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Possible loss of data on the entire partition, Important warning

Marek Spanel, Operation Flashpoint Project Leader, posted on official forum in this thread a warning about possible loss of data on the entire partition where OFP is installed, but of course it can happen only under several simultaneous circumstances:

There’s a serious problem in Operation Flashpoint 1.75 and above (including versions 1.90/1.91) that may cause loss of all files on the partition where the game resides under some circumstances:
1) TCP/IP protocol is not fully supported or it’s not working properly (e.g. it’s disabled in Windows Network settings or there’s a firewall disabling it)
2) the user creates a new server in DirectPlay mode (the problem can never happen using “Sockets” implementation of the network protocol)
We recommend to not create any network games under DirectPlay to avoid the risk of loss of all data on your hard drive partition.

Thanks to Matthijs for the info!

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