Some issues converting to Arma 2 CO mod

[StarThing]

After following the instructions on ironfront.fanforum I've been having some issues when installing the community patch for IFA2's DLC after installing the previous two community patches for IFA2. Before running the conversion tool I ran Iron Front which seemed to work perfectly (I verified the steam files too just to be safe) and I was able to load and play the DLC.

When installing the patches on the DLC I keep getting warnings such as:
"Error found in file @LIB_DLC_1\ADDONS\france_data.pbo"
With the installer displaying messages such as:
"Update 1.90-1.99\LIB_DLC_1\ADDONS\FRANCE_DATA.PBO.UPD cannot be applied, error xdelta3 returned error code: 1"

All of these files which the installer claims have errors are present in the @LIB_DLC_1 folder in my Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead installation folder.

Both before and after attempting to patch the DLC I can load maps such as Omaha, but scenarios either do not appear in the game menu, or when trying to start one I get errors saying that the mission cannot start because the dependencies such as "LIB_US_Characters" are missing, even though @LIB_DLC_1 is loaded and the relevant .pbo files (like LIB_US_Characters.pbo) are present in the mod's folder.

One other issue I had when starting both a campaign or multiplayer server was that machine guns were not making any sounds when firing (they do make the correct sounds if I use one when running Iron Front instead), is this just the way the game behaves when being run as an Arma 2 mod or is this because of something not installing correctly?

I'd appreciate if someone could help me out.

[Gunter Severloh]

The tutorial you followed was mine, its obsolete and the tool is broke it needs to be updated thats why your having issues, it works partially but again needs to be updated which will never happen.
Iron Front game and conversion isn't supported anymore as everything was moved and is and has been developed for IFA3 which is the arma 3 version of Iron front which imo is way better then IFA2, more content, features, functions, maps ect, and tons of missions.
i been helping those people that
need it in the community from the beginning 2012, IF Fan forums are my forums btw which this month i plan to take down as i have another forum to replace it which dont cost me anything.

Send me a friend invite as i have a work around for IFA2.

[StarThing]

Thank you, Gunter, I have removed the response I gave advising another user (to whom I see you also responded) asking about ACE and Blastcore compatibility to look at the guide and tool to avoid causing them any confusion.
I just have two quick questions I'd like to ask in the discussions which may be helpful for other users:
1. Is IFA3 just the mod available on the Arma 3 Workshop?
2. Will the closure of IF Fan forums (as it currently exists) impact Mission Repository in any way?

Thanks.

[Gunter Severloh]

Welcome,

Originally posted by StarThing:

1. Is IFA3 just the mod available on the Arma 3 Workshop?

Yes it is, its been developed since 2015, and has had about ... close to 30 updates since its release as a standalone mod.
Before the mod was titled IFA3_AIO_Lite the lite part was low res textures
now it has changed, the IFA3 mod is now titled IFA3_AIO which means

IFA3 = Iron Front in Arma 3
AIO = All in one
The all in one means its an all inclusive mod which has all units, vehicles, weapons, objects, tanks, maps ect,. It is a massive mod as there was also a port in the past i forget what year but the Invasion 1944 dev team had a mod they gave to kju and kju's team took the mod in and rebuilt many of the assets from that mod, which was weapons, tanks, maps, and other things.
So IFA3 is pretty massive it makes IFA2 look like a kids game in comparison.

So on Arma3's workshop you can find IFA3_AIO, it requires one other mod
titled CUP_Core Terrains, this is required for many objects, buildings and other things that IFA3 uses. Theres tons of missions for the mod and alot of other mods developed for IFA3 you can see alot of them listed on my All Arma 3 WW2 Mods compilation list here
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/219483-all-arma3-ww2-mods-compilation-list/

Originally posted by StarThing:

2. Will the closure of IF Fan forums (as it currently exists) impact Mission Repository in any way?

No not at all, my website which is the MIssionrepository.com is a totally seperate site i just have the site linked through a banner on the forums.

Speaking of the forums to replace the IF Fan forums, you can see the new forums here
https://iron-front-fan-forum.proboards.com/

These forums cost me nothing to maintain, however the reason im taking down the old forums which i dont want to do and i been putting it off for almost a year now is it cost me $39 a month to keep up, its just another bill.
Hope that answers your questions and gives you more insight on the whole IF, and IFA2, IFA3 mods.

[StarThing]

Thank you for the very informative response!

[CheriSh21]

Originally posted by Gunter Severloh:

The tutorial you followed was mine, its obsolete and the tool is broke it needs to be updated thats why your having issues, it works partially but again needs to be updated which will never happen.
Iron Front game and conversion isn't supported anymore as everything was moved and is and has been developed for IFA3 which is the arma 3 version of Iron front which imo is way better then IFA2, more content, features, functions, maps ect, and tons of missions.
i been helping those people that
need it in the community from the beginning 2012, IF Fan forums are my forums btw which this month i plan to take down as i have another forum to replace it which dont cost me anything.

Send me a friend invite as i have a work around for IFA2.

Hi there Gunter, I see your name whenever I search for anything Iron Front related. Your mission repository site is awesome, wish that Arma 2 also had something like that, since it's now quite difficult to search for Arma 2 mods/missions with armaholic gone.

I just sent you a friend invite as I'm also interested in your workaround for IFA2. I would play IFA3 but Arma 2 (and Iron Front) runs much smoother for me right now. I might have to wait for a pc upgrade before going back to Arma 3.

[Gunter Severloh]

See this thread for Arma2 content
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/234949-bidentify-a-community-driven-open-file-index-utility-for-usergenerated-content-for-bi-games/

and this thread
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/238109-armaholic-armed-assault-others-a2a2oa-filesaddons-not-sorted/

[CheriSh21]

Much appreciated! Will look into these. Do they include your fixes for IFA2? Since I get the same errors as the OP when installing the IF2 DLC patches.

[Gunter Severloh]

No fixes for IFA2, why there is my workaround, read my previous comment to the other guy above.

[LtCmdSpawn]

Originally posted by Gunter Severloh:

No fixes for IFA2, why there is my workaround, read my previous comment to the other guy above.

Hello Gunter, I would be glad, if you can share the workaraound with me too.

[CooljKyle]

How do i get the converter tool. I am not able to get it?

[Gunter Severloh]

I took it down a while back because it needed an update, it converted the files of the game
but wouldn't do it fully, so the converted game had issues and wouldn't work.
The conversion process has been done away with.

My opinion skip iron front and get the full mod in Arma 3 which is called IFA3.
But if you still want to play with Iron front as a mod in Arma 2OA then send me a friend invite i have a work around to get you IFA2.

[[SMF]xFreakylow]

@Gunter Severloh i has send a friend request for ifa2

[Deets6969]

Originally posted by Gunter Severloh:

I took it down a while back because it needed an update, it converted the files of the game
but wouldn't do it fully, so the converted game had issues and wouldn't work.
The conversion process has been done away with.

My opinion skip iron front and get the full mod in Arma 3 which is called IFA3.
But if you still want to play with Iron front as a mod in Arma 2OA then send me a friend invite i have a work around to get you IFA2.

Hello, big fan of your work Gunter! I was wondering if there was anyway to get that workaround for IF2 if still possible?

[Gunter Severloh]

Hi Deets, sure.

[Foffy]

Hey Gunter, was curious to see if I could get that workaround too! I lost my old version when one of my hard drives died and with the announcement of Spearhead 1944 I'd like the ArmA II version again.

To my knowledge, this remains the only version that has a generated campaign feature with IL-2 Sturmovik, specifically IL-2 1946. I wanted to learn IL-2 and play some ground IF missions in the one of the SEOW setups out there.