ArmA: Combat Operations

Game Details

Description

Sequel to the highly successful Operation Flashpoint, ArmA: Combat Operations is a first person tactical military shooter on the PC with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread across large areas alongside the more close quartered battles. The player will find himself thrust in the midst of an engaging and expanding storyline, fighting against smart, aggressive enemies who will continually provide a challenge over a massive landscape.

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Features

• Story driven single player campaign: Write your own campaign storyline by choosing the right mission order when playing the 20+ missions. Play it differently next time and find new ways to victory!
• Large scale multiplayer: Use ArmA Combat Operations’ strong multiplayer mode and play battles where tanks supported by infantry and helicopters take control of an enemy city. The engine takes up 50+ living opponents in a role of both friendly and enemy forces.
• More than 30 weapons: Every weapon has unique firing characteristics with the new and improved recoil system.
• Vast environment to explore: Explore Sahrani, an area over 400 square kilometers in size full of flora and fauna.
• More than 30 modern vehicles: All vehicles in the game can be controlled - tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, airplanes, civilian cars or even boats.
• Multiple gunners: Utilize the multiple gunner positions on tanks and helicopters to rain death on your enemies both in multiplayer missions and single player campaign.
• HDR Lighting effects: Ambushing an enemy with the sun in your eyes leaves you at the disadvantage. Think smart, fight better!
• Real constellations and tides: ArmA's great depth even includes such features as fully simulated star maps, lunar cycles and tides. Watch where you park your vehicle, soldier!
• Built-in mission editor: Create you own scenarios using the easy-to-use mission wizard, advanced built-in mission editor, scripting language or BI tools available online and share your creation with the game.

Downloads

ArmA: Combat Operations Patch 1.14
Type: Patch
Version: 1.14
File Size: 137 MB
Region: North America
Description: Patch for both PC DVD-ROM and Digital Download versions of game.
ArmA Warfare: ArmA Warfare, included as a bonus update in this patch, is a blend of a team-based multiplayer mission and realtime strategy. Two sides (BLUFOR vs. OPFOR) fight for control of the whole map. It is multiplayer map designed for 1 up to 32 players. It also uses other bonus content included in the patch: desert Marines and a modified Southern Sahrani map. To start ArmA Warfare game, start multiplayer mission as usual. In the Create game screen select "Southern Sahrani" island. The "Warfare v1.0" and "Warfare v1.0 for 32" players missions appear in the list on the right. Select them to play Warfare. Standard Warfare is the 16 player (8 vs 8) mission. Warfare for 32 players (16 vs 16) is recommended for higher performance systems. See briefing screen of the Warfare mission for more instructions.
Full ArmA Warfare Manual is included in pdf file in the patch distribution.
BattlEye: This patch will automatically offer you to install anti cheating software for online games to your ARMA working folder. If you decide not to install Battleye, your patch still will be working but you may not be able to join game servers that will have installed Battleye software for increased anti cheating protection. It will install all BattlEye content to a folder "BattlEye" (default is C:Program FilesBohemia InteractiveArmABattlEye or C:Program FilesAtariArmABattleEye). If BattlEye was installed, it will be securing online sessions hosted on your server (requiring all clients to have BattlEye also installed) unless it is disabled in server config using line "battlEye = 0;"
How to uninstall BattlEye: There's an uninstall application UnInstallBE.exe installed in the BattlEye installation folder that allows you to remove BattlEye from ARMA. You can also remove BattlEye using Add/Remove Programs control panel.
Instructions: Install patch for both PC DVD-ROM and Digital Download versions of game to upgrade to version 1.14. Requires the 1.08 Patch to be installed first.

ArmA: Combat Operations Patch 1.08
Type: Patch
Version: 1.08
File Size: 329 MB
Region: North America
Description: Patch for both PC DVD-ROM and Digital Download versions of game.
Instructions: Download and install the patch to upgrade to version 1.08. There is no uninstall option for the patch itself. You need to reinstall the game from the original setup to get it to the original version.

System Requirements

Legal

ArmA: Combat Operations © 2007 Bohemia Interactive a.s. All rights reserved. "Armed Assault", "Virtual Battlespace" and "ArmA: Combat Operations" are trademarks of Bohemia Interactive a.s. Published and marketed by Atari, Inc., New York, NY. The ATARI word mark and logo are registered trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc. The ESRB rating icons are registered trademarks of the Entertainment Software Association. Software platform logo (™ and ©) IEMA 2007. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.