General Barron 0 Posted April 13, 2005 Hey all, I've seen that mod folders can be used to organize campaigns, and (obviously) addons. But can they be used to organize SP and MP missions? I tried making folders called "Missions" and "MPmissions" within my mod folders and placing missions in there, but it doesn't seem to work. Is there any way to do this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanctuary 19 Posted April 14, 2005 I don't think you can (would have been great as i have a lot of mod folders). At least you can make subfolders in the Missions folder (not sure about the MPMissions) to manage the missions according to their related mod folders. If you don't know about this, or if you know but just for people that are not aware of this : You can even have a picture to make it look more "finished" when you click on such folder in the SP missions menu, with an Overview.html inside based on something like this (notepad copy/paste) <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"><html> <head> <title>Overview</title> </head> <body bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"> <! **** Title **** > <br><h2 align = "center"><a name = "Main">TitleNameIWant</a></h2> <! **** Picture ****> <p align = "center"><img src = "mypicture.jpg" width = "200" height = "178"></p> <! **** Text message **** > <p> </p> </body> </html> along with a picture in the same subfolder of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkins 8 Posted April 15, 2005 As Sanctuary said, it can't be done. I experimented it when I made my tutorial about mod folders sometime ago. Though, as Sanc pointed out, it's very handy to make new folders for specific missions and make an overview for them. It makes the Missions selection look more "clean" and finished, as Sanc said. AFAIK, using subfolders don't work in MPMissions folder, though if someone could verify this for a fact, I would be grateful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Barron 0 Posted April 15, 2005 Aw shucks... I was afraid that would be the answer. Strange how campaigns work, but not missions... Anyway, organizing my SP missions into folders won't be a bad alternative. MP missions are a pain in the butt however... I hope they improve this in OFP2. Thanks guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBR_ONIX 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Hmm, how about an adition to the OFP launcher programs. When you launch mod-folder, say.. finmod folder It copies the /Missions/ and /MPMissions/ files (from /finmod/) to the normal OFP missions folders. And creates a batch file to move them back, or delete them (For each file, add it to a batch file line, and copy it to the OFP misisons folder. Then when it's done each folder, save the batch file as finmod_missions.bat) Then when your done with that mod, you run the batch file, it cleans the folder of those missions... Hmmm I could write that program okay (In VB only, sadly ), but idealy it'd be an addon to something like Kegetys OFP Launcher (The only one I've found that can launch more than one mod folder) But yeh, making a folder for each mod in the SP missions folder is best way, but for MPMissions, it's annoying having 32432 FDF missions when running Y2k3.. Infact, just had a better idea Make a few batch files in the root of OFP folder, that does.. :: Copy /missions to /missionNormal Copy /finmod/Missions to /Missions Copy /finmod/MPMissions to /MPMissions Run OFP.exe -nomap -mod=finmod Then the clean up Change to /Missions Delete all files Change back Copy contents of /missionsNormal to /missions Do same for MPMissions Hmm... Theres a command to "Press any key to continue", you could merge the two, so it moves the files, starts OFP, waits for any key, then cleans it up... Yees ....sorry, - Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ade_mcc 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Grouping SP missions is a tricky one. There are a few by author (eg Avon Lady), a few by Mod Group, (eg BAS, FDF), a couple by island (desert, CATs Afghanistan) and then a whole load in 'General'. It does get tricky when certain misssions mix and match addons from all over the place so a bit of organisation and thinking is required - I have a list of my favourite missions with the required addons to help jog my memory. Grouping MP Missions at least is not so bad in that at least OFP can filter the missions into each island. So maybe thats a better way forward or ArmA or OFP2. One folder containing subfolders of missions, but a better way of dispaying + filtering in-game. That way I can search for a mission by author or island or type or whatever. Just thinking aloud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted July 1, 2005 Anyway, organizing my SP missions into folders won't be a bad alternative. MP missions are a pain in the butt however... I hope they improve this in OFP2. if this has not been suggested in OFP2 suggestions, please feel free to do so. but make sure it has not been discussed before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parvus 0 Posted July 6, 2005 an idea ... rename the SPMissions how you want to get an better overview; f.e. (Finmod=FDF) FDF_Shadow_killer.FDF_maldevic.pbo or SEBNAM_ CSLA_ etc. etc. P.S. to avoid space was only for *checkfiles* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
