It began on April 2nd 1982, apparently as a trivial incident on a vast and inhospitable island. It ended in a war costing hundreds of lives and billions of pounds. Argentinian scrap metal merchants had illegally landed and raised the Argentinian Flag on the island of South Georgia. The next day the BBC World Service announced that the Falklands had been invaded. ...

Welcome to month two of the map packs. Here we have two packs, one each for SP and MP, featuring the best user submitted maps for October. Click on the images below to download the packs :) Full list : Single Player The Godfather III by Liezande BS06 Planned Defence by Walker Operation Sunstrike by Red Revenge for Guba by Stormtrooper Tankrush at Montignac by Chaos Multi Player Hostile control by Prime Runway to hell by PRiME ...

Welcome to the newest feature at this site. We plan on releasing a new map pack every month, featuring the best missions of the month. This month, we're starting off with the best missions overall on the site, chosen for the review score, and download numbers. This month, we have two packs, one Single Player and one Multi Player, with maps by some very familiar names, including Kegety, Snypir, Anmac, and Suits. Here's a full list of each pack. Single Player Swordfish by...

Qoute from Operation-X "We are releasing the game manual for Global Tactucal Forces, to give you a chance to learn about what it is, while we make some last minuet changes and fixes. The first scenario "Capture the Mountain" will support 16 players, and be fought between the stand USA and Russians. It was tested for Version 1.46 and resistance, we are trying to keep the first scenario download as minimal as possible to let everyone get a chance to try it with less hassles." You can ...

The Falklands War MOD have been hard at work for the last few months now, and they're still at it. Every so often they post great looking pictures on their site of the new units, weapons, vehicles and terrain we can look forward to once it's released. I managed to interview [ASH] (project leader) about the progress of their MOD, and to gain some insight into what goes into MOD making: ____________________________________________________ OpFlashpoint.org (Intruder): Everyone kno...

Intros, Outros, Cutscenes. These are the "candy" of mission making, yet they can often make or break a mission. Done properly, a good cinematic stages the mission, introduces the mission plot, provides tension, or tension-relief. A good mission can be made great by creative cinematics, but it can also be ruined by a poorly made cinematic. There are two broad ways to create a cinematic. The first is purely within the Editor, using Waypoints, Triggers and Logic Units. The second is through scr...

Today saw the release of Flashpoint Resistance, set several years before the origanal game. Resistance adds all new island and textures to the game and sees you playing on the side of the resistance (hench the name Duh!). The Package comes with CD, Manaual with CD Key and a Note to Gamers which basically states that Shortcuts for the Origanal will not work and how to play Resistance :) The manual is really basic and manly deals with multiplayer code. but does mention 2 updates one t...

Sounds, Music and Speech are some of the most interesting aspects of mission-making in OFP. The inclusion of any/all of them can take a mission to a new level of fun. For example, the mission "Air Cavalry" by Kyllikki includes a Jimi Hendrix song during a chopper ride. I made special note of this during the review, as it was enjoyed by all the players at the time. Let's face it, long chopper/boat/truck rides can be really boring with nothing to listen to or do :). Until the use of voice...

I have done this review in the standard map review format. Lets face it a campaign is just a bunch of maps strung together. Even if they are making you pay for it. ============================ Name: Between The Lines. Author: xmp URL: www.xmp.de ============================ Author’s Notes: With this CD you get three completely independent new campaigns, which will keep players glued to their PC for hours. "Between the Lines" is about a ...

Some of the most common problems i see when reviewing missions are the "__cur_sp" error, and the jerky camera. Well, here's some answers for you all on how to get rid of this. __cur_sp Error The "__cur_sp" and "__cur_mp" problems are caused by missing mission titles when the mission is exported from the OFP editor. It takes a good 10 seconds to fix this problem. Up in the top right corner of the editor window is the Intel section. Here you can set the weather, ti...

Review Updated with my thoughts now the campaign is over, See foot of the review. Well today saw the release of the Gold Upgrade version of Flashpoint, and the new Red Hammer campaign. The DVD-Style Box contains the following. 1 CD Containing Red Hammer and 1.10 1.20 and 1.30 upgrades 1 Manual that has information on the new Units 1 Strategy Guide Strategy Guide Well on first impressions it looks good, the cover is in colour and it co...

We've all played the maps where you could chose different weapons in the briefing before the mission starts. Well, this is done via the description.ext file. and here's how you can do it for your custom maps. EDIT Thanks to KnYnE for emailing me about an error in the example file. A misplaced ";" sorta screws you :). Anyway, i've fixed that bug, plus updated the example file to include the strings for the new weapons released in the Beta 1.29 Patch. These are : MM1 / 6...

Streetlamps. Rather than a long winded, and prattish article, here's a nice simple way to do this. I take absolutely no credit :) The addon collection by Armourdave & Kegetys is the place this addon comes from. Kudos to these lads for this :) Anyway. get this file. put it in you addons folder. Voila, you now have 4 new entries in the editor. EMPTY -----> Objects ----------> Streetlamp White ----------> Streetlamp Red ----------> St...

So, you want your AI's to have a bit more movement ingame ? well, here's one way to do it. Using the "ACTION" command, you can make your AI's pretty much do anything you desire. In fact, for some functions in scripts to work, you are required to use the ACTION command. For example, i've yet to see a parachuting script that doesn't use the unitname action ["EJECT"] function. One thing to note. I've had mixed success with using these commands in the init field of units. Pers...

One of the questions I am asked as a Map Maker is "Where can i find..." well to help out people who are having trouble finding bases, Airports, Docks and Towns on the Maps here is a list. If I have Missed anything then please email me. Thanks to everyone who sent me the Coordinates to the Artillery. EVERONDescriptionCoordinatesCastle ruin with lookout towerHd91Hospital BarracksDa35 Hospital Barracks Df18 Airfield Dh14 – Dh07 Small Helicopter Airfield Eb22 Lighthouse Ej2...

First things first :) You're going to need the installer for "the All Seeing Eye". Homepage http://www.udpsoft.com/eye/ Download URL http://www.udpsoft.com/eye/download/EyeInstaller.exe UPDATED VERSION 1.46 Some new features here. 1. Passworded Servers. You can now join a passworded server, by entering the password via The EYE, before the game launchs. 2. Buddy Search. The buddy name search will find any name used on the servers within the la...

I recently had a chance to Interview Codemasters Simon Reid about Himself and Flashpoint. Hello and Thank you for agreeing to this interview. First off can you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Hi. I'm the Online Project Manager for Codemasters Software, for which I work with a team of artists and programmers to develop Microsites for each of our products. This also involves helping to build an online community for each such product, though most of my tim...

So, Briefings. Personally, I think these are vital parts of the mission. Here's a simple tutorial :) As the difference between SP and MP briefings is fairly miniscule, I’ll be showing you first how to make a SP briefing, and then explaining the differences. Briefings are nothing more than html pages. In fact, you only need one html page to cover the briefing, notes, and objectives section. This means you'll need to be familiar with basic HTML.. And I do mean basic :) ...

Marek Spanel posted a list of fixes and upgrades on the official forum: Here is the list of major changes: MP interface/lobby improvements New: Ping to all clients displayed on server. New (ded. server): Voting system for kick, restart, reassign, mission selection New: Button "Disable All" to disable all AI units in role assignment screen Improved: Messages "Player connected", "Player disconnected" are shown on all clients Improved (ded. server): Kickin...

How irritating do you find it, when you load up a map for OFP, and there's no briefing? Personally, it bugs the hell out of me. Briefing are an essential part of the OFP experience. How else can you, as the mission-maker, explain to the players, who are your target audience, what the hell the mission is about? Now, i'm not here to point fingers at any map-makers, as that is silly. Rather, i'm appealing to your sense of accomplishment. Take pride in your work, and finish the mis...

OpFlashpoint.org's Interview with Viktor Bocan. The interview is direct from Viktor almost undoctored, so some things may take a few reads to fully understand, Viktor being Czech, he explains things sometimes differently. Any questions can be emailed to sentinel@opflashpoint.org, and we give many thanks to Viktor for his time. OpFlashpoint.org chats with Viktor Bocan. Today we are talking with Viktor Bocan, Mission Designer for the game Operation Flashpoint produced by Boh...