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I'm a totally newbie in OFP (GOTY edition) and just saw a mention of a OFP Field Manual here: http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/ (In this topic it was explained how to heal injuries and a reference was made to some "OFP Field Manual"). Where can I find this Field Manual ? I could use some help in my early stage of OPF: it took me some days to realize for instance that I can use Function keys to command individual team members or that I can actually define on a map where I want my tem member to move or that with 9-5 combination I can command all my squad. In other words, there must be a easier way than the good old experiment-and-fail.

I have an unsolved topic in another OPF community: http://nightjay0044.proboards57.com/index.c....3261773 (Maybe you should read "Reply #8" first) Can anyone here help me with this one? Looks like I've understood correctly where to save my mission's briefing.html, but in my GOTY version it just doesn't work.

I just finished Cold War's 'Search and Destroy' mission. After the next cutscene OPF crashes to desktop. When replaying the cutscene OPF doesn't crash but opens the main page. From the main page I can start playing Red Hammer and Resistance campaigns (I play OPF GOTY version). My question is: is the 'Search and destroy' the last mission in Cold War or do I have the famous 'Not enough memory' -problem in my hands? 'Search and Destroy' is the mission where you have to find, pinpoint and destroy one heavily defended Scud and return safely to base. Scud has nuclear warhead. Three M1A1's and two choppers can be radioed to come in & help but after any shooting the scud missile will be launched '...after five or six minutes' as the radio message warns, so you'll have to hurry. Remember?

OK. I'll cheat. BUT if this crashing issue becomes more frequent, how can I get rid of it? NB: Heatseeker, you scored two kittens.

Is there a Total Score table somewhere in Campaign Mission to be seen? After comleting a Campaign Mission I've often got red X's as my score and sometimes pearls and now I'm interested in seeing what my total score is right now. Can I do it?

I found it. In GOTY version when an earlier campaign name is clicked once a list of cumulated achievements open, together with the statistics of that campaign mission. Includes total kills, armoured vehicle kills, air kills etc.

I'm not sure if I understood your question right but here is how to open player-made missions: 1) Open Mission Editing 2) Choose "Load" 3) From the pop-up window click beside island name and choose from the list the island in which your mission takes place (you should see all island names there by now). 4) From (the same) pop-up window click beside mission name (usually "Mission 1" is on top). A mission list opens including all player created missions for that island. Markers become visible: a) in editing mode after pressing F6 ("Markers") and b) in-game: start your mission, select Map ("M" by default). NB: works in at least in GOTY version. NB2: if this answer was off your topic, could you explain your problem in a different way?

Your reply has been here for a week before I read it. During this week I have used smilies... Oh, I just didn't knew, honest I didn't Besides, I have a dog

Hi, I'm a newbie in OFB and could use some help in Single Missions. 1) In Sniper Group the mission is to eliminate three SpetzNatz officers. I've managed to reach the target area (enemy camp) with the two team members still alive but I cannot find the SpetzNatz officers. I scan and scan through sniper rifle's optics until I hear Papa Bear informing me that a chopper has been seen to leave the area. But no SN officers. Could you give me a hint how to find them, please? 2) In a nightly mission (not Lone Wolf) I have to stop an enemy convoy before it leaves the area. There's a time limit so I have to move fast and because I have to move fast I always get shot and my mission ends after two or three minutes. Could you please give me a hint how to approach the area. (No, I don't remember the name of this mission, I'll provide it you later). I haven't played all the other single missions yet so I guess I'll be back here soon but these questions for starters. NB: Just in case it makes a difference: I'm playing OFP GOTY version.

So many of you have been playing OFP since 2001! Well, I didn't even had a computer then... Now I have a PC... ...now I have OFP... ... I have the GOTY version... ...I've gotten rid of the PC's crashing problem... ... I've solved OFP graphics mysteries... ...and I've received lots of help in OFP community

Things are improving. I've adjusted some BIOS settings more, tried different ATI settings and reduced the drawing distance to around 1000. Now OFP runs smoothly even in High Terrain level with max Pic Quality. I can even have all the shadows on now. I was the incompetent one, not Radeon 9800. Thank you all for your support. Delighted to see how well this community works.

I've recently updated my PC's graphics card to Radeon 9800 128 Pro and the improvement I gained with the new GCard is a little disappointment to me. The visual quality is only slightly better than my old card's (Radeon 9000 Pro) quality. Usually fog looks better / more natural but the overall performance and visual quality are almost the same as before. Either a) Radeon 9800 128 Pro is over-advertized or b) there are some adjustments still to be made and I just don't know what they are. Some specs: Win2000 KT4V (VIA chipset) 512 Mb AMD Athlon 1800+ R9800Pro Creative Labs soundcard. The driver for the GCard is dated 25th October 2005 so it is "the latest driver". I had this new card already before I bought OFP GOTY edition but it took me some time to find out that in order the get it work I should 1) update motherboard (VIA "4-in-1"), 2) install Microsoft's .Netframe . Before these two (and the latest driver) updates the GCard didn't work at all and I thought that I had bought a broken card. As sometimes things just fall together, I happened to find the solution for that problem in OFP community. In other words OFP made it possible for me to install properly the new GCard which I had bought before I knew I was going to buy OFP... Back to the point: while I was there (installing) I readjusted BIOS by choosing "Set high performance settings" and got rid of the crashing problem and it looks like got rid of it for good (Knock on wood. Knock, knock) But why this not-so-good performance ? Can it be so that OPF just cannot be set to perform high quality and to run smoothly at the same time? NB: I saw in Troubleshooting FAQ suggestions referring to how to adjust IRQ settings, IDE settings and mentions about PC latency settings. Should I adjust these settings? If I should I could use a piece of a good advice here how to adjust and from where.

What comes to your PC's specs you'll find quite a lot running the Dx Diagnose: Start / Run / (write in the "Open" field) dxdiag / OK In the opening page you'll see (among other things) specs for processer, OS system, memory etc. Choose the third leaflet "Display" and you'll get the graphic card specs and so on...

Placebo: I'm not at my own PC right now to check out the exact settings but here's something: 1) can't tell the version number of the driver, only the release date (Oct 25th 2005). 2.1) Flashpoint settings: a) I've used 800x600 32b (recommended in the manual) and 1024x768 32b. Maybe the latter looks a bit better than the former. b) Screen 75Hz or 85 Hz (my monitor supports these). c) Highest frame rate, Low terrain, about 4/5 of the max quality, about 2/3 of the max drawing distance. 2.2) Radeon settings: tried to switch between Best Berformance and Best Quality and few wild quessies in between those two. Tried Game Default settings and User Defined settings. NB: R9800 seems to be consuming vast amounts of memory. OFP starts stuttering after 10 minutes of playing (not always, seems to be depending on in what kind of environment the mission takes place...). If I don't let my Memory Freeing program (called RamBooster) to run I can see that after 10 minutes of playing there may be as little as 11% free memory left out of 512 Mb. Better keep that RamBooster running.

YES!

Question answered, thank you all. I haven't yet tried it and don't even know will I do it but it's good to know that this community is alive and I can get answers to my questions and solutions for my gaming problems.

Hi. I'm a newbie in OFB so I have to ask some newbie's questions here for a while. Here's something: If I create a new character without deleting the existing one, do I then have two playable missions or do I loose my campaign achievements of my first character?

If it really doesn't matter, I think I'll just enjoy the game.

Heatseeker. With 2088 posts I was wondering could you help me with this one: http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....t=49129 After starting that topic it has occured to me that being able do that would be some kind of cheating. Would it? While writing this the situation is: one opposes and one favours it.

The exact information I needed! I have a funny feeling I saw a soldier like that inside the camp area. I was looking for something that looked like an officer the way officers differ from ordinary soldiers in other games. Failed the mission because didn't recognize the target! I still have a lot to learn in OPF but so far I've enjoyed every minute. I think I've gotten the idea now how to handle the Shadow Killer Mission (that was the name! ) as well. I will TRY to complete both of these missions during weekend and if we see lots of jumping bananas here next week it's because you - Greg147 and Heatseeker - have briefed me well. I suppose this is appropriate now:

I haven't recognized yet anyone as an officer (being a newbie in this OFP . Let's see how I succeed next time. On my way to the camp - I came by foot - I did see Ural Truck and a BMP, but no UAZ nor Ural arrived in the camp while I was there. I better take the Jeep next time and see what happens when I arrive earlier... For that convoy/gas station/ninja mission I'll try that "you don't have to take out that convoy... " next time. Whatever it means.

I've been playing OFP since the beginning of November 2005 (yes, I got it less two weeks ago) and it is the OFP GOTY (1.85) version. Do I like the game? Yes, yes, yes

You two guys must be playing OPF online in opposite teams...

I've playd OFP more now and now I've got it: the more I play in Campaign mode the more info I get in-game. So, I'll keep on playing and looks like I will eventually get all(?) answers to my question.

I found a "Commander Guide" handbook from The Avon Lady's OFP FAQ. I'm going to look for a handbook from the OFP CD's as well to see which one turns out to be handier in use.