Arma 3
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OPEX | Isla Duala
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Data Type: Scenario
Scenario Gameplay: Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Coop
Scenario Map: OtherMap
Meta: Dependency
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17 Apr, 2017 @ 9:40pm
3 Apr, 2020 @ 7:22pm
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OPEX | Isla Duala

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OPEX | official mission collection
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Description
DEVELOPER'S NOTE
As I'm now a dad, I don't have time nor energy anymore to continue OPEX support and development - at least for the moment. Thank you for your support and understanding.
- Gemini

OPEX is an immersive, realist and fully dynamic task generator for ArmA III military simulator.

The first version was initially introducing the French Army fighting against terrorist organizations all over the world (hence the French name OPEX for Opérations Extérieures - means External Operations). This new version now allows players to chose among several armies, depending on enabled extra mods !

QUOTES FROM THE COMMUNITY
  • "OPEX is a masterpiece." (Sowens)
  • "This mod is awesome and should be approved by Bohemia." (Unknown)
  • "You have made what I've been looking for since a very long time." (Guim's)
  • "My friends and I are now only playing this mission." (Neall)
  • "It's a titan work. Respect." (BingaNarko)
  • "Thank you and go on, you're the best dude I have a poor PC and OPEX is running fantastic." (NeXoWw)
  • "God bless you !! To be honest I've never seen someone who is so reactive and attentive to the community's feedback." (Bobzap / Sayker)
  • "This mission is becoming so epic. I love it." (xaxa)
  • ...

MAIN FEATURES
Made by Gemini
  • Mission that required more than 2000 hours of learning, experimentations and development (project started in 2012)
  • SP and MP compatible (from 1 to 50 players)
  • Unique immersive and realist atmosphere
  • Select the theater of operations (Europe, Middle-East, Africa...), your army (France, USA, Russia, UK, Spain, Czechia...) and the opponents (Taliban, Islamic State, Boko Haram, generic ultranationalists...) - extra mods may be required to get all options (see below)
  • Entirely built with random parameters for generating unpredictible situations and unlimited replayability
  • Custom menu at startup to enable/disable/set main mission features
  • Plenty of things to do: select a specific task (among more than 20 available), patrol to find and fight the enemy, locate and destroy weapon caches, neutralize IEDs, search buildings and interrogate local people to gather intel, capture opponents...
  • Dynamic civilian life with custom interactions (talk, search, arrest...)
  • Dynamic AI activities: patrols, ambushes, reinforcements, suicid bombers, roadblocks...
  • Dynamic reputation: take care of the local population or it may rise against you
  • Gather and exchange intel to recruit AI teammates and to get extra supplies, vehicles, supports...
  • AI improvements: ability to assign/unassign NVG/flashlights/silencer depending on daytime and behaviour, ability to board into nearest static weapon...
  • Primary needs system: eat, drink and sleep to avoid bad effects
  • Customizable MP synchronized music receiver in order to listen music into vehicles
  • Performance friendly: useless AI entities are automatically disabled/deleted to save computer/server ressources
  • Persistent save for both server (mission progression, global stats...) and clients (loadout, personnal stats...)
  • Compatible with many mods (ACE3, TFAR, ACRE2, Winter 2035...)
  • Playable without any mod (vanilla game) but compatible with many ones (CUP, RHS, R3F, 3CB, FFAA, BW, CFP, Project OPFOR, TFAR, ACE3, Winter 2035...)
  • Readable content fully translated in French, English and Spanish
  • And much more to discover !
Made by the Community
  • Advanced medical system (tweaked version of Psychobastard's AIS script) or expert (if ACE mod is detected)
  • Optimized AI behaviour (thanks to R3F AiComTarget script)
  • Move and transport almost every item (thanks to R3F Logistic script)
  • Random and dynamic weather (thanks to code34 for his script - I modified it a bit so weather's evolution is depending on world regions)
  • Futurist but realistic electronic tactical glasses (thanks to TPW for his script - I modified it to create motion detector and hearbeat functions)
  • Live video feeds (thanks to BangaBob for his script)
  • Little immersion tweaks: light sensitive map and NVG's optimized utilisation (thanks to Viperidae for his scripts)
  • Map gestures with nearby players (thanks to dslyecxi for his script)

COMPATIBLE MODS
OPEX can be played without any mod (vanilla game) but in order to enjoy all the features and possibilites, it is highly recommended to subscribe (for free !) to the official mod collection.

If you don't have a large storage capacity and a very high speed internet connection, you can also select only some of those mods.

HOW TO INSTALL OPEX ?
It's very easy, simply watch this video (please enable subtitles to get full detailed information).

FOR MORE INFORMATION, DETAIL AND SUPPORT
Visit the official OPEX forum[forums.bistudio.com].

DON'T FORGET TO RATE IT !
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DONATION
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133 Comments
l0calTroutp0p69 27 Feb, 2023 @ 12:50pm 
anyone know how to get the biometric scan to work?
n.hakala 14 Feb, 2023 @ 11:25pm 
Anybody know if it's still worth playing? Don't get me wrong, I highly appreciate the mod and all the work that the creator has done. I've tried to playt this a couple of times now, but I've had some issues. For example, when evacuating civilians, they just run around and do not comply to my "wait" or "follow me" orders. On the wire mission, I cannot find the spy wire from the support box. I also have no idea where I can check reputation/intel levels etc. Also, there's no info on how to order my AI teammates to use silencers or NVGs, just to name a few problems.
ahnen 24 Apr, 2022 @ 10:36pm 
To do most things in arma 3, such as spawn unit, know that the scroll wheel will allow you to change equipment to units to etc
Rocky Bukkake 7 Nov, 2021 @ 4:39pm 
How do I spawn units? I'm standing on the delivery pad?
Pete Shweaty 22 Jun, 2020 @ 10:40pm 
hey man hopefully you could help me out a bit. not able to use the campting tent and sleeping bag on isla duala. but on kunduz it works. theres no option for it in the uniforms box, would be much appreciated. when mission launches i get the error "bad vehicle type Gemini_sleepingbag"
xaxa63 12 Apr, 2020 @ 11:44pm 
Merci pour tout Gemini ce fut une belle aventure de te suivre dans ton aventure .Pleins de belle chose pour toi
:steamhappy:
Gemini  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 7:29am 
@all (1/2)
As my personal life has recently evolved, I inform you that I don't have time anymore for continuing OPEX development and support. Maybe I will try to fix a few things later but do not expect any new update or help soon.
If something is going bad with OPEX, you have to deal with it. I can only suggest to read the in-game FAQ and all the comments on the Steam Workshop or on the official forum [forums.bohemia.net]: maybe the answer to your question is already there. If necessary, just restart or reset the mission: in general this solves most of the issues.
Gemini  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 7:22am 
@all (2/2)
I would love to have more time for continue this project I started and developed alone since 2012 but there are things much more important in a man's life :)
I hope you'll continue to enjoy OPEX as much as possible anyway ;)
Thanks again to the ArmA community for all the help and support ! Long life to ArmA !
Gemini  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 7:14am 
@tous (1/2)
Ma vie personnelle ayant évolué récemment, je vous informe que je n'ai dorénavant plus le temps pour continuer le développement et le support d'OPEX. Peut-être que j'essaierai de corriger certaines choses plus tard mais n'espérez plus de mise à jour ou d'aide rapide de ma part.
Si quelque chose fonctionne mal avec OPEX, vous allez devoir faire avec. Je ne peux que vous suggérer de lire la FAQ intégrée à la mission ainsi que les commentaires du Steam Workshop et sur le forum officiel [forums.bohemia.net]: peut-être que la réponse à votre question se trouve déjà là-bas. Si besoin, redémarrez et/ou réinitialisez la mission: en général cela résout la plupart des problèmes.
Gemini  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 7:14am 
@tous (2/2)
J'adorerais avoir plus de temps pour continuer ce projet que j'ai démarré et porté seul depuis 2012 mais il y a des choses bien plus importantes dans la vie d'un homme :)
J'espère que vous continuerez d'apprécier OPEX autant que possible en tout cas.
Merci à toute la communauté pour son soutien et pour son aide, et vive ArmA !