ok the following worked for me dont ask me why but it did.
i reset the view distance to under 1000m then when i got there he was alive then just reset it to 10,000m after the breif he gives. every thing after that worked fine, well as well as the buggest game from hell can work.
i do like ARMA2 tho, in a few years the game will be ace.
hope this helps.
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Onward, onward through the mud, Advancing onward to shed their blood Within the crews there are deep bonds
Alas many lie in the green fields beyond.
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