Dogs of war end task help

[Lal 10]

Hi! This is my first post on here, bought this game a couple of months ago off of steam and I love it! However, there have been many frustrating in-game situations as well, and now I am caught in yet another one. Just here to ask for some general strategic tips from other ArmA players.

So this is my current situation:

I've landed with a chopper on that island you have to go to in the final task.

The main problem I'm having is either my teammates in the chopper getting killed, or me getting killed. What makes this even harder is that I've got no NV goggles and the game is currently at night :mad:, so I basically can't see anything other than silhouettes(If I'm lucky and approach a standing enemy), gunfire directed at me or the chopper, and targets when I scan around with the space bar held down.

Basically I just want to know whether any of you know of some way that I can guarantee that my teammates don't get killed without sending off the chopper, as the chopper's gunner helps me kill a lot of enemies I don't see. The gunner is a generic bought teammate mind you, so I only need to protect "Razor team". Also, any tips for survival and how to make the most of the dim light situations(although they don't seem to affect the AI even though they dont have goggles equipped...) are very welcome.

I landed near the base at the southern side of the northwestern part of the island(hope this makes sense)

Thanks in advance!

[jasonnoguchi 11]

I went there in a BMP which is amphibious. none of the guards on the island has an RPG so...hehehe

[-SONAF-Rebel 10]

Hi...

If you kill an enemy officer - or friendly - , you can take his NVG. Moving there in a BMP is also a good solution.

I also have a question relating to this thread. How can I deal with the russinas if I have killed Lopotev and Prizrak?

Edited December 25, 2009 by [SONAF]Rebel

[jasonnoguchi 11]

I restarted Dog of War after installing 1.05 and I get the NVG by default.

[-SONAF-Rebel 10]

Okay.. I could deal with the Russians by destroying their base.

[kanotson 2]

I'm trying to buy a chopper but with no luck. This mission has a BIG lag at menus and command. Everyone has this problem or is just me? I'm playing with 1.05, and every time I open a construction or buying menu I have to wait about a minute for it to open. Every time I give a waypoint to a unit as commander I have to wait about the same time until the waypoint is marked on map.

It happened to me before the patch and with an old rig, but now with 1.05 installed and a new i7 it's the same. Every other missions go as silk, but this Dogs of War is a pain!

[jasonnoguchi 11]

nope, no lag on my side.

[jakerod 254]

I'm trying to buy a chopper but with no luck. This mission has a BIG lag at menus and command. Everyone has this problem or is just me? I'm playing with 1.05, and every time I open a construction or buying menu I have to wait about a minute for it to open. Every time I give a waypoint to a unit as commander I have to wait about the same time until the waypoint is marked on map.

It happened to me before the patch and with an old rig, but now with 1.05 installed and a new i7 it's the same. Every other missions go as silk, but this Dogs of War is a pain!

I had that problem. I eventually ended up buying 2 Hinds at one point. 1 intentionally and 1 accidentally because the menu was so laggy. Two worked out though. It was nice having back up although I don't think it helped me really. I have a really crumby computer though so I expected that to happen.

[kanotson 2]

nope, no lag on my side.

And you play as commander? My mission is as allied with Napa and CDF, maybe it depends on that? I don't think it's about hardware because now I have a good rig, with good framerate:

i7 860 2.80Ghz

8 Gb DDR3-1600

ATI 5870 1Gb

Windows Vista 64

[subtee 0]

Dogs Of War just keeps crashing on me, sometimes just random sometimes when i try to save. Would be nice to complete this mission at last, but no.

Tried to delete old saves, then it works for a while, but at some point it starts to crash again.

All other missions work just fine.

[jasonnoguchi 11]

Yes, played as commander and pure napa, no CDF ally. Geezzz... how did you guys get aircrafts?? I can't build any despite having the aircarft factory! :( I am going to replay and go CDF this time!

[kanotson 2]

I finally got the chopper. If you can't buy it try to give some units to another group, I think that if you have no place to the crew you cannot buy the vehicle (even if you buy an empty one).

I'm trying to finish the mission but the lagged scripts are terrible (even if I get killed, my death comes about 20 seconds after), and I'm experiencing my first CTDs...

Maybe the lag comes if you play with two factions allied? Too many units for the AI engine?

[jasonnoguchi 11]

@Kanotson, the problem is, the aircraft building tab isn't clickable even after building the aircraft factory. And yes, i do know about squad sizes.

[kanotson 2]

@Kanotson, the problem is, the aircraft building tab isn't clickable even after building the aircraft factory. And yes, i do know about squad sizes.

My factory was built but I didn't received the message until some time later (due to the lag, I guess). In fact I received two messages. This mission is very bugged, it's a shame, the campaign was very good until this point.

[Lal 10]

Yes, played as commander and pure napa, no CDF ally. Geezzz... how did you guys get aircrafts?? I can't build any despite having the aircarft factory! :( I am going to replay and go CDF this time!

I think it's because you went pure NAPA. I doubt they can make aircrafts or choppers.

Hello again everyone, sorry for completely deserting my own thread :p I just decided to shut up and play instead, and in the end I got it. I landed the chopper near the northern part of the island and made my teammates exit the chopper and go prone. This solved the problem of them dying all the time, and eventually I got it.

Now I'm having huge problems with the end game sequence though(and I will post this in the thread about end game sequences as well), click the spoiler if you want to read my problem, but be aware that it may ruin some of the storyline for you.

I went NAPA, killed Prizrak and allied with CDF. I did not play as general(high command) on the last mission. I'm writing this because the choices you make will give you different endings as you probably know, anyway: I captured Lopotev and bring him back to the base. There my general tells me the Russians don't believe Lopotev were behind the Moscow bombing, and that they believe we are coercing him into confessing. Thus the Russians want Lopotev handed over.

This is where it starts to get ugly. I drive over to the Russian rendezvous point and after some time a cutscene starts. A real buggy cutscene, mind you, with some of the conversation lines being out of place and sometimes not playing at all. What happens is you hand over Lopotev, then one of the russian guys is shot and you are appearently ambushed by Spetsnaz(!)

Then when you are supposed to regain control of your character everyone stands in a freezed position like someone had paused the cutscene. You alone can move and kill the Spetsnaz, but nothing happens. Upon pressing Escape and then resuming the game the cutscene starts over and the same thing happens :mad:

Please help if anyone knows how to fix this, I really want to end the game properly and see what happens!

[kanotson 2]

Lal, I had the same problem.

If you wait some minutes (I think until the truck arrives to the russian base) the game resumes and the objective is completed. It seems the scripts at this mission have a lot of lag even in the cutscenes, the same lag that applies to commanding troops,buying units and building the base.

[Lal 10]

Lal, I had the same problem.

If you wait some minutes (I think until the truck arrives to the russian base) the game resumes and the objective is completed. It seems the scripts at this mission have a lot of lag even in the cutscenes, the same lag that applies to commanding troops,buying units and building the base.

Thanks! I will try it now after I have patched to 1.05. Perhaps that itself will help. I have noticed the truck taking off though, but I was a bit bothered with just waiting since I wanted to know what the deal with the spetsnaz was as well :)

[kanotson 2]

Thanks! I will try it now after I have patched to 1.05. Perhaps that itself will help. I have noticed the truck taking off though, but I was a bit bothered with just waiting since I wanted to know what the deal with the spetsnaz was as well :)

This happened to me with 1.05, but good luck!