AbjectCoward

I'm killing in the rain, just killing in the rain. What a glorious feeling, I'm murd'ring again.

I don't know what it is about it, but I really enjoy the rain. Maybe it's the visual effect, maybe it's the background sound of rain, I don't know. All I know is, I like the missions where it's raining.

This is the report from the latest crash: ===================================================================== == E:\Gamez\OFP\FlashpointResistance.exe ===================================================================== Exe version: Thu Mar 20 22:14:22 2003 graphics: Direct3D HW T&L , Device: RADEON 7200 SERIES, Driver:ati2dvag.dll 6.14.10.6404 resolution: 1024x768x32 Addons: EditorUpdate102 in editorupgrade102\, VoiceRH in voicerh\, Bizon in bizon\ Su25 in su25\, 6G30 in 6g30\, BIS_WeaponPack in o_wp\, BMP2 in bmp2\, Kozlice in kozl\ Steyr in steyr\, AH64 in apac\, Vulcan in vulcan\, Hunter in hunter\, Kolo in kolo\ Mini in mini\, Trabant in trab\, G36a in g36a\, BRDM in brmd\, Ch47D in ch47\ HMMWV in humr\, LaserGuided in laserguided\, Noe in noe\, OH58 in oh58\, XMS in xms\ BIS_Resistance in o\, Flags1 in flags\, MM1 in mm-1\, Bradley in m2a2\ Mods: RES ======================================================= Date: 01/10/04 Time: 22:40:26 ------------------------------------------------------- Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0053AA94 Version 1.91 Fault address: 0053AA94 01:00139A94 E:\Gamez\OFP\FlashpointResistance.exe file: TSniper01a (__cur_sp) world: abel Prev. code bytes: 02 00 C3 FF 15 E4 E3 70 00 C2 04 00 51 56 8B F1 Fault code bytes: 8B 06 8B 4E 3C 57 03 C8 33 FF 85 C9 C7 46 4C 00 Registers: EAX:112075F8 EBX:00000082 ECX:00000000 EDX:3F800200 ESI:00000000 EDI:0000007E CS:EIP:001B:0053AA94 SS:ESP:0023:0012F4F8 EBP:0000007E DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:0038 GS:0000 Flags:00010202 =======================================================

Not being the world's best OFP player I'm in the habit of making use of the one save allowed per mission. Maybe I'll get good enough never to need a save. Anyway, while playing Sniper Range, the training mission by The Omega, sometimes the game crashes out to the desktop when loading from a saved game. If it crashes once then the crash is repeatable and I have no choice but to restart the mission from the beginning. Sometimes the saved game loads fine, and will keep loading fine. The only difference I can see is that I'll be at different positions on the map (trying different routes) when saving. Is the map position relevant? The game version is GotY, v1.91

In pretty much a straight line from the start to the yellow target designator. Just take it slowly and carefully.

Up to you. If you take the binoculars and LAW launcher from the downed squaddie in front of you then you run the risk of being nailed by enemy goons closing in from 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock. If you're quick and accurate you can try to take down various goons from a distance while hidden in bushes, but expect them to flush you out if you get it wrong. The easiest and safest - but by far the slowest - way is to forget you have any weapons and just sneak from bush to bush. Don't worry about trying to get all the way to the original evac. point; you'll never make it. You'll get assigned an alternate evac. point fairly early in the mission.

Use the F1-F12 keys to select specific soldiers. Do not select multiple soldiers, else the Action (6) menu won't contain any instructions. Once you've issued one soldier with an instruction select another soldier and repeat.

Points. I started sniping goons as well, for the fun of it.

I did it by leaving all the grunts at the start point, then sneaking alone up to the lip of the valley which contains the Scud and other armoured vehicles. I hid in a bush and nailed the Scud across the valley with a LAW, went prone until the goons stopped searching for me, then repeated the process with each of the two Shilkas in the area. Only then did I order the tanks and choppers to do their thing. Lastly I ordered my crew to go Stealth and join me. While they were taking care of anything between me and the extraction point (hell, they're expendable, after all ) I slowly sneaked back to meet them, then crept to the exit point.

You need to do it one soldier at a time. It's menu 6 (Action).

No? Just remember that it took only one week for a certain farmboy to leave his home planet and blow up the Death Star... Don't believe me? Watch it again, and work out the timeframe.

I can't remember what I got for that mission. Granted, it wasn't as "exciting" playing it that sneakily, but it got the job done with minimal risk to yours truly. The next time I played it I took the same route, but once I got to Guba's house I hid in the bushes and sniped all the goons. By the time the BMPs came to investigate I'd purloined an RPG-75 launcher and was able to dispose of them with ease. Got a massive score for that time around.

Strange. I restarted the mission and he appeared as normal, in the UAZ. Oh well. Must have been a glitch.

While playing Wake Up Call I ditched the satchel charges and picked up the RPG-75 launcher off the first bunch of goons. Wasting the patrolling BMP brought two of the Shilkas sniffing around, using up all three RPG-75s. The remaining Shilka was taken care of by stealing one of the T72s from the nearby base (where one of the Shilkas used to be) and tooling on over to its location, shooting down the pesky Hind on the way.

I'm only partway through Resistance, so I can't really proffer an opinion on it. The other two, however... Red Hammer was a blast. I giggled maniacally all the way through it, right up until the last mission. What was up with that? Plant three bombs, then grab a boat and scarper? Hardly a fitting finale for such a hilarious campaign. The original CWC is my favourite so far since it's so involving. I can lose myself for hours in it. My favourite mission is After Montignac, playing hide-and-seek with all those Russians. It had an edge to it which the other solo missions (mainly Gastovski's) didn't have.