Bohemia Interactive's bio2s format

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Published on 2010-11-02T02:51:15Z Indexed on 2011/02/01 15:34 UTC
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Does anyone have specifications for the bio2s scripting language from Bohemia Interactive? They develop Operation Flashpoint, Armed Assault (ArmA), and Virtual Battlespace.

These scripts are sometimes called O2 or Oxygen scripts and are used in their terrain and modeling tools. Oxygen is Bohemia Interactive's modeling tool.

I found additional examples of the format in this VBS2 tutorial and this ArmA forum thread.

EDIT: I clarified the purpose of the bio2s format and provided some links to examples.

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