

How a Match Plays Out

Two players load into the NATO and CSAT Zeus slots. Each has full curator access over their own side. Enemy units icons are hidden.
Each commander deploys forces from their base — using pre-placed support assets or spawning new units via Zeus — and pushes toward the three sectors.
Units inside a sector accumulate capture points per the table above; once one side dominates, the sector flips to that side.
The side holding more sector value bleeds the opponent's tickets at up to 1 per 2 s.
Dead units and wrecks are auto-cleaned after 60 s.
When one side's tickets hit 0, that side loses.

Files

mission.sqm — Placement of sectors, bleed module, curators, base assets, markers, triggers
description.ext — Mission header, respawn, game type, player limits
init.sqf — Launches cleanup loop
cleanup.sqf — Corpse/wreck cleanup
NoWatermark.sqf — Removes Zeus watermark for commander slots
images/rts.jpg — Load screen

Gamemode