Arma: Cold War Assault
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| Developers | |
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| Bohemia Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| Codemasters | |
| Engines | |
| Real Virtuality | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 22, 2001 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 14, 2017 |
| Linux | March 14, 2017 |
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Warnings
| 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 |
| Operation Flashpoint | |
|---|---|
| Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis | 2001 |
| Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising | 2009 |
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | 2011 |
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 has been shut down.[2] Use Master Server Browser.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions (Windows)
- Steam Community Discussions (OS X/Linux)
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
- ARMA: Cold War Assault doesn't include the Red Hammer expansion, which was developed by Codemasters.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer | |
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| Operation Flashpoint: Resistance | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- A universal patch that upgrades any retail version of Operation Flashpoint to ARMA: Cold War Assault can be downloaded here.
Skip intro videos
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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.
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Game data
External general settings.
In-game difficulty settings.
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
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UserInfo.cfgcontains user-specific settings.
Save game data location
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
In-game video settings.
External advanced video settings (Performance).
External advanced video settings (Effects).
External advanced video settings (Textures).
External advanced video settings (Details).
Widescreen resolution
- The game detects widescreen resolutions but stretches everything from 4:3 by default.
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Windowed
- Using
-windowargument causes major issues with the mouse cursor.[5]
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Input settings
In-game control settings.
Audio settings
In-game audio settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | In-game server browser doesn't work.[2] Use Master Server Browser. | ||
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.[6]
Low server count
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Frequent crashes or out of memory errors
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8.1 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| 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) | 128 MB | 1 GB |
| 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 |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.8 | 10.8.5 or newer |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 3.06GHz or faster |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | 1 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia equivalent ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 9400M G ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB of VRAM |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Fedora 25, Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS, Mint 18 (64-bit OS required) | |
| Processor (CPU) | 64-bit 1+ GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz AMD equivalent |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | 1 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | latest Nvidia or Mesa drivers OpenGL 3.2+ compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 with 512 MB VRAM AMD Radeon HD 7850 withg 1 GB VRAM |
- Despite official system requirements, game does not use OpenAL
Notes
References
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive developer statement
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 End of Gamespy
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Arma: Cold War Assault | hosted on webmshare - last accessed on 2016-02-12
- ↑ CWA 1.99 Bug reports - Bohemia Interactive forums