Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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 has been shut down.[2] Use Master Server Browser.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions (Windows)
- Steam Community Discussions (OS X/Linux)
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- ARMA: Cold War Assault doesn't include the Red Hammer expansion, which was developed by Codemasters.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer |
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Operation Flashpoint: Resistance |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- A universal patch that upgrades any retail version of Operation Flashpoint to ARMA: Cold War Assault can be downloaded here.
Skip intro videos
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.
Re-adding Red Hammer campaign[citation needed]
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- Either open a folder where Red Hammer expansion is installed or go to a root folder of a CD with expansion pack.
- There go to a folder AddOns and copy a file VoiceRH.pbo to a folder AddOns in ARMA: Cold War Assault folder.
- Go to a folder Campaigns either in a folder where you have installed Red Hammer expansion or on your CD.
- Copy a file redhammer.pbo to Campaigns in ARMA: Cold War Assault folder.
- A retail copy of expansion is required for this; Red Hammer expansion is not available digitally.
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Game data
External general settings.
In-game difficulty settings.
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
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UserInfo.cfg
contains user-specific settings.
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
External advanced video settings (Performance).
External advanced video settings (Effects).
External advanced video settings (Textures).
External advanced video settings (Details).
- The game detects widescreen resolutions but stretches everything from 4:3 by default.
Fix aspect ratio[citation needed]
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- Launch the game.
- Modify any options and quit the game.
- Launch ArmA FOV Changer.
- Select the game and configuration file.
- Adjust the FOV slider or tick the "Auto" option.
- Save changes and launch the game.
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- Using
-window
argument causes major issues with the mouse cursor.[6]
Force windowed[citation needed]
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set the name and executable path.
- Set the window position and size.
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX8.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
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Input settings
In-game control settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
- Never use "Very high" terrain quality setting, nor exceed 1200-1300 visibility.[7]
Low fps
Use dx8 to dx9 wrapper https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases
Low server count
Frequent crashes or out of memory errors
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ MHz Pentium III 1133 MHz |
AMD Athlon X2 2.5 GHz Intel Dual-core 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
1 GB |
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
| Nvidia GeForce 8600GT AMD Radeon 3650 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.8 |
10.8.5 or newer |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4 GHz
| Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 3.06 GHz or faster |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
800 MB |
1 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia equivalent ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce 9400M G ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB of VRAM |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Fedora 25, Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS, Mint 18 (64-bit OS required) | |
Processor (CPU) |
64-bit 1+ GHz
| Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz AMD equivalent |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
800 MB |
1 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
latest Nvidia or Mesa drivers OpenGL 3.2+ compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 with 512 MB VRAM AMD Radeon HD 7850 with 1 GB VRAM |
- Despite official system requirements, game does not use OpenAL
- Despite official system requirements, XP is Unsupported
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[4]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References