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Arma: Cold War Assault

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Arma: Cold War Assault
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Developers
Bohemia Interactive
Publishers
Codemasters
Engines
Real Virtuality
Release dates
Windows June 22, 2001
Arma: Cold War Assault on Wikipedia

Warnings

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Key points

Originally released as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis.[1]
Free upgrade from Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis to ARMA: Cold War Assault.
Many bugs in the game may be game-breaking. It's highly recommended to use the latest version of the game.

General information

Steam Users' Forums
Steam Community Discussions
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series.
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

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

Essential improvements

ARMA: Cold War Assault Upgrade Patch

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

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

Save game location

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Configuration files location

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Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

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

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Audio settings

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System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) Riva TNT, GeForce 256, GeForce 2
Rage 128, Radeon
16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) OpenAL compatible

References