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Revision as of 05:07, 31 May 2014
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Developers | |
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Bohemia Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Codemasters | |
Engines | |
Real Virtuality | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 22, 2001 |
Warnings
Arma | |
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Arma: Cold War Assault | 2001 |
Arma: Armed Assault | 2006 |
Arma 2 | 2009 |
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 2010 |
Arma Tactics | 2013 |
Arma 3 | 2013 |
Arma Reforger | 2022 |
Key points
- Originally released as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis.
- Many bugs in the game may be game-breaking. It's highly recommended to use the latest version of the game.
- Free upgrade from Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis to ARMA: Cold War Assault.
- Not optimized to run on modern hardware. Highest video settings will cut your game performance.[1]
- GameSpy online server browser will stop working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.[2]
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
- ARMA: Cold War Assault doesn't include the Red Hammer expansion, which was developed by Codemasters.
Essential improvements
Universal patch
- A patch that upgrades any retail version of Operation Flashpoint to ARMA: Cold War Assault can be downloaded here.
Skip intro videos
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Adding the Red Hammer campaign
- If you have a retail copy of Red Hammer campaign, you can add it back to ARMA: Cold War Assault.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65790/pfx/[Note 1] |
- User-specific settings are stored in
<path-to-game>\Users\<user-id>\UserInfo.cfg
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65790/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
While the game allows for choosing widescreen resolutions, a fix has to be applied in order to render image in proper aspect ratio.
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4:3 | 16:9 | 15:9 | 16:10 | 5:4 | 12:3 | |
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fovTop | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.8 | 0.75 | 0.8 | 0.75 |
fovLeft | 1 | 1.333333 | 1.333333 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 |
uiTopLeftX | 0 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 0.083333 | 0 | 0.333333 |
uiTopLeftY | 0 | 0 | 0.033333 | 0 | 0.033333 | 0 |
uiBottomRightX | 1 | 0.875 | 0.875 | 0.916667 | 1 | 0.666667 |
uiBottomRightY | 1 | 1 | 0.966667 | 1 | 0.966667 | 1 |
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues fixed
- Never use "Very high" terrain quality setting, nor exceed 1200-1300 visibility.[3]
Low server count
Instructions |
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Frequent crashes or out of memory errors
Instructions |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 600 MHz Pentium II 500 MHz |
Athlon X2 2.5 GHz Intel Dual-core 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | 1 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Riva TNT, GeForce 256, GeForce 2 Rage 128, Radeon 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | GeForce 8600GT Radeon 3650 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
- Despite official system requirements, game does not use OpenAL
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (65790) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
Categories:
- Pages needing cover images
- Windows
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- Games
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- Invalid template usage (Fixbox)
- Pages with broken file links
- Missing section (Availability)
- Missing section (Video)
- Missing section (Input)
- Missing section (Audio)
- Missing section (Localizations)
- Missing section (API)