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I downloaded the game and do not have the instruction manual that would normally come with the game if purchased at a store. Can someone please tell me where I can find the manual that can be downloaded. Thanks in advance. pukey

I downloaded the game and do not have the instruction manual that would normally come with the game if purchased at a store. Can someone please tell me where I can find the manual that can be downloaded. Thanks in advance. pukey

Hello Bracken: Yes that's me. I'm impressed that you remembered me. Thanks for the information about wicki which I'll sure check out. Knew about dslyecxi. Will look at the latter again because it seemed oriented to multi player. I played all of OFP campaign and expansion packs. This game is pretty darn good; and I understand that OFP will be coming out early next year, about a year or so behind schedule. Nice to hear from you. All the best. pukey

Hello Bracken: Yes that's me. I'm impressed that you remembered me. Thanks for the information about wicki which I'll sure check out. Knew about dslyecxi. Will look at the latter again because it seemed oriented to multi player. I played all of OFP campaign and expansion packs. This game is pretty darn good; and I understand that OFP will be coming out early next year, about a year or so behind schedule. Nice to hear from you. All the best. pukey

The way to complete this mission is to take your team around to the entrance (on the right of the camp) and set up the team to take out each and every man. When I did it the two urals never moved. After I killed all the bad guys, my team was still alive, we moved to the garage and I had No. 2 place the satchel charges. I never looked for the radio and think by killing all the bad guys there was no one to use it. We then backed off to the entrance, blew the charges and destroyed the urals. Then we ran as fast as possible to get to the chopper rendezvous, before the enemy came with reinforcements. Good luck. pukey

I just put my 2 men on "hold fire". A little while later I wanted to cancel that order, but no matter what I did, the red circle bar by their icons would not go away. Please, will someone tell me what to do that will cancel the "hold fire" order? Thank you. pukey

Believe it or not I just finished the mission successfully, blowing up the two ammo Urals and running like hell to the chopper. I never did solve the "hold fire" problem. But, when I got near the gate ordered my two men to "engage at will". My No. 2 man with the satchel charges was relieved of the "hold fire" but No. 3 man wasn't. Anyway I got it done, how I'm really not sure. Thanks for your interest and the other Forum members who tried to help me. pukey

Tried everything since posting and receiving advice. Nothing works so it must be a bug. I sure hope the new patch comes out soon. pukey

thanks Call911: I tried this before and nothing happened. Nobody fired and the red circle remained. Must be a bug. But I appreciate your advice. pukey

Thanks Kay: Yes I've tried everything, including clicking on target, engage,engage at will, fire, etc., and nothing works. I will reload and start over, trying again to have them hold fire, then hoping to cancel the order. If a bug I hope the to be released patch will fix it. All the best. pukey

I'm playing USA version, Regular. Killed all the bad guys at the intermediate location; blew up the tank and then was ordered to 2nd platoon rendezvous. I took the men into a truck most of the way, disembarked and got close to the location. Then the men would not follow me. Used "move" command to go to a certain point. Used "Return to Formation", used "Action" command' nothing worked. I must be doing something wrong but can't figure out what it is. Will someone please help. Thank you. pukey

In a number of the missions, both Campaign and Missions, I get a voice message, "where are you"? Is there any way to answer? I can't find anything in the command menu. Any and all advice will be very much appreciated. Thanks. pukey

Thanks again Trapper, you are mighty helpful. Yes, I'm the squad leader and now I realize that at least one of my men has strayed. I'll be more watchful in the future. All the best. pukey

Hi Trapper: This mission is one of the "single missions" entitled "Commander". Yes, I had the 7 soldiers disembark at the first small city where we killed the enemy and the tank and then were ordered to where I am now. Don't know why my men won't follow me on foot no matter what orders I issue from the Command menu. Any ideas, suggestions are appreciated. pukey

I'm have a devil of a time with chopper controls. Every time I get close to the target I can't control the speed, height, etc., and crash. I can't figure out how to slow or hover the chopper at a decent altitude and then fix on the target. My speed increases when I don't want to; my altitude drops when I don't want to, etc. I would very much appreciate advice on how best to operate the chopper about which I seem to be totally ignorant. I'm playing "Regular", USA version and have a copy of "aircraft controls". There's nothing covering "hover", forward speed, etc. Thanks in advance. pukey

To Maverick806 and Andersson: I just found the "editor" in the menu for the game; and after looking at it I haven't any idea how to use it in connection with a chopper. Didn't see anything referring to the chopper. I'm just plain ignorant in this area. Is this the "editor" where one can create his own missions? pukey

Thank you very much Andersson, regarding the "editor" You will probably see my reply to Maverick806 because he too brought up the "editor". I use the keyboard and currently do not have a joystick, mainly because I stick to Marine and infantry games. I appreciate your help. pukey

Thanks Maverick806: I use the keyboard. Both you and Andersson mentioned "opening the editor". I'm not familiar with "editor" and would appreciate your guidance. I'll certainly take the training mission. Thank you very much for your interest in my behalf. pukey

I successfully completed this very interesting mission. First off, I attacked the Shilka with my grenade launcher, which did not hurt the Shilka but flushed out the two gunners, who I then killed. Then got into the Shilka and blasted the BRDM(?). A cut scene then came up and I proceeded to the enemy camp, sniped away until another cut scene came up where our chopper went down. Then I had to rescue/defend the survivors,which I did. Killed the enemy in and around the chopper and the mission was completed. Good luck.

I've tried 20 or more times and failed to complete. Question I have is: when I approach the spot to place the 1 satchel charge in my possession, the waypoint box says "wait" along with the "meters" left. I've never waited but wondered why that message is shown. My objective says to "destroy all Urals", etc. Can I ignore the tanks and BRDM's? In my game, USA version, my insertion and extraction are by boat. I've read here that a helicopter is the way to be extracted. Is this for other than the USA? Any and all advice/suggestions will be appreciated. pukey

I've sent you two messages, but clicked the wrong button each time. This time it should be sent to you. The ammo is located in a 4X4/Pickup to the right rear of the church in the church yard. Just hit Enter, then G and it will open. Then read message from Airborne dated 3/27/07 under "Official Missions". His advice works as I just finished the mission successfully. Good luck. pukey

Are you talking about the first single mission? I manged to almost beat it without destroying all the BRDM's, but died when I was running to the extraction point. I thought it was a glitch though. And in the Sprocket English version extraction is a helicopter. There isn't really any instertion because I just appear next to the red truck on land. Hi Inmate: I just sent your message to the wrong person. The ammo is located to the right rear of the church in a 4x4/pickup. Hit Enter, the G and it will open up. Then read the message from Airborne, dated 3/27/07 under Official Missions, page 2. His advice works as it just did for me. Good luck. pukey

Are you talking about the first single mission? I manged to almost beat it without destroying all the BRDM's, but died when I was running to the extraction point. I thought it was a glitch though. And in the Sprocket English version extraction is a helicopter. There isn't really any instertion because I just appear next to the red truck on land. Find the 4x4/pickup to the right rear of the church, just hit Enter, then G and it will open up. The best way to finish this mission is to first read an e mail from Airborne, dated March 27, page 2 under "Destroying a Convoy, First Mission. It works as I just followed what was outlined and successfully finished the mission. Good luck. pukey

Thanks to you Airborne_hk, I successfully completed this mission. During the past 3-4 days I must have tried 20 times and failed each and every attempt. It never occurred to me to drive the 4x4 down to the road, plant the one satchel charge and then take out the truck with soldiers and 2 BMP's. Thank you very much for your advice. pukey

To all who are disappointed in ARMA Combat Operations: In 2008, Codemasters, the outlet for OFP, CWC, and not Atari, will be coming out with Operation Flashpoint 2. I am generally pleased with the new game, but am confident that when Codemasters/Bohemia Interactive issue the successor to CWC, you will be pleased. For your information. pukey