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

There are two formats in use by OFP p3d files (3 dimensional picture) files. Either can be used by the engine.

MLOD

MLOD is the format used by bis released graphical editing tool Oxygen Light.

MLOD is converted to ODOL format by using bis Binarize tool.

For further info see MLOD

ODOL

a compressed representation of MLOD format used as the 'official' format for bis models.

bis Binarize converts MLOD to ODOL

There are two versions of ODOL

ODOL v7 for Flashpoint ODOL v40 for Arma

PMC tool ODOL Explorer will read ODOL v7 format and resave it (convert) back to MLOD for subsequent editing. In BX GateBuilder v0.0.2.4 is posible to open ODOL format, but save only to MLOD format.