ArmA 2 Free "The Longest Day" mission

[Virnazush]

Hi, i'm one of those sad dudes who played ArmA 2 Free (rip). My favorite mission from that version of ArmA was "The Longest Day", you'd start on an LHD and basically invade chenarus. I have so many memories of crashing helicopters and ospreys into buildings as well as breaking my legs on rocks in this mission, I was really hoping to find servers of it when I eventually bought ArmA 2, but sadly there weren't any as far as I knew. When A2F died, so did any chance of me playing "The Longest Day" on a full server again, which really bummed me out.

I'm really wondering if there is a spiritual successor to it in ArmA 3, I'm kinda sick of the chaos of invade and annex as well as insurgency and CTI, the only game modes I actually play. The structure of "The Longest Day" was a perfect mix of rigidity and flexibility, it had near infinite replayability and was fairly tough since all you had access to air support wise was a AH-1Z (I think, there might've been a harrier too but I'm having issues remembering). So yeah, if there is a successor out there, and a server still running the mission, I'd really like to know because I miss those days of trashy pc on ArmA 2 free.

[El Berl]

Co40 Domination on a carrier with limited equipment is probably your best bet. Getting a full server is difficult since W.horelords is currently robbing Co40 of a lot of public players.

[I'm An Ass Man]

Hi, I'm actually working on a direct port from ArmA 2 to ArmA 3. I miss that mission as much as you do and we probably played together on ArmA 2 Free at some point on that mission.

I don't know if your still interested but here is what i've got working (at least whats been tested).
-Base And Vehicle Spawns (Yes, on the exact LHD carrier).
-A 1:1 asset port from A2 to CUP (A2 Vehicles and Models)
-Basic script ports.
-Ported to Chernarus_summer (CUP's updated Chernarus).
-Class Roles
-First combat instance
-And some other things but i actually haven't tested most things.

The few problems I've got is the old intro and outro don't seem to port at all (So,might remake) and the scripts from Arma 2 use functions removed from ArmA 3 so will have to 1. Remake 2. Update to newer functions or 3. remove them or come up with a replacement asset.

Once I've got the whole thing ported into ArmA 3/CUP i plan to perhaps overhaul or update it. Make it more modern. Maybe add playable enemy faction rather than just strictly co-op for alternative releases. Maybe not but definitely bring new content and life into it like a pure ArmA 3 (no CUP) port.

Let me know if anyone including OP is interested. I can share dev (pre-alpha) builds.

(P.S. i haven't contacted the original owner yet so its a private port for now but not for too long assuming the original creator is cool about it, not sure why he wouldn't be but yeah).

[Virnazush]

Originally posted by Nex:

Hi, I'm actually working on a direct port from ArmA 2 to ArmA 3. I miss that mission as much as you do and we probably played together on ArmA 2 Free at some point on that mission.

I don't know if your still interested but here is what i've got working (at least whats been tested).
-Base And Vehicle Spawns (Yes, on the exact LHD carrier).
-A 1:1 asset port from A2 to CUP (A2 Vehicles and Models)
-Basic script ports.
-Ported to Chernarus_summer (CUP's updated Chernarus).
-Class Roles
-First combat instance
-And some other things but i actually haven't tested most things.

The few problems I've got is the old intro and outro don't seem to port at all (So,might remake) and the scripts from Arma 2 use functions removed from ArmA 3 so will have to 1. Remake 2. Update to newer functions or 3. remove them or come up with a replacement asset.

Once I've got the whole thing ported into ArmA 3/CUP i plan to perhaps overhaul or update it. Make it more modern. Maybe add playable enemy faction rather than just strictly co-op for alternative releases. Maybe not but definitely bring new content and life into it like a pure ArmA 3 (no CUP) port.

Let me know if anyone including OP is interested. I can share dev (pre-alpha) builds.

(P.S. i haven't contacted the original owner yet so its a private port for now but not for too long assuming the original creator is cool about it, not sure why he wouldn't be but yeah).

This is amazing, I'd love to help test this thing out with you but I'd have to admit i'm not well versed in ArmA mission making so the most I could do is test the mission for bugs.

Just let me know if you're willing to start testing, I'm free till december pretty much.

[I'm An Ass Man]

Lovely. Just bought a server. I'll let you know when its all set up. Not yet but soon enough! Dont worry about the mission making side. Should have most of it covered!

[Master Baiter]

Not sure if you are still on it but I'd LOVE to play that mission in A3 !

Best time of my life in Arma2 on that mission :D

[Kex]

Good old The Longest Day in A2F. Was also the first time I got exposed to Arma. I realized that Altis is actually perfect for recreating it. Bomos for radar, Thronos castle for collab, Alommofi airstrip for SU and so on. Made once a Zeus mission based on it. Could actually try to adapt it to an actual mission just for nostalgia.

[Kex]

I just published a beta version with the first two phases: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2908079154

[Virnazush]

BRO ♥♥♥♥ YEAH

[Kex]

Also got a public server with the mission up now:
- Name: "Kex's Public CO-OP Server"
- Steam URL: steam://connect/88.198.47.46:2503[88.198.47.46]

[Virnazush]

Originally posted by Kex:

Also got a public server with the mission up now:
- Name: "Kex's Public CO-OP Server"
- Steam URL: steam://connect/88.198.47.46:2503[88.198.47.46]

how many people have you got on this? I finally got arma working on my pc with mods (been using Linux since august) and I would like to play this with some homies

[Kex]

Unfortunately, there's currently not much activity, but the mission is well playable with only a few ppl if you got a good medic with you.