Problems with campaign mission progress

[AchtungAffen 0]

Hi, I'll explain what process led me into this problem:

I installed OFP in a new PC. I then installed OFP resistance, and then the 1.96 (?) patch. Then I copied from my old computer's OFP directory, the folder with my username under 'users' folder, to my new computer's user folder.

Then I tried to continue the campaign I was playing, the last 2 missions of 1985. When I pressed the campaign book I could see my completed missions allright, even the last save. But... I played Seek & destroy, passed it, played the last mission but couldn't stop the ICBM. So I cancelled and ended up on the main menu again. When I opened the campaign book to replay the last mission (the one capturing Guba), I found out that the book only had until the last save I made on the old computer, and didn't update my last completed missions!!

How can I solve this? I don't want to play seek and destroy again! That was a hell of a hard mission, took me almost 3 months to find the way to complete it!!

One more thing, probably off topic: When I saw the cutscene animation, when Guba shoots the girl... I could see the scenarios allright, but the characters where missing. So I ended up seeing pans through empty rooms, hearing voices, but seeing no characters. This happened while I ran OFP through OFP resistance.

[theavonlady 2]

Searcg The FAQ for "cheats" and use the CAMPAIGN cheat to revert to the mission you want to continue with.

BTW, latest version is 1.94. It should say so near the top center of OFP's main menu.

[theavonlady 2]

One more thing, probably off topic: When I saw the cutscene animation, when Guba shoots the girl... I could see the scenarios allright, but the characters where missing. So I ended up seeing pans through empty rooms, hearing voices, but seeing no characters. This happened while I ran OFP through OFP resistance.

Search The FAQ for "invisible guba".

[AchtungAffen 0]

Even though I could continue playing with cheats, OFP still does not update my advances. So even if I may complete the missions, as soon as I got to the main menu again, I lose all progress!! That's what I want to solve. I copied all the files from the users folder... does OFP use some other files for campaign mission saving?

For the next time: How can I make to put all my user played campaign missions on a fresh copy of OFP without these kind of problems?

[theavonlady 2]

If you installed from the OFP Resistance CD (not the GOTY edition), you should also have installed the 1.91 upgrade patch and then the Version 1.91 1985 Campaign compatibility patch before the 1.94 beta patch. (There's also a similar patch for the Red Hammer campaign, if you have it). Did you follow that install order?

If you didn't, you can still run those two earlier patches, available from BIS' OFP download page.

Your saved campaign file is OFP\Users\yourPlayerName\Saved\Tmp\1985.sqc. All of your campaigns are saved in this folder. If after patching the problem persists, delete it, start OFP and use the CAMPAIGN cheat.

[AchtungAffen 0]

I'm not so sure if I installed the compatibility patch. But anyways, I had the same problem with my saved missions from the resistance campaign. I had to restart it to get it working, still, I had played only 2 missions until I changed machines.

[AchtungAffen 0]

I found out what the problem was, thanks to you for pointing that specifical file out. I copied the users folder through a CD, so some files ended up being read only. I changed the attribute and now everything works fine. Thx!