Missions

Information regarding missions for each of the Bohemia Interactive games is available from the appropriate link below.

Arma 2: Editing

Armed Assault: Mission Editing

Operation Flashpoint: Missions

Types of Mission Files

In Armed Assault

There are three forms of mission file in ArmA:

• Editable missions.

These exist as folders, named with either a ".sara" or ".intro" suffix. The folders contain a variety of files and subfolders that define the mission; usually at least including a "mission.sqm" file.

• PBO Files.

These are single files with a ".pbo" extension. They are compressed versions of the contents of an editable mission folder. They are not themselves editable, but a variety of 3rd-party tools exist to recreate the original editable mission folder.

• ArmA Wizard Missions.

These are single files, with a ".ArmAWizardMission" extension. They are created by the ArmA mission wizard, and are actually text files.

Locations of Mission Files

in Armed Assault

There are four locations where ArmA looks for mission files. Which ones are used, and what is looked for in each location, depends on which option you choose in the ArmA user interface.

There are five options available in the ArmA interface for accessing missions to play (this doesn't count accessing missions for editing - that is still TBD).

In the following, locations that start with "ArmA\" refer to folders under your Armed Assault installation; usually in C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA. Locations that start with "My Documents\" refer to folders in your My Documents folder. Terms like <folder> and <name> indicate values which vary depending on your environment.

Play -> Missions

ArmA will look for missions in the following locations:

ArmA\Missions\*.pbo

ArmA\Missions\<mission name>.sara\

ArmA\Missions\<mission name>.intro\

You can select any such missions and click 'play'. In addition, any other sub-folders in ArmA\Missions will be listed. You will be able to select them and click 'open' to display any .pbo and editable mission folders they contain.

It has not been determined whether you can also have sub-sub-folders!

Finally, ArmA also displays two special options; "My Missions..." and "Training Missions...". They are described below.

Play -> Missions -> My Missions...

ArmA will look for missions in the following locations:

My Documents\ArmA Other Profiles\<name>\Missions\*.ArmAWizardMission

This option will only show ArmAWizardMission files. Other mission types, and subfolders, will not be displayed.

Play -> Missions -> Training Missions...

ArmA will look for missions in the following locations:

ArmA\Missions\Tutorial\*.pbo

This option will only show ".pbo" missions. Other mission types, and subfolders, will not be displayed.

Play -> Multiplayer -> New -> Sahrani

ArmA will look for missions in the following locations:

ArmA\MPMissions\*.pbo

ArmA\MPMissions\<mission name>.sara\

My Documents\ArmA Other Profiles\<name>\MPMissions\<mission name>.sara\

My Documents\ArmA Other Profiles\<name>\MPMissions\*.ArmAWizardMission

Note that this option does not allow sub-folders, and does not detect ".pbo" missions in the ArmA Other Profiles folder, and does not detect ArmAWizardMissions in the "ArmA\MPMissions" folder.

Play -> Multiplayer -> New -> Rahmadi

ArmA will look for missions in the following locations:

ArmA\MPMissions\*.pbo

ArmA\MPMissions\<mission name>.intro\

My Documents\ArmA Other Profiles\<name>\MPMissions\<mission name>.intro\

My Documents\ArmA Other Profiles\<name>\MPMissions\*.ArmAWizardMission

Note that this option does not allow sub-folders, and does not detect ".pbo" missions in the "ArmA Other Profiles" folder, and does not detect ArmAWizardMissions in the "ArmA\MPMissions" folder.