Could we get the demo island in Arrowhead

[DieAngel 0]

There is an island called "Firuzabad" in the operation arrowhead demo, now i assume it's a cut version of one of the full islands, but could BIS add it to the Full game?

I know it is probably not something needed, but it would be better if every player had it anyway rather than needing a 3rd party addon.

Edited July 26, 2010 by DieAngel
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[CarlGustaffa 4]

Does it look anything like this? :D

So, anybody have a map of this OA Demo Firuzabad island? Not going to download the demo just to figure out :)

Thanks for the map.

Edited July 26, 2010 by CarlGustaffa

[STALKERGB 6]

There is an island called "Firuzabad" in the operation arrowhead demo, now i assume it's a cut version of one of the full islands, but could BIS add it to the Full game?

I know it is probably not something needed, but it would be better if every player had it anyway rather than needing a 3rd party addon.

Could you just move the PBO over into a modfolder for the Full version of OA?

[Xenoxian 10]

If its in the demo...why not take the PBO's out of the demo and into the full game?

[DieAngel 0]

Yes i know, but if it's in the demo it would take like 5 minutes at best for bis to make it an official island so every player will have it next patch.

I know how to add it, but it would be nice if it was a standard island everybody would have.

[STALKERGB 6]

@DieAngel, could you post a screenshot of the map please? I'm quite curious to see which bit of the island (I guess takistan) they have used?

[DieAngel 0]

Added screenshot to the opening post, seems to be a block from the center NW of the takistan map, but it would be nice to have like sarani lite in arma 1, because those maps load much faster and are great for making smaller CTI games

Edited July 26, 2010 by DieAngel

[ffs 10]

Quick workaround:

Download the demo.

Depbo "takistanlite.pbo" with cpbo. (backup "takistanlite.pbo")

Derapify "config.bin" with unRap.

Open "config.cpp" with Notepad.

Change:

description = $STR_EP1_LOCATION_FEERUZABAD;

to

description = "Feruz Abad";

Localization: German - Feruz-Abad, English - Feruz Abad, Italian - Feruz Abad, Spanish - Feruz Abad, French - Firuzabad, Czech - Feruz Abad, Russian - Феруз-Ðбад, Polish - Feruz Abad

Save and close "config.cpp". Delete "config.bin".

Pbo "takistanlite" folder with cpbo.

Done. Use like a regular Addon.

Works like a charm in A2:CO 1.52.72197.

Edited July 26, 2010 by ffs

[AnimalMother92 10]

Cool, would be nice to have by default I suppose.

[ryguy 10]

All of these towns are already in takistan... It would be like having a downgraded takistan.

Look: Sahke, Bastam, Firuzabad, Jilavur...

[bigshot 64]

All of these towns are already in takistan... It would be like having a downgraded takistan.

Look: Sahke, Bastam, Firuzabad, Jilavur...

yes, but that's the whole point...it gives much better performance for smaller missions where the entire full version island is unused and then becomes an unecessary resource hog.

It's the same with Sharani and SaraLite...missions made on Saralite generally have much better fps performance than those made for the full Sharani.

I think including Takistanlite as part of the default terrain choices is a good idea.

[T.S.C.Plage 0]

Quick workaround:

Download the demo.

Depbo "takistanlite.pbo" with cpbo. (backup "takistanlite.pbo")

Derapify "config.bin" with unRap.

Open "config.cpp" with Notepad.

Change:

description = $STR_EP1_LOCATION_FEERUZABAD;

to

description = "Feruz Abad";

Localization: German - Feruz-Abad, English - Feruz Abad, Italian - Feruz Abad, Spanish - Feruz Abad, French - Firuzabad, Czech - Feruz Abad, Russian - Феруз-Ðбад, Polish - Feruz Abad

Save and close "config.cpp". Delete "config.bin".

Pbo "takistanlite" folder with cpbo.

Done. Use like a regular Addon.

Works like a charm in A2:CO 1.52.72197.

Doesn't works for me. Except that I'm using Eliteness instead of cpbo I'm doing everything like you suggested but it simply doesn't shows up in the editor nor does it give me an error message. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[ffs 10]

it simply doesn't shows up in the editor nor does it give me an error message.

Re-check "description" string.

In the end it should be like this:

(A2:CO 1.52.72291)

Edited July 26, 2010 by ffs
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[T.S.C.Plage 0]

I pbod it wrong (completly with "ca"). It works fine now, thanks.

Maybe it's worth to rework the config (paths) to get rid of the doubled stuff in the Data folder?

Btw, is the "worldId" somehow important? Just asking because it has the same number (6) as the Takistan map.

[STALKERGB 6]

Added screenshot to the opening post, seems to be a block from the center NW of the takistan map, but it would be nice to have like sarani lite in arma 1, because those maps load much faster and are great for making smaller CTI games

Thanks for posting that up mate, I might have a look at the demo to get hold of this. Certainly nice to have a smaller Takistan map from time to time :)

[Dead3yez 0]

Looks nice.

BIS isn't loosing anything by adding this content into OA! :D

[kylania 568]

Seriously, Sarahni Lite was AWESOME, hopefully they'll add this to OA like they did with the Lite islands before.

[Darkhorse 1-6 16]

"Takistan Lite" anybody?

[MJK-Ranger 0]

Re-check "description" string.

In the end it should be like this:

(A2:CO 1.52.72291)

Why don't you share this little island with us? :)

Upload it somewhere so we can download it ;)

[Simon C 0]

I'd change the name to "Feruz Abad (Takistan Lite)" personally, makes it a bit clearer as to what the island is. Good spot though, I was under the assumption that the demo had the same Island. Pretty impressive that it's a lite version, good for smaller missions.

[mrcash2009 0]

Cool a lite version, I also agree I would like to see this patch bundled into OA, for all the reasons stated here.

[ffs 10]

Maybe it's worth to rework the config (paths) to get rid of the doubled stuff in the Data folder?

Well, there are 3 groups of files in takistanlite.pbo:

1) Hardcoded files (I can't change the path to takistan_data.pbo) and Original - Data/Layers and /Scenes, 58 mb

2) Files with identical names (different filesize) - Data/, 12 mb

3) Almost identical files (same name, same filesize, different CRC) - Data/, 14,5 mb

It's just not worth the time unfortunately. :(

Btw, is the "worldId" somehow important? Just asking because it has the same number (6) as the Takistan map.

Dunno.

Other islands:

Utes = 4

Chernarus = 4

Zagrabad = 5

Desert = 4

Why don't you share this little island with us? :)

Upload it somewhere so we can download it ;)

I'm afraid of being WTFbanned. :D

§20) Posting addon/mod other content without permission

I'll ask for permission before sharing it.

Edited July 27, 2010 by ffs