Cold War Rearmed

BI intends to start a collaborative effort to bring Cold War Crisis Campaign as well as related single missions into Armed Assault as a free addon.

The project should be followed by Resistance Rearmed.

Project Guidelines Proposal

The basis for this project are Operation Flashpoint: Elite data.

The project is collaborative, at the same time it is coordinated. The participants of the project agree to follow the project guidelines when submitting a content into the project repository.

The project repository will be on a central server (CVS or Subversion).

Project milestones

Preparation

• Gather a few people as "moderators" to manage the project as needed
• Start central repository
• Establish communication channels

Concept

Goal: demonstrate transferring content from Elite is possible and identify major areas which need to be covered when converting basic content types

What to do:

• Convert Desert island from OFP:Elite
• Convert T55 from OFP:Elite

Prototype

Goal: check transferring bigger and more complicated content

What to do:

• Convert Everon from OFP:Elite, cover it with satellite map and single surface layer
• Create a a basic soldier types (ordinary East/West rifleman) from ArmA or determine what should it be replaced by

As a result, a basic version of the Everon island can be used in the mission editor

Alpha

Goal: complete transfer of all Cold War Crisis content needed for the campaign

What to do:

• Convert Desert Island, Everon, Malden, Kolgujev, and cover them with surface layers
• Convert or replace all vehicles used by the campaign
• Convert or replace all solder types used by the campaign
• Convert Cold War Crisis campaing, fix any issues which make the campaign unplayable or not true to the original vision

Beta

Goal: complete transfer of all Cold War Crisis additional content

What to do:

• Fix any outstanding (non-critical) issues in the campaign
• Convert all single missions taking place on Everon, Malden, Kolgujev
• Convert any additional vehicles present in original CWC game
• Convert or replace any additional solder types present in original CWC game
• Convert all multiplayer missions taking place on Everon, Malden, Kolgujev

Gold

• Beta test and fix as much as possible'
• Release 1.00 version

After Release

• Design improvements going beyond the original game (improved missions, more units etc.) to fully utilize power of ArmA engine