Mission template

[dr_eyeball 16]

Could mission makers please provide proper details and sample screen shots of their missions in a readme.txt file similar to the following template:

Eg:

Quote[/b] ]<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>OVERVIEW:

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Mission Name: eg: Beach landing/Op Green Frog

Game mode: (MP: Coop 68/CTI/CTF/other MP, SP, etc) (include Required players:) (2-68)

Addon's required: None/Some-X-addon

Respawn:

Infantry: None or Single/multiple fixed/relocatable/progressive "base/group/instant/bird" spawn in MP. 30 second penalty. Team switching in SP.

Vehicles: respawn in base in 30 seconds after being destroyed or 10 minutes after being abandoned.

Short one line mini description (for listings): Heavy armour battle in Ortego.

Features: List several features. For example, as a guide think about:

- What makes this mission different to the similar missions or a similar game mode it represents?

- What part of the mission required the most effort?

DETAILS:

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Difficulty: (easy, normal, difficult, expert)

Supports SP: Both MP & SP, MP only, SP only

Cadet/Veteran mode variation: Eg: None, VM has more enemies, CM includes binoculars, CM has sniper, etc.

Island/towns: Masbete city coastline

Core game style: (infantry, armour, sea, air, etc for each side.) (eg: infantry/sea attack vs infantry & some armour)

Scale: about 40 infantry attack force & some boats covering several square KM's

Duration: about 60 mins

Weather/Time: Rainy, 4am, night

FILE DETAILS:

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Mission created by: (your tag/name)

Mission Version: 1.1

Release Date: 12 Nov 2007

Intro/Outro: None, 30 second intro, 15 second outro

Briefings: Full brieifing, notes & tickable objectives

Created for Arma version: 1.2

Testing: Untested. Tested on dedicated server with 85 players.

Size: (eg: "< 1mb"/17mb/etc - only critical if it's extremely large due to sound & image files)

Screenshots: <image1> (image or link or thumbnail link)

SCENARIO:

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Detailed scenario description/objectives:

- Stage 1: Make a beach landing and capture the town of Masbete.

- Stage 2: Capture some armour from a nearby base.

Story/background: ...

INSTALLATION:

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Standard:

- For Multi Player, copy the pbo file(s) to .\ArmA\MPMissions (installation) folder.

- For Single Player, copy the pbo file(s) to .\ArmA\Missions (installation) folder.

ISSUES:

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- List known quirks.

FUTURE PLANS:

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- List plans for future versions.

REVISISON NOTES:

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1.0 - 01.Jan.2003 - Initial release.

2.0 - 02.Feb.2004 - Revised release. List major changes.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER:

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This mission is distributed without any warranty.

TERMS OF USE:

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MODIFYING THE SCRIPT FILES

Note! If you need to do any modifications to the script files and include them

with your own mission, please mark the modified files in the header as modified by you to avoid

confusing them with the originals and note them as "modified" in your release documentation.

CREDITS & THANKS:

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- BIS/BIA for their great simulators.

- (Some add-on & script makers request credit to use their work.)</span>

BAS f:

Note: The BAS f project has a recommended readme.txt file included too, which has better extracts to cover:

Quote[/b] ]02. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

03. TERMS OF USE

04. LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Original Post:

Does someone have a good old OFP standard mission template?

What else could be added or changed?

Even better would be a standard html/xml file, so fan-sites could then automatically parse this file to extract suitable screen-shots and mission info for their web-site mission databases.

[freda 0]

Obviously not a total answer, but you might be interested in this

ofpec have been doing this style as above for a few years now.

[dr_eyeball 16]

The mission template in the first post has been updated to make it more thorough and structured. We need to see more submissions including these sorts of details. Thanks.