Arma: Cold War Assault

Warnings

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Arma
Arma: Cold War Assault	2001
Arma: Armed Assault	2006
Arma 2	2009
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	2010
Arma Tactics	2013
Arma 3	2013
Arma Reforger	2022

Key points

Originally released as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis.

Many bugs in the game may be game-breaking. It's highly recommended to use the latest version of the game.

Free upgrade from Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis to ARMA: Cold War Assault.

Not optimized to run on modern hardware. Highest video settings will cut your game performance.^[1]

GameSpy online server browser will stop working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.^[2]

General information

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Availability

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ARMA: Cold War Assault doesn't include the Red Hammer expansion, which was developed by Codemasters.

Essential improvements

Universal patch

A patch that upgrades any retail version of Operation Flashpoint to ARMA: Cold War Assault can be downloaded here.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Adding the Red Hammer campaign

If you have a retail copy of Red Hammer campaign, you can add it back to ARMA: Cold War Assault.

Instructions

Game data

File:ColdWarAssault difficult.jpg

Difficulty settings

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65790/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

User-specific settings are stored in <path-to-game>\Users\<user-id>\UserInfo.cfg

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65790/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

File:ArmaColdWarLauncher.png

Game launcher

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Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

While the game allows for choosing widescreen resolutions, a fix has to be applied in order to render image in proper aspect ratio.

Instructions

	4:3	16:9	15:9	16:10	5:4	12:3
fovTop	0.75	0.75	0.8	0.75	0.8	0.75
fovLeft	1	1.333333	1.333333	1.2	1	3
uiTopLeftX	0	0.125	0.125	0.083333	0	0.333333
uiTopLeftY	0	0	0.033333	0	0.033333	0
uiBottomRightX	1	0.875	0.875	0.916667	1	0.666667
uiBottomRightY	1	1	0.966667	1	0.966667	1

Input settings

File:ColdWarAssault controls.jpg

Controls settings

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Audio settings

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Audio settings.

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy online server browser has stopped working.^[2]

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Never use "Very high" terrain quality setting, nor exceed 1200-1300 visibility.^[3]

Low server count

Instructions

Frequent crashes or out of memory errors

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 600 MHz Pentium II 500 MHz	Athlon X2 2.5 GHz Intel Dual-core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Riva TNT, GeForce 256, GeForce 2 Rage 128, Radeon 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	GeForce 8600GT Radeon 3650 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Despite official system requirements, game does not use OpenAL

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (65790) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (65790) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (65790) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Bohemia Interactive developer statement

[GameSpy-2] 2.0 ^2.1 End of Gamespy

[4] CWA 1.99 Bug reports - Bohemia Interactive forums

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Developers
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	Bohemia Interactive
Publishers
	Codemasters
Engines
	Real Virtuality
Release dates
Windows	June 22, 2001