Dogs of War bug

[Slothy 10]

Its a bit of a bug as far as i can tell, or maybe it was intended but makes no damned sense (like the script coding).

Your best bet to get a pair is to kill an enemy officer, they usually have them. just start checkin corpses as you go. (This is better done BEFORE it gets dark)

[Soldier of Anarchy 10]

Yep shooting & healing my own team was the only way to make them move....felt kinda good. But now I have a new problem...

Can anyone tell me why I get fast traveled against my will, without asking for it????

I'm driving near a town with my tanks behind me, suddenly I'm zapped to a far off town thats got enemy's who want me dead....leaving my heavies far behind. I finally get them to where I am ,cap the town, and zap again. I'm off near another town ,with the town I just capped falling back to the enemy......with this happening I can't really make a focused attack....or hold my hard fought ground. :confused:

Should I kill the AI commanders discretely?....maybe order a tank to run em over?

[eJay 1]

Anyone had problems with towns capture? I'm trying to seize Dolina village for an hour and nothing. A have a lot of troops near main point, sezied all strongpoints around and I can't capture it.

[BLZ_Meister 10]

Anyone had problems with towns capture? I'm trying to seize Dolina village for an hour and nothing. A have a lot of troops near main point, sezied all strongpoints around and I can't capture it.

Try to tell one of "your guys" to disembark and move precisely to the capture point.

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Yep shooting & healing my own team was the only way to make them move....felt kinda good. But now I have a new problem...

Can anyone tell me why I get fast traveled against my will, without asking for it????

I'm driving near a town with my tanks behind me, suddenly I'm zapped to a far off town thats got enemy's who want me dead....leaving my heavies far behind. I finally get them to where I am ,cap the town, and zap again. I'm off near another town ,with the town I just capped falling back to the enemy......with this happening I can't really make a focused attack....or hold my hard fought ground. :confused:

Should I kill the AI commanders discretely?....maybe order a tank to run em over?

I don't know if this helps:

Be careful, when you disband a unit commander, if you have a member of razor team as driver or gunner, you can't do nothing!, To solve this, u have to temporarly enter as commander, send the guy u want to disband far away, and disband him when he is far, otherwise, when disbanded, he can reenter other vehicles, and then u can't control them.

Other thing that happened to me, was that stupid fast travel, suddently i was on the other side of the chedaki base, i reverted to the last save, and then it went well.

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I would like to know if Lopotev must be kept alive upon the delivery to russians, i mean, i drove the truck escorted with BMP, and when i arrived, BMP started to shoot to someone(spetznatz, i think), then cutscene, i saw lopotev hanging on the truck, near a blowed UAZ, but something in the UAZ exploded, and lopotev died, so cooper reported to little john, and LJ said that is bad, but i kept going with the objectives, as nothing changed on tasks, completed everything except russian base on the airstrip. Everytime i get close even with 4 T72's, my team does NOT see russian units, and they act like T90's are friendlies, because cooper tells to hold fire when i'm 1meter close to russian tanks!:confused: And t90's just blow all the T72's!

I restarted the dogs of war mission, how do i make the alliance between CDF and NAPA(It just says "Alliance between Guerillas and BLUFOR ended")?Prizrak(Fyodor) talks to cooper after cooper talks with razor team, should i kill Prizrack right away? On Badlands mission, NO option appeared to me to assassinate Prizrack, i captured the 4 towns, and the game proceeded...

Ah, I followed NAPA side after UH1 crash on "Bitter Chill".

Plz help

Thanks

Edited August 2, 2009 by BLZ_Meister

[eJay 1]

This is unbelieveable. 2 towns to end requiered and no one (my men, NAPA or CDF) can't capture them! All soldiers are standing near main point and... nothing! Russians take the villages in few seconds and I can't recapture it. This is ri-di-cul-ous! Gosh, about 10 h of playin' just gave me nothing. I have to revert this piece of sh.. or wait for patch.

[BLZ_Meister 10]

This is unbelieveable. 2 towns to end requiered and no one (my men, NAPA or CDF) can't capture them! All soldiers are standing near main point and... nothing! Russians take the villages in few seconds and I can't recapture it. This is ri-di-cul-ous! Gosh, about 10 h of playin' just gave me nothing. I have to revert this piece of sh.. or wait for patch.

Just do like me man, restart the mission, it's the last one...

[Potatomasher 0]

Just do like me man, restart the mission, it's the last one...

Restarting doesn't help if you have the same bug as some of us have. After you have united NAPA & CDF.

I have waited a month now for patch so that i can continue playing. Frustrating but what can you do... wait...wait some more...

[Soldier of Anarchy 10]

I thought I was getting the hang of it and working things out...I took razor team with me in a APC, only to still have a teammate die somehow. I must be going to slow and not reaching a part of the story line in time....and someone dies.

Either way I had to invoke the endmission code.... Good ending :) I was expecting Chewbacca to be roaring in the backround ;)

[BLZ_Meister 10]

Restarting doesn't help if you have the same bug as some of us have. After you have united NAPA & CDF.

I have waited a month now for patch so that i can continue playing. Frustrating but what can you do... wait...wait some more...

I don't know if i united NAPA and CDF, all i know is that a hint apperas saying "alliance between guerrillas and BLUFOR has ended", but NAPA keeps firendly:confused:. I didn't kill Prizrack on the dgas of war beginning, i will try to kill him now and see what happens.

[maturin 12]

I spent an hour trying to seize Chernogorsk from... no one... taking all the strongpoints with a tank and some CDF infantry on the scene. The depot simply wouldn't change hands. Eventually I assume the CDF did it for me because I got a Task Failed message and Cherno became friendly. It's captured, but the failed task isn't going to screw me up, is it?

And I'm damn sick of having to clear the comatose AI from every GL and machine gun in every strongpoint in every goddamn hamlet. My tank is freaking out of HE rounds.

[BLZ_Meister 10]

I'm getting tired of this S*******. I built an aircarft factory and i want to buy a helicopter, and it says there is no factory!!!WTH??

[br@cob 10]

I'm getting tired of this S*******. I built an aircarft factory and i want to buy a helicopter, and it says there is no factory!!!WTH??

You can only use the factories if you are near where you built them. Also you have to wait for the factory to be completed, which usually takes a minute or two after you order the construction.

[dizza 10]

I've captured both of the points to the North. Either "Green" or "Blue" has captured all points to the north and west. But the game never triggers anything for the Chedaki base nor for the Russian base.

Just another bug in a whooping mess of code.

-d

[BLZ_Meister 10]

You can only use the factories if you are near where you built them. Also you have to wait for the factory to be completed, which usually takes a minute or two after you order the construction.

The problem is that br@cob, I built it on the HQ, and waited 5 or more mins, I even bought a pilot, i got close to the factory, and it keeps saying there is no factories on the menu.

[Kommiekat 11]

Well, when I buy a game I expect its at least playable. This mission is so bugged its unplayable, so that is a very bad job for the devs and testers. Whoever has put so much pressure on this way too early release of this game must be a true idiot, because a lot of damage is done to the company and its imago. I am done playing for a while.

As for the mission itself, I will wait for a patch, I don't feel like messing with the game just to make it playable.

It's called......GREED.

They literally get their money and run, with their heels kicking them in the ass, laughing at us nutsacks as they lurk in the forums.

It's really too bad. Such a potential game.

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I'm sure they are working on it and by sure I mean really hoping. You're right though they should've tested it. But it is a much much more complex campaign than any other game I have ever played so I can give them a bit of a break.

Have you played Tom Clancey's: Ghost Recon 1 and 2?

What a great game!

Great graphics. I don't need the latest GeNvidia 12000 what-ever to play a smooth nice game.

Great controls as well. Point and click the middle scroll button to move my men.

So freaken easy!

Why the hell this company COULD NOT HAVE DONE THE SAME THING???

I'm PISSED and I'm NOT going to take it anymore.................until patch 1.03 comes out........:rolleyes:

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I'm rather disappointed to see that nobody from BI has deigned to grace us with any sort of response to this rather large thread. I see them weigh in on 'fluffy' things or community related topics, but for some reason some sort of comment on an actual problem seems to be beneath them.

I'm sure a lot of people would love to know if a fix for this issue is being worked on, or, hell, that BI is even aware of the problem since we have no evidence that they actually read any technical questions.

Kudo-satrovonava

[Camdean55 10]

The problem is that br@cob, I built it on the HQ, and waited 5 or more mins, I even bought a pilot, i got close to the factory, and it keeps saying there is no factories on the menu.

I have the exact same problem, its ruining the campaign for me, I want to get air units !!

I just made a seperate thread about it btw.

Has anyone figured out how to fix this ?

Their was an air base already built next to HQ, this didn't work, I built a new one in HQ, waited for it to deploy, this didn't work either !!

Please explain

[BLZ_Meister 10]

Dind't work for me, i had to make it with tanks(don't forget that BMP-2 is amphibious). I finnished all, after i deliver lopotev ALIVE, i destroyed Chedaki base on MSTA and the game finished.:)

An advice: After Lopotev's extraction, the Mi8 keeps free, so, you can buy a pilot and put him + medic inside the Mi8. If for some reason, u need a medic, u can order pilot to go anywhere really fast.

[Camdean55 10]

Dind't work for me, i had to make it with tanks(don't forget that BMP-2 is amphibious). I finnished all, after i deliver lopotev ALIVE, i destroyed Chedaki base on MSTA and the game finished.:)

An advice: After Lopotev's extraction, the Mi8 keeps free, so, you can buy a pilot and put him + medic inside the Mi8. If for some reason, u need a medic, u can order pilot to go anywhere really fast.

I would do it in a BMP, but I have been waiting all game to try out the air units against the AI and in the campaign, so was this all a waste of time, or is it a bug ?

[funked1 11]

Here is a step by step guide to how I got unstuck:

(I'm giving the paths as I have them in Vista, no idea where profiles are stored in XP)

1. I downloaded the unpbo file from this link, as provided by awedar on page 2 of this thread.

2. In the first field I entered the name of the PBO file I wanted to extract from, after a bit of searching it was:

<Arma2 install dir>\AddOns\missions.pbo

3. In the second field I entered the directory where to extract the file:

- if you are playing with a new profile:

c:\Users\<login_name>\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles\<profile>\missions\

If you are playing with the default profile, replace "ArmA 2 Other Profiles" with "Arma 2"

4. In the window that gives a list of all the files in the .pbo file, select all the files in the directory "C6_DogsOfWar.Chernarus" or "C6B_DogsOfWar.Chernarus". I sided with NAPA and the mission started at the extreme west of the map, so my mission was "C6_DogsOfWar.Chernarus". The "B" version makes you start at the East, I suppose it is used when you have sided the other faction.

5. After I clicked on "Extract", after a few moments, I had the directory

C:\Users\<login_name>\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles\<profile>\missions\C6_DogsOfWar.Chernarus\

6. I started the game, Editor, then "Load". Chose the mission called "C6_DogsOfWar.Chernarus" (or the "B" version), then hit "Preview".

The mission started, had a short conversation with my guys like before, then the Warfare base commander gave me a long speech, then Stavovich right next to him came into action and gave another speech, and started walking towards Marny. I walked around a little and my little guys were following me, without even being shot at.

I hit "Save", copied the resulting file

"c:\Users\<login_name>\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles\<profile>\UserSaved\missions\C6_DogsOfWar.Chernarus\save.ArmA2Save"

into

"c:\Users\<login_name>\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles\<profile>\Saved\ca\missions\campaign\save.ArmA2Save"

(sorry the editor on this board adds a space before some dots in path names, there aren't any but I can't get rid of them).

You can delete all the other *.ArmA2Save files from the

c:\Users\<login_name>\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles\<profile>\Saved\ca\missions\campaign\

but keep "campaign.sqc" otherwise the game will make you restart the whole campaign. Not sure about "objects.sav" and "weapons.cfg", but I kept them to be sure.

7. I exited the editor, went back into the campaign, hit "Continue", and here I was, in a "Dogs of War" with running team mates. I ran towards Marny, and Stavovich, who was nearby and walking awway, interrupted and gave another speech and a new objective. Looks like it's fixed.

That totally worked. Thanks!

[br@cob 10]

I have the exact same problem, its ruining the campaign for me, I want to get air units !!

I just made a seperate thread about it btw.

Has anyone figured out how to fix this ?

Their was an air base already built next to HQ, this didn't work, I built a new one in HQ, waited for it to deploy, this didn't work either !!

Please explain

Odd, I never got hit with this bug in the campaign, at least if the AI built the helipad. As soon as it was constructed, I was able to walk up to it and buy a chopper. The only time I had trouble is if I had bought a bunch of infantry grunts, then I couldn't buy anything else, not even more troops, I'd get the message "Your squad is at maximum size" or something to that effect.

[Kommiekat 11]

Just started this mission.

I restarted a few times, and finally things got to working.

Questions:

1. Why are the enemy squads holding the bases so far and few?

I've captured about 5 bases so far and only one or two sentries?

Also, after I capture, what do I do with the base? Do I assign men or squads to it as I go about capturing more?

2. If I take command from the Commander, who do I command?

If I give command over to the Commander, can the AI take good control of things and again, control of what or whom???

Thnx for your help.

[ch3ck5um 10]

I have almost finished the campaign but after the Lepotov/Russian incident and Coops saying "lets head back to HQ, Little John is not going to believe this...." blah blah blah. the game keeps crashing to desktop.

I did get a little way further and it said something about guerillas and BLUE FOR making a pact and suggested I leave before they find out about us working together but then it ctd's.

After playing the original ARMA and giving up on the single playing missions long ago, I think I am going to have to give these a miss also which is a shame.

The multi player is pretty good though, its just these badly scripted missions.

BUGS BUGS and even more BUGS!

Come on BIS sort it out, Grrrrr!

[Potatomasher 0]

Finally this mission works after patching to 1.03.

But now i'm in chernogorsk and trying to capture it, but it seems to be impossible at the moment. I'm standing near the enemy flag, but the enemy force meter wont go down. Do i need to capture every smaller towns first or what ?

[Titan127 10]

Finally this mission works after patching to 1.03.

But now i'm in chernogorsk and trying to capture it, but it seems to be impossible at the moment. I'm standing near the enemy flag, but the enemy force meter wont go down. Do i need to capture every smaller towns first or what ?

Ahh good to hear it works now, I gave up trying to do it in campaign mode and played it in the editor which still wasn't great. Hopefully I can finish the great campaign in the game now :)

When your at the main flag in Chernogorsk it seems to attract all the OPFOR forces near you and if they are close then you can not capture the flag. Check the streats etc near the flag for hostiles and take them out. Watch out for those pesky technicals with MG's etc :cool:

[jakerod 254]

Anyone else having the weird deaths problem?

I got hit by a ZSU, flung up into the air 150m shot up by it some more and then fell to the ground without dying. However, shortly after I just collapsed and died and then the game didn't notice I was dead for a good 30 seconds.

I've also just fallen over dead and just fallen and lost the ability to lose my legs for no apparent reason either.