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Thanks folks for your replies. Suma: Ta mate! I didn't set side friendly to east, resistance is friendly to nobody - they have to fight Russian Federation and NATO in this mission to retake Malden. Why do resistance have laser equipment? Cause they may have killed a Black Ops Laser somewhere and taken the designator. In the mission one of the objectives is to capture the islands airfield from NATO - there are two A-10's on about 15% probability sitting on the ramp. The likelyhood of getting the chance to use one is minimal at best, but I'd like the option to be there. This is a mission that has typically taken over 5 hours to play each time (its a massive MP map, 30 resistance soldiers take on maxed east and west sides - only for LAN play - it would lag to hell over internet) - so a little variety in available resourses really helps the replayability for one thing - you never know what toys you may get to play with. Anyway, thanks folks! Para.

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Thanks folks for your appreciated replies. My designator works fine with West soldiers and units - no problems with Laser Designator at all. The ONLY time I've had this trouble is trying to get Resistance soldiers to use the designator. I don't have a general Laser problem and I haven't used the beta patches at all. This is a fresh OFP install (the reason I re-installed was I thought this may be the solution to this bug) with only the BIS addons and units - no third party stuff at all. My system: AMD XP1800+ OC'ed 2100XP (problem also happens when not OCed). 768Mb DC 2100 DDR (Kingston). Asus AV7333 motherboard. Pine GeForce III Ti200 64mb. Audigy soundcard. CD & DVD - please note no CD-RW. 3com 10/100 NIC. 40gb Seagate 7200 Barracuda 4. Windows XP Professional. But I'm quite sure it isn't my PC or my OFP install - I've had quite a few peeps test this with the same result. I don't think Resistance soldiers can use the designator at all. Thanks for your replies everyone, your imput is highly reguarded and very appreciated. Also, AvonLady, been a user/abuser of your website for ages - keep up the good work! We love ya in this community - drop by #OFPEC for a chat sometime [HC]Para. SSO.

Soz folks, yes I did forget some details didnt I? Ok, version 1.46/MPtest1.60 with fresh install using no beta patches. Its happened to a bunch of folks, not just me. The laser works fine with normal West Units like the Black Ops Laser and the OH-58 - bug is only there with Resistance soldiers. Try it: Make a mission in editor. Put yourself in as Resistance soldier. Put an AI Black Ops with Laser and make Resistance friendly to "nobody". Jump in and frag the Black Op - take his laser and try to use it - you cant target anything.... [HC]Para. Shafted Special Ops.

Hi folks, thanks for taking the time to read my first post and topic. I've recently created a mission, the latest in a series, which involves the Resistance overruning the NATO airfield on Malden. The reason they attack the airfield is to steal aircraft and equipment they will need to complete mission - which involves using the A10-LGB and Laser Designator to destroy targets around the island. Mission works fine and Resistance soldiers can kill the Black Ops with Laser and steal the designator - they can also hold the weapon in the shoulder position - just when you go to target - you crash to desktop. From testing I can confirm this also happens with the OH-58 laser designator. There seems to be an issue with Resistance soldiers and using the laser equipment - making this mission impossible to complete. I have also asked some of the lads on #OFPEC chat to test the issue, and all who tested it said they either got an error message and crashed, or simply ended up back at the desktop. Please help me to fix this nightmare! Over a month in mission designing, and it's impossible to play! [HC]Para. Shafted Special Ops.