Everon, 1989 · life/RP for Arma Reforger
Life Framework

For server owners

Host it, tune it, build on it

Life Framework is meant to be the base your community builds on, without forking it. It is not ready to host yet. The framework release is milestone M3. This page says what you will get, how it is configured, and which licence covers which copy.

Not released

M3 Framework release

A server owner can install from the Workshop, configure from documented files, add a job or shop without writing script, and host on their own box.

Where we are nowM3 on GitHubAsk on Discord

Two layers

Framework and flagship

Layer 1 · what you install

The framework

Modular systems for a life server. The core knows nothing about 1989: prices, places, and prefabs come from config and content, so a modern or alternate setting runs on the same code. Persistence uses Reforger's own SCR_PersistenceSystem; no third-party addon is needed.

In the tree today

  • Economy & bankingaccounts, ATMs, cash stacks
  • Tradingshops, trader NPCs, buy/sell
  • Jobs & levelsjobs gated by level and skill-point licenses
  • Character creation & accountspersistence, faction selection, ID display
  • Survivalhunger/thirst HUD and consumables
  • Gathering & processingmining, logging, farming chains, destructible resources
  • Crime & policerobbery, door breach, bank vault, fines, duty, confiscation, role whitelists
  • Jail & police ranksplaced jail cell with timed sentences, vehicle escort to jail, patrol/senior ranks with rank-gated kit, fines, and arrest
  • Organizations & hideoutscreate an organization, shared fund, upgrades, members-only hideout door and processing machine
  • Vehicles & garagevehicle lot purchase, lock and key ownership, garage store/retrieve
  • Questsquest givers, objectives, rewards, and a quest log
  • Vehicle license platesgenerated plates
  • Inventoryquantity/stacking, split dialog, UI patches
  • Notificationsin-game toasts
  • NPCsbase entity for traders, police, shops

Most systems are placed only in the test world so far, and none has been played on a dedicated server by strangers yet. That is what M1 is for.

Layer 2 · what we run

The 1989 Everon flagship

Our own server, built on the same framework, played by real people. It is the proof that the framework plays. Where a system has a range of settings, the flagship picks one. Some of its defaults:

Each one is a setting on your server. The decisions page lists the range the framework supports for each.

The playtest village from the air: a short road with a dozen houses, trees, and fields, on a flat green test terrain.
The village from the south-west, with the fenced test annex out of shot.Work in progressPlaytest village8 Nov 2026PR #137

Configuration

Files, not code

The rule is that every price, threshold, and timer lives in a config file under addons/LifeFramework/Configs/, never as a literal in a system. The set grows scope by scope; a documented reference ships with M3.

Configs/Jobs/LF_Jobs.conf

LF_JobsConfig {
 m_fPoliceDutyPayPerSecond 0.5
 m_iBenefitBalanceThreshold 500
 m_iBenefitAmount 100
 m_fBenefitCooldownSeconds 1200
}
The flagship's job settings: $0.50 per second on duty, and a $100 benefit at the job counter for anyone below $500 in the bank, once every 20 minutes.

Licences

Which licence covers which copy

MIT

The source on GitHub

Fork it, change it, ship it. Keep the copyright notice. If you want MIT terms for your server's build, build from GitHub.

LICENSE

APL

The Workshop build

Bohemia's Workshop terms require an APL-family licence on anything uploaded, and MIT is not on that list. So the build we publish on the Workshop carries the Arma Public License. The code is the same.

The decision

The framework is free and stays free. Our flagship may take donations for cosmetics only, within Bohemia's server monetisation rules. It never sells money, gear, vehicles, property, queue priority, or a faster whitelist. Read the decision.

Hosting

Running it today

Playtests are hosted from the maintainer's PC with tools\cli host, which runs the playtest scenario, continues the latest save, and backs saves up. You need Arma Reforger Server (Steam app 1874900). Rented hosting comes later.