https://pmc.editing.wiki/ 2026-05-13T00:38:31+00:00 https://pmc.editing.wiki/ https://pmc.editing.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-07-31T13:02:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:briefing.html&rev=1722430940&do=diff OFP Briefing html OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) The briefing is an essential part of any mission. It usually displays a synopsis of what to do to complete the mission. Briefing.html is a simple HTML file located in the mission folder. You have to create this file manually, and the file will be loaded automatically when the mission begins. For SP missions and campaigns, t… text/html 2024-07-31T13:03:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:callsigns&rev=1722430993&do=diff OFP Custom Callsigns OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Ever wanted to change that PAPA_BEAR to something else? Well here is how to do it. Open up your init.sqs file and define your callsigns like this: abelement = [West, "AirBase"]; hqelement = [West, "HQ"]; text/html 2024-07-31T13:04:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:camera.sqs&rev=1722431088&do=diff OFP Camera.sqs OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) It won't take you long to discover that the original Operation Flashpoint camera options which are found in the editor don't give you the same versatility that you have seen in the official missions or quality user-created cutscenes. The text/html 2024-07-31T13:08:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:campaign_design&rev=1722431319&do=diff OFP Campaign Design OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Campaign Design by Snake Man This is some thoughts about how to design a campaign. First of all you need to decide if its a story line driven or mission content driven. What it means is that if you have really good story line, you can manage with slim mission content (however it is at the end first person shooter which y… text/html 2024-07-31T13:06:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:camp_description.ext&rev=1722431199&do=diff OFP Campaign Description.ext OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Caveat Two types of description.ext file exist in the flashpoint world * Mission Descriptions. * Campaign Descriptions. They have nothing in common with each other text/html 2024-07-31T13:09:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:dtaext&rev=1722431383&do=diff OFP DtaExt OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) OFP DtaExt directory is used to have global music and sound files for campaigns, so the music/sound files are available in all missions. First you need to create text/html 2024-07-31T13:10:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:errortypesomething&rev=1722431432&do=diff OFP Error Type Something Expected Nothing OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This error usually occurs when a statement is incomplete, malformed, or non-existent. Example (non-existent statement): 7 + 6 * 5 text/html 2024-07-31T13:11:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:errorunknownoperator&rev=1722431486&do=diff OFP Error Unknown Operator OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This error occurs when the game engine has attempted to parse something as an operator, but could not successfully find the given symbol. Examples: text/html 2024-07-31T13:12:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:errorzerodivisor&rev=1722431538&do=diff OFP Error Zero Divisor OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This error occurs when the variable you are trying to divide has a value of zero, or when you attempt to divide a variable by 0. It also occurs when you attempt to access an element of an array which does not exist. text/html 2024-07-31T13:13:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:eventhandlers&rev=1722431601&do=diff OFP EventHandlers OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) EventHandler's or EH's. Dammaged Triggered when the unit is damaged. Global. (If simultaneous damage occured (e.g. via grenade) EH might be triggered several times.) text/html 2024-07-31T14:58:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:exit.sqs&rev=1722437920&do=diff OFP Exit.sqs OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) When campaign mission is completed, file called exit.sqs is executed. This is used for example in Resistance campaign to transfer weapons and soldier information to the next mission (saveVar and saveStatus). text/html 2024-07-31T14:59:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:genericerrorexpression&rev=1722437976&do=diff OFP Error Generic Error in Expression OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This error occurs when the type of data an operator is expecting does not match. Example: _myString = "The meaning of life is " + 42 text/html 2024-07-31T15:00:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:invalidnumberexpression&rev=1722438019&do=diff OFP Error Invalid Number in Expression OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This usually occurrs when an expression is left incomplete or malformed. Example: _myNumber = 2 + 3 + text/html 2025-12-18T19:39:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:mission_editor_ui&rev=1766086741&do=diff OFP Mission Editor User Interface OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) OFP Mission Editor User Interface This section will take you on a tour of the standard OFP mission editor interface, explaining the menus and how to use them. text/html 2024-07-31T15:03:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:music&rev=1722438209&do=diff OFP Music Tracks OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Default bis music tracks found on OFP Resistance are as follows. Default OFP Cold War Crisis (CWC) tracks: track1 track2 track3 track4 track5 track6 track7 track8 track9 track10 track11 track12 track13 track14 track15 track16 track17 7thoverdose 7thlifeless 7thimgonnafly 7thdecide 7thdarken 7thmylife text/html 2024-07-31T15:05:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:overview.html&rev=1722438307&do=diff OFP Overview html OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) The overview.html is an optional file, which simply means the game won't crash without it, but it adds polish to your creative efforts. It appears on the notebook before you start a mission or campaign. When you click on a mission, on the right you see an overview, which is mostly comprised of a picture and one or two lines… text/html 2024-07-31T15:07:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:overview_picture&rev=1722438460&do=diff OFP Overview Picture OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Creating a picture for mission overviews Images to be used in the mission preview have to meet certain criteria to have the right position and size. Here's a quick walkthrough to creating a proper image. text/html 2024-07-31T15:09:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:real_campaign&rev=1722438586&do=diff OFP Real Campaign OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This article introduces you to a Real Campaign that remembers the weapon loadout, team status and captured objectives by your and enemy forces. Commands Primary commands used to create this campaign are text/html 2024-07-31T15:11:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:savestatus&rev=1722438667&do=diff OFP saveStatus OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Syntax: object saveStatus name Example: player saveStatus "playerstate"; This command saves the units status, weapons and equipment he carries, his health status and identity (setIdentity: face type and name set previously in description.ext). text/html 2024-07-31T15:12:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:triggers&rev=1722438721&do=diff OFP Triggers OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Triggers are an essential function for mission designers. A trigger (sometimes called a sensor) allows a mission designer to control events within a mission. Some common uses for triggers are controlling the timing of squad moves, camera control in cutscene, or even play the appropriate music when the time is right. text/html 2024-07-31T15:15:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:variables_arrays&rev=1722438915&do=diff OFP Variables & Arrays OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) Variables & Arrays by Dinger A variable can take the place of an absolute value in an expression and in effect refers to a value. Since this signified value can vary, we call it a variable. text/html 2024-07-31T15:16:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:waypoint_guard&rev=1722439002&do=diff OFP Waypoint: Guard OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) This waypoint works in conjunction with the 'Guarded by' trigger type. The size, axis, activation etc. of the 'Guarded By' trigger has no influence whatsoever on the trigger. text/html 2024-07-31T15:17:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=ofp:missions:weaponpool&rev=1722439057&do=diff OFP weaponPool OFP Forum, OFP Home, OFP File Formats, OFP Tools, OFP Missions, OFP 3D Modeling, OFP Terrain Operation Flashpoint (OFP) aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) weaponPool is the excellent feature to save weapons into next missions in campaign, it gives player that satisfactory “continuous campaign” feeling that its not just canned missions, but his actions effect the upcoming missions, well at least what weapons he can access.