Afghanistan mission/campaign maybe?

[Archamedes 10]

Right, I have noticed that pretty much all user missions and campaigns are all about America vs Russia. It gets a bit old, just as old as the cold war and the fact America and Russia haven't been in conflict for years. So I was thinking of possibly making an Afghanistan campaign. Complete with a desert map, proper Taliban (or similer) units. After all Nowadays all we hear about is war in afghanistan and its a wonder nobody has done one yet. The only problem is The only thing i know about mission editing is from a few basic Youtube tutorials covering the real basics and a load of missions i have unpbo'd to figure out how they work. I really would like to do this but as far as triggers, Briefing scripts and all those sqm, sqf files go, i seem to scratch my head. I would also love to have intros and outros as well, but i really wouldn't know where to start.

So if I was to go ahead with this, would there be any good mission makers out there interested in helping out with the complicated stuff? Pm me and let me know.

Things I would think would be good missions

- Taliban safehouse assaults with CAS

- IED detection missions

- Finding Hostages before they get beheaded on camera

- Checkpoint security (checking cars for bombs and terrorists, and having a dramatic mission where one detonates at the checkpoint)

- All the general stuff that our boys and girls are doing out there now.

All in all i think it would have a different spin on what we are used to.

[Hroudlan 10]

I am no help on the moding front, but you will definitely need a compound clearing mission in my humble opinion.

[Binkowski 26]

Maybe.

[Stagler 39]

Archie mate. Am in bro. Just give us a bell or whatever mate. Herein lies the challenge that is finding a suitable map though. Unless you want to use CAA1 and Avgani.

[Archamedes 10]

Good stuff, This looks to be an interesting project and i hope to be able to come up with something decent As far as islands go I think i have seen at least 2 or 3 that fit the afghanistan/deserty feel here are a couple.

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8698

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8702

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8921

[Hroudlan 10]

Who will the Blufor be? Or could you do it that a bunch of nations are involved together? (Canadians, British, US, Danes)

[Hroudlan 10]

Quesh kibrul doesn't have the right feel for Afghanistan in my humble opinion. The other two sound like better bets though I haven't played either of them. The war in Afghanistan is being fought in the rural areas. Mountains, villages, rocky deserts, crop fields and compounds. It would be cool if you plopped down a FOB in the campaign and based the player(s) out of there.

[PuFu 4600]

http://www.arma2.com/arrowhead/arrowhead.html

[jumpinghubert 49]

my afghanistan favorite setting is razani and afghan village. Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpW_o46tg30

[Archamedes 10]

http://www.arma2.com/arrowhead/arrowhead.html

I am aware of arowhead and im really looking forward to it, however there are 2 things. the first is that even though its set in a fictional middle eastern island i can imagine that it will still be russian soldiers, as always and secondly arrowhead isnt an update to arma its a completly new game that does not require arma 2 for it to work. so its probably better to make a user mission for arma 2 so those that don't have arrowhead (when its out that is) can still enjoy a desert/afghan type campaign

[TristanYockell 0]

I'd love to see a Russian afghanistan invasion mission or campaign.

Hmmm, maybe I'll see if I can't muster one up using P85's vehicles.

[Pain0815 10]

You already tried this?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=92605

I made a little afghan mission, its placed on afghan village. (in my eyes the best afghan map together with razani atm)

[Archamedes 10]

You already tried this?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=92605

I made a little afghan mission, its placed on afghan village. (in my eyes the best afghan map together with razani atm)

looks good but its mp

[alleycat 28]

I am aware of arowhead and im really looking forward to it, however there are 2 things. the first is that even though its set in a fictional middle eastern island i can imagine that it will still be russian soldiers, as always and secondly arrowhead isnt an update to arma its a completly new game that does not require arma 2 for it to work. so its probably better to make a user mission for arma 2 so those that don't have arrowhead (when its out that is) can still enjoy a desert/afghan type campaign

Most people who liked arma2 will buy arrowhead anyway. So why should they play some poor man's hacked in afghan settign when there is a professionally made? Not supposed to insult anyone here, but any island created by paid professional developers will look mucht better. And you do not need to download a metric ton of random extra addons to play

[Archamedes 10]

Most people who liked arma2 will buy arrowhead anyway. So why should they play some poor man's hacked in afghan settign when there is a professionally made? Not supposed to insult anyone here, but any island created by paid professional developers will look mucht better. And you do not need to download a metric ton of random extra addons to play

I wouldn't praise these professionals too much, after all, they didn't make arma 2 flawless, what with game breaking bugs and unfinished parts they still haven't fixed yet. Not being funny but some of the usermade camps I have played work much better and are more fun than the bis made one.

Edited January 7, 2010 by Archamedes

[Pain0815 10]

looks good but its mp

The small Version you can play alone with AI squad or together with 1 more + AI squad each.

The download contains 2 Missions a 1-2 player version and a non AI 10 player version.

Edited January 7, 2010 by Pain0815

[Hroudlan 10]

Just because there is one doesn't mean another different one cannot be made. He also mentioned the possibility of a campaign and not just a single mission. Personally I'd like to see more campaigns and missions with nation's other than the US as the protagonist and this setting is perfect for there are so many countries involved in the Afghanistan conflict.

[Archamedes 10]

The small Version you can play alone with AI squad or together with 1 more + AI squad each.

The download contains 2 Missions a 1-2 player version and a non AI 10 player version.

cool will check it out and thanks fo the support Hroudlan. Glad to see someone else thinks that america vs Russia is getting boring now

[lNTRUDER 26]

This is a good idea indeed. I can lend a helping hand for what it's worth.

I have designed "coalition vs. taliban" missions on Razani, and I have to say that for any Afghan operations that are set outside urban areas, Razani is the s**t :) It's a really huge map as well.

If you have the time and want to check out one type of mission on Razani, have a look at my Operation Roadrunner mission (link in my sig). Or if you have CAA1 installed just fire it up in the editor and do a flyover :D

/ ]NTRUDER

[Archamedes 10]

yeah mate any help would be appreciated and i do believe we will be using that map because its not the first time that has been brought up

[Thirdup 0]

I had hoped that Opteryx would eventually re-release Avgani for ArmA2... but that looks like it will never happen, now.

It was the first map that I brought over from ArmA1. I didn't use CAA1, I found a thread that listed a handfull of ArmA1 files needed to make it work. It would be nice if they could be packaged (with permission) so that Avgani could be used in ArmA2 (I know that it can be used with CAA1, but that's a pretty large chunk of stuff for those looking to just add the one map).

As to Avgani's quality -vs- something "professionally developed", you should really run it before making any judgements (it's still one of the best that I've encountered for either ArmA1 or ArmA2). I used to have a sat image of the real Avgani and side-by-side pics showed the game map was accurate to the bushes.

17hx-urYmtk

*and yes, I know that the titles are transposed in the clip ;)

Edited January 7, 2010 by Thirdup

[Hroudlan 10]

If you want support in a creative mission design sense I am here and can get you the standard operating procedures of the Canadian Forces (my best friend is a 2nd Lt.). Would be really nice to see it done as one continuous mission that is a mini campaign. Base the troops out of a FOB and have objectives pop up one at a time. (presence patrol where some villages will have civs, some civs and taliban and some only taliban, compound raid to eliminate local taliban leader, full scale operation of sweeping a taliban controled village etc.)

[Stagler 39]

Avgani is set in Iraq mate. It says on the file in Armaholic.

[Pain0815 10]

But Afghan Village isnt thats 2 maps in one download together with Avgani Iraq, try Razani too.

[Njayjay 10]

This would be awesome but bear in mind there is an Afghanistan-based expansion coming in the near future