Converted OFP SP Missions

[W0lle]

First yay

:yay:

This package (http://armaholic.eu/wolle/arma2/A2_OFP_Conversions_19032010.zip) contains 15 old OFP Missions I converted to ArmA2 recently:

- Battlefields
- Cleansweep I
- Cleansweep II
- Commander
- Ground Attack I * NEW *
- Ground Attack II * NEW *
- Heavy Metal
- Laser
- Lone Wolf
- Rat Hole
- Revenge
- Shadow Killer * NEW *
- Shilka (was Vulcan) * NEW *
- Sniper
- Sniper Team

Have fun with them!

Please note: You are not allowed to port this mission (or parts of it) to Arma 3!

[BoneBoys]

Impressive, I will give em a try when I receive my 505 copy !

How are you liking the game? If you don't mind me asking :)

[11aTony]

Oh c'mon wolle, stop teasing me. I can try them in a month. :)

[MulleDK19]

Thanks. This might give me a chance to see if the ArmA 2 files changed much since ArmA 1 :P

[Shadow NX]

Great, thanks again W0lle, much appriciated :)

[Binary]

Thank you so much W0lle :)
I don't understand german, so its great with some english missions :)

[Miller]

Ohh, thanks W0lle :)

ArmA2Base.de Mirror and News (http://arma2base.de/include.php?path=start) :

Mirror: A2_OFP_Conversions Mission Pack by W0lle (http://arma2base.de/include.php?path=download&contentid=114)

Kind regards
Miller

[OChristie]

Official UK Mirror Courtesy of OCH Studios

Official UK Mirror (http://www.och-studios.co.uk/arma2/missions/w0lle/a2_ofp_conversions.zip)

[Frantic]

WOW!!!

just great!..You have not only made one custom mission but 10!!! oO
and then remakes of good old OFP!
:yay:

[SgtMarple]

Could anyone pls tell me where i save the pbq files?? Couldnt find an answer

[W0lle]

My bad, should have made a readme for it.

In your ArmA2 installation folder create a new folder called "Missions", into that folder you copy the .pbo files.

For some reason it's no more created automatically during the installation.

[Evishion]

u sayd u converted them to A2, does that mean A2 comes with everon, malden and kolgujev? :yay:

[W0lle]

LOL no of course not, that would be nice.

No they are now playing on Utes and Chernarus.

[Evishion]

doh :( ok, had to ask :P

[william1]

For some reason it's no more created automatically during the installation.

that won't be a bug by any chance ? :stuck:

[Potatomasher]

Come on, i'm still downloading A2 and you release new missions. :)
What else you have ready for Arma2. CWR mod. :D
Thanks a lot Wolle.

[Balschoiw]

Come on, i'm still downloading A2 and you release new missions.
No wonder. He was/is part of the german betatester-team.
Looks like you should have better spent more time testing the game...
Thx anyway.

[Snafu]

Nice to see these converted so soon W00le. I'll be trying them out once A2 gets released up here.

[MulleDK19]

Could anyone pls tell me where i save the pbq files?? Couldnt find an answer

ArmA 2\Missions I'd guess.

[SiC-Disaster]

Thanks a lot :)

[your_mum]

Thanks Wolle.

It will be nice to play some of these old missions on the new islands.

regards./

[KingNL]

Thank you for this quick port. I really enjoy playing these missions :P

[Wass]

Thanks man, really enjoy playing this :)
Remember old times, right? :)

[orlok]

hello there

Thanks for the missions, "take the car" is an all time fav for me.

Now, did you make this missions from scratch, using similar objectives etc from the old missions as a guide or did you use something to actually convert them from OFP to import and then fix them in ARMA2?

rgds

LoK

[W0lle]

I just imported them from OFP, searched for suitable locations, changed classnames and made new briefings.

Update: All versions are now in version 1.01 and include some more of these fancy Modules. I also added "Laser" as newest addition.

Please redownload the file from the first post. :)

[Earlsimmons]

Hi Wolle,
thanks for that great Missions!
But can u make some of this playable for coop?

[Von_Paulus]

Thanks W0lle! :)
Now let's wait for the rest of the mod. :p

[11aTony]

Can you add pics to missions for overview, so I wouldnt get that error messages everytime I click on it. Otherwise I love the missions man. Especially Battlefields with russians.

[ArmaFreak]

My bad, should have made a readme for it.

In your ArmA2 installation folder create a new folder called "Missions", into that folder you copy the .pbo files.

For some reason it's no more created automatically during the installation.

Is it possible to add these to the existing SP missions folder?

[Tophe]

Thank you W0lle!
I was just thinking about the Battlefield mission... Always loved that one.
Me and my friends used to just put multiple playable spots in it and play it over and over. I loved playing it at night.

[^Renegade]

Nice work w0lle! It's great being able to play some classics again

[Niftyeye]

Thanks a lot, downloading ;)

[Pteradon]

Thanks W0lle:)


Edit-
Just did the mission `Laser` and really liked it.
But got 1 pop-up error, when i made the radiocall for an airstrike.
No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgVoice.Male03'.

[ArmaFreak]

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks W0lle, brings back a lot of old memories!

[twisted]

man these are good. thanks.

[gord96]

awesome. thanks!

[cri74]

Thanks !

Will there by any chance be an update so 2-4 people can play these toghether (in team) ?

[Helmut_AUT]

Wolle, thanks for making those. A2 definitly fits the OFP-Feel.

Can you tell us if they are AI heavy (more than 10 Squads) or not so? I really need a few A2 missions that won't max out my CPU, and about 10 groups (100 soldiers) in total is the sweet spot so far.

I know Battlefield is probably larger.

[badvok123]

Thanks for these, i'll use these to brush up my shooting before i tackle the main campaign

[H.A.L]

thanks W0lle, nice to see these classics again! :)

[Binary]

-Please delete-

[Negativx]

Thank you so much for this. I have been playing a few of these tonight and it was very cool and well done.

[GoOB]

Bring in the mission Flashpoint next why don'tya? Gods damnit I love that mission.

Also, is there any way to convert OFP missions to ARMA II without having OFP installed as reference?

[ConnorSG1]

Mirror on ArmedAssault.Info (http://www.armedassault.info/index.php?game=1&cat=solo&id=63)

[BlackLord]

In the Heavy Metal mission one of my crewman dies as soon as he leaves the tent for no reason.

[bonchie]

Has anyone completed battlefields?

The entire group gets cut down in the first few minutes for me, leaving me alone, kissing the ground, with no chance to really advance.

[ProfTournesol]

In the Heavy Metal mission one of my crewman dies as soon as he leaves the tent for no reason.

For me, other tanks refuse to follow me...


Has anyone completed battlefields?

The entire group gets cut down in the first few minutes for me, leaving me alone, kissing the ground, with no chance to really advance.

I haven't got that trouble, but the mission finishes without me doing a lot of things...contrary to the OFP one which were very tough.

[trickster1982]

Is there an idiots guide to installing these missions? Sorry for being so rubbish chaps, i copied the files into my "missions" folder but when i start the game up the missions arent there :confused: Im clearly doing something wrong so if you could enlighten me :)

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Forget my stupidity ive figured it out! :D

[Negativx]

@<hidden> trickster1982

I just unzipped the .pbo files into my missions folder and they are there for me. Make sure they are not inside a folder in your missions folder. Good luck.

[dvolk]

In Laser I blew up the bridge, but wasn't told what to do next. Am I supposed to go back to the insertion point?

[trickster1982]

@<hidden> trickster1982

I just unzipped the .pbo files into my missions folder and they are there for me. Make sure they are not inside a folder in your missions folder. Good luck.

Its ok i managed to figure it out last night but thanks anyway :) Im enjoying these missions as so far as i hadnt seen any major battles in the main campaign up to where i am on manhattan,as well as the nostalgia of old OFP missions!
Hope the Falklands war add on makes a comeback as well, that would be awesome on the ArmA 2 engine :)

[UltraSur76]

Thanks for these missions....top notch. Having a problem with the end of Clean Sweeps 1; i get to the rendezvous but the heli just hovers over me but doesn't get low enough so I can jump in...did I do something wrong?

[UltraSur76]

In Laser I blew up the bridge, but wasn't told what to do next. Am I supposed to go back to the insertion point?

How did you get the bridge to blow up; sorry for the somewhat noob question. I target the bridge, call in for air strike but nothing happens? any help would be appreciated.

[Alpha-Kilo]

Thanks for these missions....top notch. Having a problem with the end of Clean Sweeps 1; i get to the rendezvous but the heli just hovers over me but doesn't get low enough so I can jump in...did I do something wrong?

If I am not mistaken, you are waiting for your helicopter in a field close to the vilage which you have swept clean, right? When I played this mission, the helo landed for me and I jumped in, but it overdid the nap-of-the-earth flying and crashed into some trees at the end of this field. Fortunately I had saved before boarding and I could try again, but the same pilot repeated the same mistake. Next time, I walked to another position and the pilot followed me and picked me up. From his new starting position he did not cut the treetops with the rotor and we got away safely.

To make a long story short: Why don't you just walk around a bit and try a different position. Perhaps you are lucky and the helicopter picks you up.

[SirKnightTG]

Make sure they are not inside a folder in your missions folder. Good luck.


That's not a problem at all. I put mine under Missions/OFP and it works fine. Doing this has always worked with BIS's games.

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Thanks W0lle:)


Edit-
Just did the mission `Laser` and really liked it.
But got 1 pop-up error, when i made the radiocall for an airstrike.
No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgVoice.Male03'.


I get that error as well. I also got it in the main campaign.

Another issue I've had with these OFP missions is I get a pop-up in the mission list about some image can't be found.

[trickster1982]

Another issue I've had with these OFP missions is I get a pop-up in the mission list about some image can't be found.

Yeah i get that one too,its not a problem as it doesnt stop me playing the mission,its just one of those things that could be tidied up :)
Also in a couple of the missions I've had an error message come up to do with the voices in the game on the radio chatter,dont know what thats all about

[UltraSur76]

If I am not mistaken, you are waiting for your helicopter in a field close to the vilage which you have swept clean, right? When I played this mission, the helo landed for me and I jumped in, but it overdid the nap-of-the-earth flying and crashed into some trees at the end of this field. Fortunately I had saved before boarding and I could try again, but the same pilot repeated the same mistake. Next time, I walked to another position and the pilot followed me and picked me up. From his new starting position he did not cut the treetops with the rotor and we got away safely.

To make a long story short: Why don't you just walk around a bit and try a different position. Perhaps you are lucky and the helicopter picks you up.

Thanks for the info...I'll give it a try.

Though I can't figure-out why in the Laser mission I target the bridge, radio for the attack & nothing happens.....how long does it take or to you get a radio confirmation?

[chaplainDMK]

Nice missions, but wasnt warcry where you led a tank platoon?
Sry i played trough most of the missions on OFP elite witch is tad bit different to vanila OFP.
And im certain you were a yank in battlefields :D.
Thanks for the remakes.
P.S any plans for Ambush, i loved that mission :yay:

[W0lle]

Huge bump. :)

I recently fixed a lot of reported issues, worked on briefings and overviews and added 2 new missions.

The package now contains 13 old OFP Missions:
- Battlefields
- Cleansweep I
- Cleansweep II
- Commander
- Heavy Metal
- Laser
- Lone Wolf
- Rat Hole *NEW*
- Revenge *NEW*
- Sniper
- Sniper Team
- Take the car

You can download the new version from Armaholic (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5743)

[trickster1982]

Cheers!downloading now! :D

[Von_Paulus]

Thanks!

[IronTiger]

Very cool "Revenge" was one of my favorites!

keep it up Wolle. :)

[THEBLITZ6794]

nice!

[mrjingo]

Am I the only one that finds the Clean Sweep 1 mission really hard? My 2 AI squadmates usually are killed within 30 seconds. And since I'm not the squad leader I can't tell them to stop charging to their deaths. What gives?:confused:

[BoneBoys]

Am I the only one that finds the Clean Sweep 1 mission really hard? My 2 AI squadmates usually are killed within 30 seconds. And since I'm not the squad leader I can't tell them to stop charging to their deaths. What gives?:confused:


No, I found it pretty darn hard but well worth the effort.
It works, so don't give up.

I never use +hairs btw.

[mrjingo]

No, I found it pretty darn hard but well worth the effort.
It works, so don't give up.

I never use +hairs btw.

I guess you inspired me. I was finally able beat it after about 25 restarts, all squad members survived. :)

[maturin]

That town is just a fucking deathtrap in every mission it's used for.

[InFireBaptize]

Am I the only one that finds the Clean Sweep 1 mission really hard? My 2 AI squadmates usually are killed within 30 seconds. And since I'm not the squad leader I can't tell them to stop charging to their deaths. What gives?:confused:

i loved this mission, tried it so many times until i managed to get to extraction. The AI is so dumb, i kept patching them and ended up dead, finally decided to leave them alone. Keep trying and don't rush!

[W0lle]

That town is just a fucking deathtrap in every mission it's used for.

Most probably that's why I used it. ;)

Little update (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5743) available at armaholic. No new missions incluided (yet) but the "Heavy Metal" mission fixed where sometimes the crewmembers at the camp are dying suddenly.

[galzohar]

Since 1.03 the "laser" mission is extremely easy (in 1.02 it was challenging) :(

[BoneBoys]

Keep em coming WOlle, keep em coming.

[James22]

I gather these work fine with the 1.04 patch?

I never played OFP so this will be cool. I'm sort of getting over Arma2 SP - Manhatten mission has given me the the snoots lol


Nevermind, found in the link 1.04. This is gonna be awesome :-)

[W0lle]

They should work fine in every version.

@<hidden>
What exactly you mean with "extremely easy"? Do you mean fighting the AI is now easier or the way to and from the bridge in general?

The skill level of the AI is all the same as far as I remember.

[galzohar]

The AI detection range is much lower than in 1.02, especially at night, which makes the mission trivial. This has nothing to do with skill level by the way, at least according to my tests (same range on all skill levels).

[Whammo11224]

Almost everyone of these missions ends with a CTD. I usually get an error saying something cant be loaded during the mission, then straight to the desktop. Are there other mod files that should be loaded.

Any help would be appreciated. These are with Version 1.03.

Thanks

[nats]

Although I think these missions are great and they are really appreciated by far my favourite mission was always Battlefields. You have captured the general flavour apart from the fact its Russians attacking not Americans, but my main gripe is that it ends too quickly - I am just starting to get into the counterattack and it ends with all enemies have been killed. The battlefield mission had a massive counterattack with several waves incl BMPs could this not be implemented at all? I love playing missions in which you are just a grunt part of a huge battle. Lets have more of these !!

[CarlGustaffa]

Played them at 1.02 or 1.03, and got into some of the problem mentioned. Best memorable scene, during the Laser mission (I think, the one with the brigde). I took refuge in a barn, when two enemies walked straight pass me inside the barn. Probably no more than two meters away from me (I was hugging the wall). When I lazed the target, the beam was going right over the head of a prone enemy just outside the barn. Cool stealth mission where immersion was not broken by AIs yelling wildly over the radio :)

[Herbal Influence]

Nice - it quite explicitly shows the evolution of the games !

Thanx !

[W0lle]

Almost everyone of these missions ends with a CTD. I usually get an error saying something cant be loaded during the mission, then straight to the desktop. Are there other mod files that should be loaded.

Any help would be appreciated. These are with Version 1.03.

Thanks
Sorry for the late reply, must have missed the replies here. :confused:
It would help a lot if you can provide the name of what can't be loaded (check your arma2.rpt file for it), though as far as I know you're the first with such problems.

nats
I kept the same amount of enemy units as in the original mission, nothing removed.
If playing the mission as russians bother you too much I can make one where you play as Marine, no big deal.

CarlGustaffa
Unfortunately there's not much I can do to prevent the stupid AI walking through walls, however I can check their paths and make sure they avoid that building.

I look into both Battlefields and Laser and see if I can do something.

[Archamedes]

would it be silly of me to ask about maybe converting the 2 most popular campaigns of the ofp era? say cold war crisis and resistance? I would say red hammer but that was shit. Resistance more so because the storyline was outstanding and well worth a movie based on it.

[W0lle]

would it be silly of me to ask about maybe converting the 2 most popular campaigns of the ofp era? say cold war crisis and resistance? I would say red hammer but that was shit. Resistance more so because the storyline was outstanding and well worth a movie based on it.
No, not at all as we're already on it: Cold War Rearmed² (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=85017) ;)
Converting those 2 campaigns so they take place on Chernarus? No way, it was always a huge pain to find a suitable place for those SP missions, not to mention fixing them.

[Binkowski]

would it be silly of me to ask about maybe converting the 2 most popular campaigns of the ofp era? say cold war crisis and resistance? I would say red hammer but that was shit. Resistance more so because the storyline was outstanding and well worth a movie based on it.

CWR2 :). I could attempt to make it into USMC and RU on Chernarus, not sure how that would turn out.

[guggy107]

its been years since ive played OFP, but which was the mission where you end up on your own and have to meet up with the resistance? i can just remember that being the most intense experience id ever had with a computer game. is that one included in your package of missions?

[Archamedes]

ooh thanks for that i look forward to seeing the end result. ofp made this huge community and the game is still running strong among few. others may go back to it for nostalga reasons, but i find bringing it forward with graphics and advancements in gameplay will really make the difference

[Falcon988]

Well, ARMA 2 has only just recently been released so there's a long road ahead in terms of community adds ons, mods, remakes of old stuff...

Personally I've been thinking about how great it would be to see Suicide's missions... Airborne, Facile Ground, and The Black Gap. Also Ian Bremmer's Seize Le Moule and Forward Observer.

And lately I find my brain returning more and more to the epic Retaliation campaign. The possibilities are really quite endless.

[CarlGustaffa]

I have no idea if they went through the wall or came in the door. At least they went out the door on the other end. It was a memorable scene, as a positive - meaning I was scared shitless :D I didn't even dare aim my weapon on them, just freelooked to watch them pass me. Pretty intense moment. Doesn't need change, especially if 1.04 is now easier due to lowered detection abilities.

The "feeling" is often more important to me than realistic simulation value.

[nicolasroger]

i tried downlaoding teh pack, but the link seems dead :(

[W0lle]

The "feeling" is often more important to me than realistic simulation value.
So true. I recently changed the "Laser" and "Battlefield" missions. "Laser" was indeed a bit too easy, one time I finised it without a single shot being fired. In that one I added a little surprise now, one more patrol and changed some waypoint types from sentry to guard.
Battlefields I also changed some waypoint types, removed not necessary triggers and moved the reinforcements closer to the area so they appear a bit faster.
I need to test the some more before releasing them though.

nicolasroger
Sorry about that, fixed the link in the first post now. :)

[Splicer]

Hi there,

I wanted to report that I just played War Cry (ArmA2, patch 1.05, no mods, no addons) and the 3 times I played, while I was in the middle of the mission, ArmA2 crashed.

Has anybody experienced this too?

Thanks. -Splicer.

[W0lle]

Splicer

I played the mission last night 2 times and never had a crash. Have you checked your arma2.rpt file if there are any errors? Are the other missions working ok for you?

[Alex72]

I have had some crashes in 1.05. And i cant really see whats causing it. Maybe thats what you suffered from Splicer. Cant be sure ofcourse.

[MattXR]

oh very good! nice!!

[Makake]

sorry for reviving an old thread. but there's a very fine everon "russified version" from SAP out there. that looks gorgeous and could be used for these great missions. any chance we'll see old OFP mission on converted islands? the above mentioned is just to inviting...

[W0lle]

I see no reason why it couldn't be done. The only problem with SAP Everon is that the layout of the towns has been changed. Means that units placed inside buildings or objects placed between them all of the sudden are in a total different location. And not all original OFP missions were located on Everon.

As for the 1.05 crashing issue, I'm clueless as no matter how often I play the missions I never have any CTD at all. :confused:

[Arma-2-Guru]

W0lle these missions are amazing, the Battlefields one was so immense. As soon as we got over the hill there was bullets flying everywhere. Thanks for this, it's awesome.

[Zad Fnark]

Another thanks.

These ain't your father's OFP missions. You definitely need to use new tricks. We used to play Clean Sweep to death back in the day. The fight always opened with the grenade toss.

I pretty much learned to script, converting our favorite OFP missions to ArmA1. Anyone remember "Lost Squad"? I think that was on the Malden map.

Thanks again.

ZF-

[W0lle]

Fixed a couple of smaller issues, converted most scripts to sqf and added 4 new missions to the package, see first post for download link. :)

Huge special thanks to Norrin for another successful brainstorming ;)

[maturin]

I never played any of the OFP games, but the mission 'Ambush' seems to be treated like the second coming around here. Any chance of a conversion for that one?

[W0lle]

No, not "Ambush" please not. Don't do that to me... :D

Making that mission work more or less like the original was already a problem in CWR1. Alone finding a suitable location for it on Chernarus might take forever.

I might consider it one day but absolutely no promise for that one. :)