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While it's true that the original OFP game, as it ships, is set in an "alternate history", the mods community is very active and runs the gamut from obsessive attention to historical accuracy to somewhat sci-fi scenarios and add-on units. What appeals to modders is the ability to create almost any kind of object in the game, including soldiers, the weapons they use, the vehicles they crew, even objects such as bushes, tables or radios, and maps with buildings, various terrain, rivers, mountains, and bridges. It's also said that the developers have done contract work with United States military forces, developing training simulations, and that this game grew out of a product line that was developed for tactical training for the military. Few first-person shooters offer the range of experiences that OFP offers, and this is probably
due to that rumored association with actual military simulation and training technology.
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"it's said" ? "rumored association" ? please check VBS1 page here at Wikipedia! before writing such "uninformed" statements again (and don't take it in ungood it just sounds bit strange) ... ~Dwarden~
The music made for OFP should be worth mention, I think.
I think this is the second time I removed the line Much of this reputation is perhaps caused by the fact that there is a large number of players from the military community. from the fan-base section. I believe that the military people involved in Flashpoint has no relevance to it's maturity. Why would a soldier be more mature than, for example, an accountant?-- dmakatra 11:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I think this article has way to many external links. Except for official links and maybe one or two notable fansites they should be culled in my opinion. Wikipedia is not a linkdirectory to advertise your websites. -- Fogeltje 19:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
if i may add some words to discussion about removed links and weapons info, why not add just link to correct BIKI area (like list of featured weapons, list of community homepages, list of mods etc.). I'm aware link to BIKI is not included so it may be considered as overlinking :) but worth to check if possible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dwarden ( talk • contribs) 13:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC).
when this article introduces the characters in the game (armstrong, nicolls, hammer and gastovski) is says that gastovski was "pulled out of retirement to carry out sabotage missions and settle a score with an old enemy" gastovski "old score" is personnal and i think someone should edit that part a bit to make that point clear
82.47.137.100 04:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
"Another add-on, Resistance, is set three years before the events of the two preceding games". I'm not entirely sure because its been a few years since I've played this game but wasn't resistance set in the late 1970's? if Cold War Crisis was 1985 then it would be set at least 6 years before preceding two. I know it seems insignificant but if information like that is going to be in there it might as well be right. Haven't changed this myself because I wasn't sure and couldn't find any info on the web, If I am wrong then I apologise. Lynch2007 00:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that more proffesional, high quality screenshots be available. For example, shots of aircraft in flight. Delta Five ( talk) 21:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I have recently added a weapons and vehicles section to the Operation Flashpoint page. In reference to my previous suggestion of more dynamic screen shots, I think that a few pictures of the Weapons and Vehicles (Available on the Flashpoint website) would fill in the gaps around the text and give a good comparison of the real weapons and vehicles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delta Five ( talk • contribs) 11:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
On this page it says its sequel will be released in 2009, but it links to the sequels page and says 2008, which is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.246.208.69 ( talk) 15:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
As of September 2008, almost all available Operation Flashpoint servers have disappeared from the in-game server list. Any information related to this should be posted here. As of yet, it is unknown what the cause has been.
The cause could have been Armed Assault since it is newer and has pretty much the same mods. 99.141.72.62 ( talk) 19:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Just a heads up to anyone looking to expand the "development" section of this article - http://www.armedassault.eu/Articles/Misc.-Articles/postmortem-bis-operation-flashpoint/menu-id-20.html may contain some useful insights on the game's development. -- 72.177.61.88 ( talk) 05:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Article should probably mention the unusual copy protection system used by this game, which instead of causing the game to refuse to run, caused gameplay to progressively deteriorate during runtime. 2fort5r ( talk) 01:50, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Cold War Assault is the re-name of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. Cold War Rearmed is some sort of fan mod thing http://www.armedassault.info/index.php?cat=addons&id=293 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.13.217 ( talk) 14:56, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
The Community support and the release of numerous player-created addons would definately worth to be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimitrilukin ( talk • contribs) 20:48, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
A more clear distinction must be made among Operation Flashpoint so called packs or add-ons. The Cold War Crisis was the first one, the original release. The rest of add-ons are real crap. The Codemasters and Bohemia splitted and the result was crap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.114.15.109 ( talk) 21:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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While it's true that the original OFP game, as it ships, is set in an "alternate history", the mods community is very active and runs the gamut from obsessive attention to historical accuracy to somewhat sci-fi scenarios and add-on units. What appeals to modders is the ability to create almost any kind of object in the game, including soldiers, the weapons they use, the vehicles they crew, even objects such as bushes, tables or radios, and maps with buildings, various terrain, rivers, mountains, and bridges. It's also said that the developers have done contract work with United States military forces, developing training simulations, and that this game grew out of a product line that was developed for tactical training for the military. Few first-person shooters offer the range of experiences that OFP offers, and this is probably
due to that rumored association with actual military simulation and training technology.
-- reply --
"it's said" ? "rumored association" ? please check VBS1 page here at Wikipedia! before writing such "uninformed" statements again (and don't take it in ungood it just sounds bit strange) ... ~Dwarden~
The music made for OFP should be worth mention, I think.
I think this is the second time I removed the line Much of this reputation is perhaps caused by the fact that there is a large number of players from the military community. from the fan-base section. I believe that the military people involved in Flashpoint has no relevance to it's maturity. Why would a soldier be more mature than, for example, an accountant?-- dmakatra 11:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I think this article has way to many external links. Except for official links and maybe one or two notable fansites they should be culled in my opinion. Wikipedia is not a linkdirectory to advertise your websites. -- Fogeltje 19:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
if i may add some words to discussion about removed links and weapons info, why not add just link to correct BIKI area (like list of featured weapons, list of community homepages, list of mods etc.). I'm aware link to BIKI is not included so it may be considered as overlinking :) but worth to check if possible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dwarden ( talk • contribs) 13:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC).
when this article introduces the characters in the game (armstrong, nicolls, hammer and gastovski) is says that gastovski was "pulled out of retirement to carry out sabotage missions and settle a score with an old enemy" gastovski "old score" is personnal and i think someone should edit that part a bit to make that point clear
82.47.137.100 04:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
"Another add-on, Resistance, is set three years before the events of the two preceding games". I'm not entirely sure because its been a few years since I've played this game but wasn't resistance set in the late 1970's? if Cold War Crisis was 1985 then it would be set at least 6 years before preceding two. I know it seems insignificant but if information like that is going to be in there it might as well be right. Haven't changed this myself because I wasn't sure and couldn't find any info on the web, If I am wrong then I apologise. Lynch2007 00:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that more proffesional, high quality screenshots be available. For example, shots of aircraft in flight. Delta Five ( talk) 21:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I have recently added a weapons and vehicles section to the Operation Flashpoint page. In reference to my previous suggestion of more dynamic screen shots, I think that a few pictures of the Weapons and Vehicles (Available on the Flashpoint website) would fill in the gaps around the text and give a good comparison of the real weapons and vehicles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delta Five ( talk • contribs) 11:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
On this page it says its sequel will be released in 2009, but it links to the sequels page and says 2008, which is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.246.208.69 ( talk) 15:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
As of September 2008, almost all available Operation Flashpoint servers have disappeared from the in-game server list. Any information related to this should be posted here. As of yet, it is unknown what the cause has been.
The cause could have been Armed Assault since it is newer and has pretty much the same mods. 99.141.72.62 ( talk) 19:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Just a heads up to anyone looking to expand the "development" section of this article - http://www.armedassault.eu/Articles/Misc.-Articles/postmortem-bis-operation-flashpoint/menu-id-20.html may contain some useful insights on the game's development. -- 72.177.61.88 ( talk) 05:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Article should probably mention the unusual copy protection system used by this game, which instead of causing the game to refuse to run, caused gameplay to progressively deteriorate during runtime. 2fort5r ( talk) 01:50, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Cold War Assault is the re-name of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. Cold War Rearmed is some sort of fan mod thing http://www.armedassault.info/index.php?cat=addons&id=293 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.13.217 ( talk) 14:56, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
The Community support and the release of numerous player-created addons would definately worth to be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimitrilukin ( talk • contribs) 20:48, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
A more clear distinction must be made among Operation Flashpoint so called packs or add-ons. The Cold War Crisis was the first one, the original release. The rest of add-ons are real crap. The Codemasters and Bohemia splitted and the result was crap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.114.15.109 ( talk) 21:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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