====== OFP Importing 3DS to Oxygen 2 ======

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**Operation Flashpoint (OFP)** aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA)

**Converting 3DS Files To O2 Light** by Ian Malcolm

Let's start: You have an 3DS Max (3ds) file, now import in from 3DS to P3D.

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3ds models have 1:10 scale, so just scale them to 10 times bigger.

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Now it's ok, but if you look to Buldozer you see something is not allright.

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Yes, the shadows, but we'll repair it. Press CTRL-A (Select all) and that hit F5 to Recalculate Normals and as you see now it looks much better.

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And dont forget to use Sharp Edges at the end.

====== Notes ======

This tutorial was written by Ian Malcolm in [[http://status.webz.cz/tutorials/index.htm|status.webz.cz/tutorials/]]