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Hi all Just getting into OA after not playing Arm A 2 for a while I'm on mission 6, forgot the name where you push for the airport as high commander of the tanks, I remember in Arma 2 there was a way it would tell you what units you had in your group when in high command for example on mission 6 you have 4 groups, it seems 3 are tank teams and 1 is infantry, how can I find out what units are in those groups? ie in the infantry group how many soldiers, AA men, medics etc I'm sure on AA2 on the last mission (the big one) when you controlled many groups it told you what was in each group, cant' seem to find out how to do that on OA - without driving up to them and taking a look? lol Can't be right? Thanks in advance Cuzer

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Hi, I've just sorted the Lopotev exchange in DOW, after numerous bugs and replays and it's now all OK in terms of whats meant to happen in the story line etc so all good Yet Unit 4 came to heal me where I was in the bunker area and now low and behold he's trapped in the bunker and can't move out! I've tried all sorts of commands, return to formation, board truck etc he nods but can't walk out of the exit of the bunker for gods sake so won't join up with the other units. Is there anyway round this? Any move unit command? If I disband him will he go anywhere? Can I get him back, I've tried all sorts but he's trapped behind these bunkers and Walls and won't move. AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGH! Help! Cuzer

Can I just say without the bugs this would arguably be the game of the year, brilliant storyline and was chuffed to bits to get the "War that never was" ending, very enjoyable game and roll on Arrowhead! One question, does anybody have links to the other endings? I looked on you tube and could only find Revelation and Missing In Action - would just be nice to watch them Cheers Cuzer

For the record I had to re-do it - he wouldn't move whatever I tried Thankfully progressed OK now though and got the Dealing with the Russians task completed Cuzer

Hi Gents I'm now worried DOW might be going "Tits up" on me????? I'm playing with CDF and NAPA combined and we are storming all over the map taking town at ease Yet I've noticed when I get to a town with my guys the progress bar to capture that town is not appearing so I'm standing around doing nothing for ages, I'm in Chenagodz (spelling) now and the town is all my men with some NAPA wondering about but it still gives me the capture task and I'm standing by HQ with all strong points taken I'm tempted to wonder off and keep picking off towns but whats worrying me is reading some DOW threads I've noticed Shaftoe is meant to be in touch after Chenagodz and I get some USM units to control, by wandering on to another town am I going to miss this? I'm also worried the mission is bugged as I've had no prisoner task and 70% of the map is taken by Blue or Green Any feedback? Is it broke do you think or do I just need to hang around until I take the town and Shaftoe pipes up? Please help as I'm in limbo not knowing whether to carry on or restart - bloody hope not! :mad: Cuzer

Zdavid whats the map trick cam? I've yet to play since but want this Dealing with the Russians sorted before I carry on with the game Cheers Cuzer ---------- Post added at 01:30 AM ---------- Previous post was Yesterday at 11:48 PM ---------- OH MY GOD - HELP! Reverted and redone the handing Lopotev over task as it clearly never triggered the sequence in my game, at first I got Lopotev died in the attack which I've never had before so I tried again and hey presto, all good, russians dead and the correct message came up that we had recognised the blonde guy etc and dealing with the russians came up as completed - hoorah! Unit 4 came to heal me in the sandbag area to the left of where the exchange took place and guess what he's now bloody trapped there! I'm heading back to base, all is good yet 4 can't move out of the wall and bunker combo because he's trapped! Is there anyway round this? Can I disband him and get him back? Is there a command to move the unit? Being as you can't control him in this mission I can't walk him out myself, he moves a few metres when I give him commands but he won't walk through the gap to exit the bunker area - I could bloody scream - any suggestions? Cuzer

I don't think there is one, I've never found it but if you drive through town you'll hear the news bulletin being played over the speakers in the streets Cuzer

Ah, thems the breaks of the storyline I guess! lol I guess you've got to go the long way round then mate, it can be done Cuzer

I decided not to take the chopper, let NAPA get you most the way and then sneak/keep a low profile until you meet up with the other guys, it's not difficult if you ask your team to hold fire and keep your head down Cuzer

I think my artilery support pretty much wiped out the whole base! Including the tank Get in a chopper and fly over where the base is, should recognise the units and location, and then send in the Artilery on the centre of the base, there is very little left when the artilery has done it's bit Cuzer

Ah thanks Zdavid I'll just go about my business then and hope the game realises! It just came up straight away before they toasted "4" so was expecting it to happen again immediately Will have a pop at the Chedaki base now then me thinks, will keep you posted if anything develops Cuzer

Hmmm Luke I'm worried now as I never got the chat about The Russians blonde guy or the mission "Dealing with the russians" being complete yet all spetnatz are dead and the truck has gone off to the Russian base, will I be able to finish the mission if this doesn't happen do you know? Cuzer

Hmmm more interesting progress, the first time I delivered Lopoteve the Spet Naz open fire and I killed all of them bar one when I got the radio com saying we had cleared the area (when we hadn't) and the Dealing with the Russians complete came up on the screen, the Spet Naz then took out 4 and I had to revert, when I reverted I never got the Deal with the Russians completed or the radio chat about clearing the area, although this time I have I'm running around all the Spet Naz dead bodies. 3 has still gone AWOL, he just ran off when I left the chopper although he is standing still now but won't come back to me What triggers the "dealing with the russians" completion, does anybody know? The truck with Lopotev in just sat there whilst the fire fight was going on but he's now ventured off to the Russians, should this trigger the Dealing with the Russians complete? I presume now I go back to base and try to take the other towns and then Chedaki main base? One other question if I fly a chopper over an enemy town will they automatically open fire on targets, I'm awful at flying and don't want to really fly the chopper but need air support on some towns Cheers Cuzer

So - all in all - it does and can work but there are loads of bugs to catch you out and this is in 1.04 Cuzer

UPDATE! Well gents - some progress! I took Chernogorsk, my tanks picked off the re-spawning APC's I had called in NAPA for some numbers and then sent them away, I got the Chernogorsk captured message and sure enough Shaftoe radioed me - PROGRESS! I went to see the boys on the beach and lo and behold it crashed! lol At least I've got a save (I hope) with Shaftoe radio'd in so I can carry on, it can be done just send all NAPA units away from the town Cuzer

God don't say that Luke I'm about to emabark now on capturing Chernogost and hope Shaftoe pipes up as I've had no info on the prisoner so far. When does he normally radio in, does anybody know? Is it straight away? Cheers Cuzer

An update guys I've restarted and so far NAPA have left alone Chenorgorsk so I'm about to have a pop at that, however Moglievka is ALWAYS taken by CDF before I can get there. It comes under attack I defend it, retake strong points etc but no sign of the prisoner mission??? Will take command to keep NAPA away from Chernogorsk so hopefully I'll take that and hopefully I'll get some communication with Shaftoe - great game but so bloody frustrating! Cuzer

Thanks for the replies then guys so If I've not had the prisoner mission as yet, I'll check to see if Moglievka has been taken (I'm guessing it has as 75% of the map is either blue or green) & I've not heard from Shaftoe my game is bugged and won't complete by the sounds of it? I'm so not looking forward to a restart! Cuzer

Hi Gents Anybody experienced Dogs of War freezing causing you to have to CTRL ALT DEL and restart? I've had little issues in 1.04 but I've had this happen 4 times in the space of an hour and never had it happen before that in the campaign? Any ideas? Do I have some settings to high or is something triggering it off? All I get is the windows mouse cursor appear on the screen and the game freezes? Cuzer

Hi, thanks for the reply - yep played the whole campaign all the way through from version 1.04 yet Dogs of War constantly crashes, I've gone back to the previous Vista drivers as I had no issues in 9 missions using those in terms of crashing yet today it's still crashing or giving me the Arma 2 has stopped working message. So bloody frustrated as I forked out especially on a GTX 280 just for Amr a 2 and now I can't play for 5 minutes without a crash My specs are below - any help would be appreciated as I've totally stopped playing now on the last mission - gutted! System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 10/11/2009, 20:05:23 Machine name: CUZER-PC Operating System: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 3326MB RAM Page File: 1106MB used, 5755MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 10 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 280 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E1&SUBSYS_0A1A19F1&REV_A1 Display Memory: 2416 MB Dedicated Memory: 1009 MB Shared Memory: 1407 MB Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Belinea 19 25 S1W / Art. No. 111932 Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll Driver Version: 8.16.0011.9062 (English) DDI Version: 10 Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 8/17/2009 00:57:00, 7569920 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-46A1-11CF-2759-112A1EC2C535} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x05E1 SubSys ID: 0x0A1A19F1 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Anymore info I can send which may help please let me know Many Thanks for your help Cuzer

Guys 2nd request, I've tried playing tonight and had no less than 6 crashes to desktop or the game freezing! Not had one crash in the whole campaign until now, any suggestions? I did install the latest Nvidia drivers for my GX 280 a few days back, any known issues with these? Seems odd I'm only having crashing now? Cuzer

Hi All I've now reached Dogs of War and have thoroughly enjoyed the campaign and what is an excellent game. I wouldn't say I'm overly good but I'm managing to survive and I've now got to DOW I killed the priest so I start with Napa and the defence force working together what generally is the best thing to do with High Command take it or let the AI take it? Reading lots of threads it seems split on who does what and I notice the soldiers just run off and take towns anyhow when you take the command? I did enjoy the command but didn't keep many of the NAPA guys aive on Badlands so I'm guessing I'm not much good! When you take a town and crank up the defence level to 100% does this mean units will automatically spawn and attempt to defend the town from attack? Seems crazy you put defenses down and have to man them with members of your squad making progress with your new larger Razor team harder I guess I'm trying to ask is it any less fun by not taking command? If I'm beaten to capturing a town by other soldiers will this spoil the mission enjoyment? Thanks for your help, much appreciated Cuzer

I just took the 4th and last town and there was a radio message between friendly units and it ended fine If you're stuck search end mission command in this forum and that is how to force ending a mission, I had to do it with Manhattan due to Shaftoe dying Cuzer

Luke, thanks for your feedback. I'm also replaying in 1.04 I've had a few bugs Shaftoe died in Manhattan, the troops which were meant to attack the village in Badlands never came so I had to go and find them, they then just sat on a back of the URAL whilst I put an RPG into it????? I managed to do all of Badlands and didn't hide squad members at the base, got them involved. It's certainly better all patched up that's for sure Cheers Cuzer