Here's a fun command bug

[frederf 0]

Simple setup. 3-man squad. 1 empty HMMWV_M2.

As #1 get in HMMWV_M2 gunner

Order #2 get in HMMWV_M2 driver

Open map, select #3, give move order via map.

Enjoy the ride :butbut:

[Bulldogs 10]

Wait.. what's the bug?

[Colossus 2]

As expected, #3 walks to the location I asked him to go. Me and #2 stay in the car, doing what I command him to do.

Did something else happen? :confused:

[neokika 62]

lolol

[frederf 0]

Um, nope. The car you're in (#1,#2) drives off to the location ordered for #3.

[Bulldogs 10]

Hmm.. I must be missing something too

Tried it several times and each time number 3 just runs off to the ordered location and we don't move at all

Sure you haven't told number 2 to follow number 3?

[l mandrake 9]

I've had this bug a lot playing warfare, but assumed it was a mission-specific bug, guess I was wrong!

[Bulldogs 10]

Wow.. I just realised that after 50 attempts I was getting really annoyed that I couldn't create this bug (every time the 3rd member runs off without us)... man, i think I need to take a break from troubleshooting...

[walker 0]

Hi all

Frederf supply your mission so others can test it.

Kind Regards walker

[Planck 1]

Well, everything works fine here, The HMMWV stays put and #3 runs off to pick the daisies.

Much as expected.

Planck

[stilton 0]

I've also experienced this bug playing warfare..

its very noticable when you've assigned (for example) 3,4,5 to team red... and you select them individually.. and instead of hearing what you'd expect you hear (TEAM RED), you get:

"ALL, GO TO, BLaaaa bla bla"

and im sitting thinking.. ..i only selected team red. It doesn't happen all the time, but ive had it happen. so +1 for this bug from me.

- Also, you cant select a team by holding spacebar anymore, and give them orders.. you have to select a team by individual members, unless im doing something wrong.. this seems like a step backwards

[Bulldogs 10]

Nope, you can still select a team using spacebar, unless you've reassigned your keys.

Oh, and as a side note, you can also use the tilde key (~) to select all members

[Sgt.Spoetnik 10]

hi, think that frederf his #3 was group leader and thats why #1 & #2

followed him, else if you would be group leader and tell #3 to go somewhere

he would go but 1 & 2 would stay on the spot, in the car no matter what!

[MEDICUS 0]

Have this issue, too.

Me as commander in a manned tank, 2nd AI tank under my command.

As soon as i order the AI tank to a loc on the map, my tankdriver starts moving to the same location.

Think it's some "on-map-click thing". My driver doesn't seem to realise that the on-map-click is just for the 2nd tank.

MfG

[l mandrake 9]

Have this issue, too.

Me as commander in a manned tank, 2nd AI tank under my command.

As soon as i order the AI tank to a loc on the map, my tankdriver starts moving to the same location.

Think it's some "on-map-click thing". My driver doesn't seem to realise that the on-map-click is just for the 2nd tank.

MfG

that's exactly the problem I have (intermittently)

[walker 0]

Hi all

As with others I have tested his described test and I cannot repeat his results.

I am not saying frederf is lying. As I keep pointing out frederf needs to make the example mission so that others can test it.

Kind Regards walker

[MEDICUS 0]

Hm, just tested it again in the editor and it worked all fine.

Had this issue in MP (especially in CTI maps). Tried to order my support-truck to a location on the map, and the tank i was in as commander started to move to the same location.

Perhaps something with respawning as groupleader or assigning manned vehicles to a player?

I'll try to check this as soon as i'll find the time to play a cti again.

[-=Firewall=- 10]

Ah, I know the problem. For example you are the commander of a tank and order an other vehicle of your squad to a position on the map. If you do this when you are in first or third person mode, the map click gives a command for the specific unit AND for your driver! If you are in command view and switch to the map, you can give the order to a unit without having this bug. Your driver wont be affected by the click. Try it yourself.

[frederf 0]

What version of the game are you playing? I found the bug in 1.03 final but of course 30 seconds after this post using the latest beta it behaves properly. So, make sure you're not running a beta version.

Also I've experienced a bug in single player where giving orders to a pair of BRDMs that are an entire color team would cause them to return to MY formation instead of returning to THEIR OWN COLOR GROUP PSEUDO formation when ordered to move elsewhere.

[Bulldogs 10]

Is this bug occuring in 1.03 or 1.04?

[frederf 0]

1.03... there's a 1.04 now?

[-=Firewall=- 10]

The bug is solved in 1.04!

[vilas 477]

Arma 2 has more bugs like that , shame that this is third game of developer and misstakes grows :/

concerning bugs that annoys me in SP in A2, try this:

- officer or another unit armed in handgun (like policeman), for example swat action, terrorist with AK is killed, i told my policeman to take enemy AK and leave M9

guess what ?

he has AK on back and empty hands :/

effect - officer died shot by bandits, one minute he was laying there with AK on back and without pistol

while 3 bandits with pistols were running in his direction 100, 50 meters

he could kill them without any problem, he did nothing, he had AK and 6 magazines, rifle was simply on his back

- 2 teams in battle , my medic died, second team medic alive , i am wounded and i cannot heal :/ no option "heal at medic" - no difference if i am commanding or soldier

generally healing option is screwed in this game comparing to OFP and A1 :/

another bug:

some officers/soldiers in city, i told 2 to move there, 3 move there, 4... 5.. 6..

and...

few minutes - noone moves

after some minutes they all moved or half of team , sometimes one member stays forever in some location :/

another stupid change from OFP and A1 to A2 is that annoying "name order" in M

normally we had 1, 2, 3, 4... and we could acces gear and etc of team members

now ?

now i had to check every soldier cause i have "Marek A, Steven B, Tomas C.... "

not 2, 3, 4, 5.... :(

goddamn, if i have 20 soldiers and i want order 14 to leave AK and take M16 from nearest soldier ????

another annoying change is no more possibility to order "take xxx weapon from ammobox"

i have to order soldier to go to ammobox, then 6-... "gear" and than...

it is BIS third game and SP options are worse than in past 2 games

bring back OFP/Arma1 options !

i wanna heal option with friendly units, not only my own medic

i wanna "take weapon from ..." option again instead of annoying choosing gear and etc.

i wanna number ,not name alphabetical order in M/team and searching who is gunner, who is sniper...

for example in P85 addons i have "ammo bearers" soldiers, now in A2 it will be annoying and complicated to "find 5 on list on names, tell 5 to leave 2 PK boxes, find gunner 7 in list, go to box, take box..."

Edited September 23, 2009 by vilas

[Alex72 1]

1.04 is out PLUS a new beta...

Fixed loooong time ago. :D

[SASrecon 0]

frederf probably just selected the whole squad instead of just 3, might also be a quick-command bug (just a guess)

check that you didn't select your whole squad and that you just click on the map spot instead of using quick-command