Urbanski

I just installed patch 1.03 and now I can only see about 10 playable servers in MP, the rest have a red cross next to them. As I mainly play MP I reinstalled the game and went back to 1.02. Wierdly I can still only see about 10 playable games. Before this whole business I could play all servers on 1.02 question is - I want to play MP, what do I do, another reinstall and patch but to which version?? Or is there another issue i'm not aware of. Thanks

Redfield is correct - call starforce 21 when you are at the FOB It doesn't make any sense due to the fact there is AA deployed but that was the only way I could finish.

Actually that is not correct, you only get the option to follow the NAPA guys to a car if you didn't report the weapons. If you reported the weapons you only have one way to finish the mission which is to call in the chopper - however you are still given the option not to call it which has no conclusion other than to fail - usually through boredom and or frustration. BIS have given us an option that is simply not possible to finish and yet expect us to know this? It's called poor mission design. I'm pleased that Zipper5 has encountered zero problems in his game, that is encouraging that on some level the game works as intended, however for many of us we are confronted with endless bugs and failed trigger which means we have to constantly revert or use work arounds which is not what I paid my money for. All that said it really is a great piece of software and in time will have the polish we are looking for.

I've got a major problem here.....I'm playing Badlands I know razor team wont respond....didn't in delaying the bear and I read they wouldn't move in this mission so I was prepared for that. However I don't have control over anybody....not NAPA...not razor....nobody!! After the NAPA guy tells me the objective and then says I am in charge nothing happens. The command function (spacebar) only brings up controls for razor team and not the NAPA guys. How am I supposed to take 4 towns by myself?? I gave it a good try and nearly captured Novy Stobor on my own!! ;) I've not read anyone else not being able to control NAPA. How do I take command of them? :confused:

So i finally finished this last night and here is how...... SPOILERS AHEAD First this solution is for those that DID REPORT THE WEAPONS in the previous mission (and well done, it was the right thing to do). Go to the house, pick up the docs, blow up the house and return to the FOB. You can take on the soldiers at the FOB entrance on the way back if you want, I can't see this affecting the outcome. You now get the cutscene with Simmons. After the cutscene save the game. Now go talk to the NAPA soldiers who show up at the FOB. They wont help you other than tell you to see the priest or 2 guys in Novy Stobor. Let them run off and when asked by Shaftoe what you want to do, you get 2 options, choose the helicopter pickup. The helicopter will arrive and pick you up. It says it will take you to Khe Sahn but infact it flies SW and you get shot down. Once you and your team awake a rocker called Jan tells you to leave because the russians are coming. Run away from the crash site towards the NAPA waypoint as a BMP turns up, it didn't shoot at me so maybe I was lucky there. Forget finding the two guys in Novy Stobor go to the waypoint. Don't go in a straight line unless you like getting into firefights with well hidden Russians. Navigate around using the woods and get to the NAPA site. Once you arrive a cutscene will play and you've finished. The next mission is totally broken as AI is unresponsive so use a workaround or wait for a patch.

I've saved the game at the FOB just after the cutscene with Simmons dying.... I DID report the guns in the previous mission......what do I do now?? I've tried following NAPA soldiers, no joy, tried driving to Novo, get killed... I can't find a M136 (rocket launcher) at the FOB so I haven't tried getting shot down yet. If you reported the guns and didn't find a M136 (rocket launcher) at the FOB please post your solution :o

You go further into the FOB it should trigger a cutscene. After the cut scene the mission gets very confusing....to save you alot of trouble I will give you a tip - speak to the NAPA soldiers that should be in the FOB. After that I leave it up to you but there is a massive chance to misinterpret this mission, its not at all clear.

I found her walking on the road less then a mile west of Krasnostav ??? I was on my way to her village at the time to look for her as I missed her at the church, although her car was still at the church. I think I was just lucky

OK i've had real problems here. I have started this mission a few times now - been playing it for ages. I had the message "Lopotev is heading for Russian border.....20 mins to catch him" and then the mission ended with a fail. This time around I supposedly found Bardak in the ruins, except i didn't find him, there was just a message to say task complete, so i get the evidence, take out the north camp, get the evidence there and head to Stolnye and nobody will talk to me. On previous plays Olgech talks to you and the town defence starts, but i get nothing, I checked out the south eastern camp and none of the soliders will talk either when before I had a chat with them. I really can't be bothered to start this mission again - its a real pain, I started off thinking how cool it was to have to operate like a real recon team but now I just want to progress.......from these forums it seems the next missions are even more bugged :( I like what the devs are trying to do but i'm afraid their engine is not robust enough to handle open ended /complex missions and this trigger failure/conflict bug happened extensively in both previous games. I have played some awesome and complex community made missions in Arma so it is possible to do.