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