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ofp:missions:overview_picture [2007/07/10 09:52] – external edit 127.0.0.1ofp:missions:overview_picture [2024/07/31 15:07] (current) – links added. snakeman
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-======Overview Picture ======+====== OFP Overview Picture ====== 
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 +[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=43|OFP Forum]], [[:ofp|OFP Home]], [[ofp:file_formats|OFP File Formats]], [[ofp:tools|OFP Tools]], [[ofp:missions|OFP Missions]], [[ofp:modeling|OFP 3D Modeling]], [[ofp:terrain|OFP Terrain]] 
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 +**Operation Flashpoint (OFP)** aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA)
  
 **Creating a picture for mission overviews** **Creating a picture for mission overviews**
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 There are many different ones available, but the most popular ones in the gaming community are [[http://www.fraps.com/|FRAPS]] or [[http://www.planetgamecam.com|Game Cam]], which also have several other game-related features, like movie capturing and FPS (frames/sec) display. There are many different ones available, but the most popular ones in the gaming community are [[http://www.fraps.com/|FRAPS]] or [[http://www.planetgamecam.com|Game Cam]], which also have several other game-related features, like movie capturing and FPS (frames/sec) display.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/overview_tut_org.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/overview_tut_org.jpg }}
  
 **Crop it to size** **Crop it to size**
  
 Once you have an appropriate image, crop it to a proportion of 1:1.625 (//height:width//). Once you have an appropriate image, crop it to a proportion of 1:1.625 (//height:width//).
-So - an image 315 pixels high should be 512 pixels wide. +So - an image 315 pixels high should be 512 pixels wide.
  
 You can use different proportions, but these are the ones that fill out the menu frame in the mission preview the best. You can use different proportions, but these are the ones that fill out the menu frame in the mission preview the best.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/overview_tut_formatted.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/overview_tut_formatted.jpg }}
  
 **Reformat it to the right proportions** **Reformat it to the right proportions**
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 Save the picture in .JPG format. Save the picture in .JPG format.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/overview_tut_menu.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/overview_tut_menu.jpg }}
  
  
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 In your overview.html you need to call the image via an HTML tag: In your overview.html you need to call the image via an HTML tag:
  
-<code>+<code html>
  <html>  <html>
  <head><title>Mission Title</title></head>  <head><title>Mission Title</title></head>
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 </code> </code>
  
-The size to use if you want to fill out the predefined image frame is 155x95. +The size to use if you want to fill out the predefined image frame is 155x95.
  
 If you used different proportions for your original picture, you will have to adjust the sizes here too. If you used different proportions for your original picture, you will have to adjust the sizes here too.
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 **Compile your mission** **Compile your mission**
  
-Use any of the many [[ofp:tools|tools]] available to create your PBO files.+Use any of the many [[ofp:tools|OFP tools]] available to create your PBO files. 
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