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I am playing Eagle claw right now and I'm having a problem. After the Halo jump, I land then three guys come out of the ground like return of the living dead. Usually 2 comes out of the ground right under me, the other 2 guys come up under him at the same time. So 2 comes up 3 and 4 die trying to spawn in the exact same spot as each other and 2. They die with rifles. Sometimes i manage to move fast enough for 2 to move so 3 comes up always without a rifle. In the rare instance that all spawn, 2 is the only one with a weapon/rifle, 3 and 4 when alive, only have pistols. The first jump is the only jump that will spawn all 3 (dying at spawn) If i restart mission one or two of them always die while i am in the air. I have to always start fresh/revert to get the chance at all living. Now when i am in air, i look on map and i can team switch to any of the other three, even though they are not yet on my team,. As i jump out, i change to them and 2 seconds after they leave the plane, they are all swimming in the water, that is where the two lose their rifles. #2 man is pulling a Jesus floating above the water, swimming in air. when i switch back and land they all leave the water and spawn under me like i said above. Is there a reason why they aren't parachuting down? or on my team from begining? Or is there a way i can get them to not spawn under each other? at least then with their pistols, we could steal rifles off the dead. And why don't i see anyone else asking about this? Anyway thanks Thanks

This only happens to me in Dogs of War. When i select "buy weapons" or units, the screen loads but it takes a full minute or 2 before you see the options = weapons, units, etc. So i go to buy four soldiers, -I select buy units after 1 or 2 minutes all my choices come up. -I click medic, i wait, 40 seconds or so later it moves medic from left column to right -Once medic goes to the right side i repeat this process over and over again. -If i select medic, click the arrow, knowing it will move, i go and highlight "antiair" but do not push the arrow. I did not select antiair, only highlighted it, Now my click from the medic registers, and since i am highlighting anti air it moves antiair over instead of the unit i selected MEDIC So if most of my units have been killed and i need to get more, I will spend at least 10 minutes of game time at that one purchase, usually more. AND THIS MEANS that the first 2 or 3 guys i bought have no doubt been run over by this time, i have to spend more money to replace them. OH and if i buy a helicopter, thank god for the guy who decided to build the aircraft base in between buildings, SO.....If i buy a helicopter i have to have entered the buy unit screen facing the airbase that way i can watch to see if my helicopter spawns on top of the wall, or through a hand rail, or on top of the big dirt pile strategicaly placed. So now, i spent 20 minutes buying 6 soldiers (2 run over) =4. And bought 3helicopters, the first two unusable, and bought 1 repair truck to repair the helicopter that is on a flat surface. ONE MORE ISSUE, i posted this in troubleshooting but no one responded. I get to the part where i give lopetev over to the russians, and the russians come out of nowhere to wipe us out. The problem is this; the video starts of us handing him over, one of my guys says something, then nothing. the video continues with all the shooting and moving sounds but all the dialogue in the video doesn't play. lopetev starts to run for the truck then everyone freezes in place. I can move but thats it. The russians cant move but they shoot until they run out of amo. They aren't frozen totally cause i can walk around and walk in front of one he will shoot. only where he was frozen aiming at. So when i push escape, the only option is to revert, save is not selectable. after a while, i push escape and it says , "skip" or "again". skip does nothing, again starts it over. If i keep pushing continue, while everyone is frozen, Cooper starts talking to the guys i'm giving lopetev to and they talk back etc. That is obviously the dialogue that was supposed to play with the video. I have only gotten it to go past that like 2 times. Lopetev and the two guys with him have been blown to shreds because while they were frozen, the truck two feet away kept blowing up about 4 times. Also most of razor team have been killed by the bullets from the russians when they were frozen. Long story short, I lowered all my settings as far down as they could be. The video looked like i was looking through a coke bottle and it still did the same thing. So i donn't know if these issues have been caused by evertything going on on succh a huge battlefield. but i have a really good computer. shit Battlefield 2 freaks out when maps are bigger than a square mile or so. I have no lag in game play at all. so if anyone can help. please. THANK YOU :j:

I'm new here obviously but i have searched this question and am confused. I used to do all this modding stuff with Bf2 and learned that. ArmA2 seems way different. If I read correctly If I start using addons, and i plan on using as many as possible, Am I supposed to add a line for every single addon into the shortcut for the game? That seems insane. For example "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bohemia Interactive\arma2.exe"-mod=@Panthera parameter etc. etc.. By the time i'm done adding things It could be 3 pages long. In Bf2 there were simple folders, vehicles, weapons, soldiers etc, and whatever i added went into it's folder. Can't i just put everything into the Addon folder under Bohemia? At armaholic it said not recommended but it didn't say why not. By the way, where is everything at? i don't see any folders for vehicles etc. I used to tweak everything in the game to suit my needs. Is there no beginner thread here to know where and how to get started? thanks

what does pressing the m key help with? optimate, i don't think you can give units to Napa. i know now how to give away units but i don't think the option is there in badlands. So unless you want them completely wiped out, use them in the first battle then keep them away. Just like you have to do with your own squad in DOW. This game still needs a little tinkering. You shouldn't have units than can not die. That is not realistic. In real war you lose, you lose men too. I hate games that you can only win. DOW is a little better with that cause it has a lot of give and take. In Dogs of War, i have my 2 in a repair truck, 3 in a refueling truck, and 4 in an ammunition truck. I leave them at an air strip and whenever i need to fix my choppers i fly back to them. That way they don't get killed. the only thing that drives me crazy is they will NEVER refuel. I parked them in a gas station next to the pump. When i was in the truck it refueled. But after about 20 minutes flying around they run out of gas despite me using the action command to refuel. And i have to position them next to whatever i want to fix or refuel, They won't ever drive close enough to you to do it. but anyway thanks As many hitches this game has I love it. I need to start exploring user created missions. I want to be able to build my squad and have good compitition and be able to let my guys die if i have to

I have a feeling this is due to the massive amount of units and the night vision and effects but.... I'm in dogs of war and i drove lopetev to hand him over to russians. Rodriguez says something like "this looks friendly" then no more talking the scene continues to play handing over lopetev then the russians blow up the truck, then lopetev and two others run toward the truck. Then everyone in the video or cutscene or whatever its called except me freezes where they are. I can walk around like i'm in the twilight zone watching everyone frozen in place. Then the russians start shooting my frozen razor team. Everyone in the world who was not part of that video continues to move and do what they want just razor, lopetev, and two or three others stay frozen. Then a few minutes of me hidding I start talking to the guys i was handing over to lopetev at the begining. It's obvious that this dialogue was from the begingin of the video. when the video is playing i can't save, only revert, when everyone freezes, i have the option to skip or again, both of which, start the whole thing all over again with the same mistakes. about two times now i think i switched to the map or in and out of pressing escape, the frozen razor team started to move, of course pretty cut down. and lopetev and the others either die from the truck continuously exploding next to their frozen bodies or disappear. All of which leave me with needing to revert. I have reverted as far as i could trying different tactics etc. all leading to the same thing. my video settings are on default, most being high or normal. I figure my computer might be at fault because since the begining of dow i try to buy stuff and i have to wait about a minute or two before the options load to buy, and when i select say a medic, i click him, wait about 30 seconds before it goes over to the other side. so i spend at least 10 minutes buying stuff that have always taken less than a minute to get before. Also clicking waypoints on the map takes about 30 seconds to show up on map. Actual game play has been perfect. lagging only if i have millions of things going on at once. and blurs when i turn from side to side in first person view, so i usually leave it on 3rd person to make it smoother. edit**** I changed all my settings to low and the only difference was that razor and me could wander around. walked into a squad of russians putting holes in their manequin like bodies. I notice my gunsights are gone and if i zoom in to fire it changes back to regular view after about a second. Actually all views did that. It seems like a bug. So if it is my computer, which settings should i lower in what order? i love how good it looks and want to lower settings that will leave it as good as possible. Thank you so much if you read all of this and can help.

Im in dogs of war but thats not the problem. Commanding squads question. The manual doesn't explain how to control them. The manual says use the interact function, but it's always grayed out. The only options available are move there and communication. i also see some people talk about a diary but i haven't seen one. I know how to send units to squads. but.. 1. Is there a limit to how much you send them. Do they have a max 12 units like me? 2. Can you send them anything? I sent one group like 3 bmp but they don't use them. they don't even start to move until the squad stops. 3. If you have a squad that is only infantry, can you give them bmps and get them to go inside? I've tried to right click waypoints and tell them to load or unload or get in or get out when they get there but can't get them to do anything. 4. I now have control of U.S. forces and i see we have 3 helicopter squads. They do not have any troops inside them so what is there purpose. How do i get them to land? The only thing i can do so far to get them to land is to tell them to disembark. 5.Why don't some squads follow orders. I have them go into a town then all of the sudden before getting to there waypoints they start going away from the city. I keep telling them to go back but they won't. Please help thanks. is dogs of war the last mission? and in bf2 i played aix and pr is there anything like that for this game? i have seen videos of f16 a10 f117. So are there mods out there that i can keep playing sp? the user mission section here seems really messy with random things. thanks

When i vote to put AI back in command i lose US too. In fact when i do that at this point, AI wont even command them. Everyone stops moving including US. When i tried voting back to commander and all the cdf came back but i no longer have US units. weird

I already have a Hind parked in the open that i piloted in. I can get back on and lopetev follow me. but i thought someone was coming to get me. Maybe they aren't sending anything cause i already have one there. And i don't know where to take him

oh yes, razor team just sits at base. I have seen that i can send razor members to other units. I was thinking i can send them to squad 7 and then give that squad ammo trucks, refuel trucks, repair trucks and keep them safe. That way it frees up 2 useful spots on my own squad. I'm just afraid i will need them to finish the mission and i haven't figured out how to get them back. I really want to get those marines infantry troops aboard some transportation. I am waiting to take a city for about another hour for them to arrive. Since i can only have 12 people on my squad it's useless to have three empty seahawks and 3 empty apcs on my US team. I've tried this before to failure but i might try buying more cdf or napa or whatever team i'm on and place them in the us helicopters (instead of US troops:() and give them to the helicopter units. =ok just tried that but i can't add any units to US squads. the only names that come up is the first 7. none of the US names come up for me to transfer units to. last time i tried this i placed a bunch of guys in a truck and gave them all to a squad and it worked until i told them to get out, then they walked everywhere with the truck behind them. i am sitting on a damn island waiting for a helicopter to come pick up this guy. I've been waiting 20 minutes already and no one has come to pick him up, and i even had my medic heal him cause i got tired of him breathing so heavy. And that whole time my US tanks got to the city to attack, the infantry is about 3 miles behind, somehow the apc's are further behind than that and the helicopters are just wasting gas where they landed. As soon as lopetev is picked up i'll get back into my 3 mi24s which i can cantrol and attack with those. The US didn't even need to show up. And i still have like 40,000 dollars to just mow down the rest of the continent.thanks oh, jeffroland, can you still control the US without being commander of all? I tried to stop commanding the regular troops and my US guys disappeared too.

I'm on Dogs of War and i have been controlling as commander and my US has just arrived. I am trying to use the command units 1-8. for example. I have figured out how to send units to them but i'm not clear on their limitations. Are those subject to a 12 person team like me? I have sent a bunch of stuff. I have a group that has 3 people left in the team. i give them bmps but they don't get in. In fact one team walks away leaving the bmps behind. I don't see anything in the manual. Can i give one unit 14 tanks? Now my problem is this. US sends me helicopters. HOW CAN I GET THEM TO LAND without disembarking? I have used get in getout options. usually screwing everything up. Them not getting back in. I have tried load and unload but i haven't seen that work either Can someone help? last question... Is dogs of war the last mission? ..and in bf2 there were good mods like aix and pr. is there anything like that for this game for singleplayer? THANKS

What i found you have to do is fill your 5-12 slots with whatever you want to give to another group. Then select them, click communication, go down to the second to last option down that says send units (5,6,7,8,9 etc). then another set of names comes up. 1-7. 1 is group2 and 7 is group 8. Now you just sent your team to them. Just keep doing it until you have massive armies. Some aren't perfect though. I gave group 2 like 4 brmp and they don't use them. they stay parked until the guys walking get to their destination then the vehicles start to move a little.

I just started playing a scenario and i start out by myself. I need to buy units. I know how to do that from playing campaign. My question is what is the function of some of these units and how will they benefit me. For example: Spotter: Scout: I see he comes with laser Engineer: i see he comes with 2 mines Squad Leader: Fire team leader: other than the laser pointer and mines why should i buy any of them? I tried selecting them and looking at action possibilities, but other than them having different equipment why would i want to buy them. I imagine the spotter could benefit the sniper but how? What are their functions? please. and with the squad leader and fire team leader, am i able to seperate squads to build up to use like a commander? thanks

I searched but the search here sucks. I saw someone ask one of these questions but got no answer so i'll try again. btw. i have super ai on and bots at 100 1. How do i get bots where i want in vehicles. ex; i want 4 to be gunner but he got in as passenger. They always go back in the vehicle the way the originally got in. The only way i can do it is this: Everyone has to get out.THEN I have to switch to 4 and i only have option to get in back. Once i get in i switch to driver, THEN cooper tells me to get out and i automatically get out. THEN i switch back to cooper THEN i tell him get in and i end up saying as driver. WAY too many steps when we have 2 more bots to get in. ....Especially when i am a block away from the vehicle when i was the driver and i need the vehicle to come to me. It's impossible. 2.(the same as other thread) How do i get cooper to stop giving orders when i take over someone else. I was trying to take out insurgent base and i look on map and cooper sent 2 and 3 to get in a hmmv that was over 1500 meters away. Or i sneak up on a house as sniper with everyone on stealth and hold fire, then cooper starts shooting Or WORSE i have cooper 15 meters away from someone prone then i swith to someon and cooper stands up like he's the guys best friend. 3. i have everyone on hold fire. 3 likes to still open up on anyone he sees. Also in vehicles Hold fire is on and vehicle always shoots 4. i don't think it's fixable, but many times i'm driving the apc and the gunner is only watching the rear. So i basically have to park in front of a group of enemies and wait for them to shoot us before the idiot turns the right way. I know i can tell him to face one direction or to scan horizon but i still have to wait to be fired on before he turns the right way, even spotting enemy 10 seconds ago. 5. last question (for now) Is there any way to get my team to stay in formation ? if i set them on danger or even aware or stealth they will not stay with me. they move very very slow. I have to leave them on safe mode. But sneaking up on someone is impossible without telling them all to go prone, then switching to each of them to get them in possition taking way to much time. 5.a. they never go wherei tell them. they move almost there. I told the sniper to crawl 19 meters away10 ft away from the wall. he crawled about 15 meters 5 ft away from OTHER SIDE of the wall. Where he made a nice target. getting us all killed. Thanks for anyone who can help me. Besides telling me to search as if the search feature worked good enough. I did search all over the place. thanks

i have tried using that donating function. nothing happens. Anyone else figured it out. ...oh, i'm talking about sp. not mp thanks

that's what i was thinking. but then how can i sneak up on people without them firing? Does that mean if someone isn't aware of us that they won't fire then? thanks for the help. i never saw a message board get filled up so quickly. This game is more popular than i thought.

thanks for the response. it was helpful. i found the vehicle thing works if i tell them to mount, i didn't know it further went to allow you to select where you want them. WHY DO MY DUMB ASSES KEEP FIRING. ENEMY OVER 50 YDS AWAY. AND THEY KEEP FIRING. I have hold fire CLEARLY on. i have them prone, i have them on safe, or stealth, or danger or aware and they keep breaking silence firing on enemies walking toward me. i have had them not fire before. i even get them turned the other way. why? I have reverted 10 times now cause they keep getting us killed. PS is there any way to get my squad to use silencers. basically can i tell them to use their pistols in order to stay quiet? thanks

Hey, I am new here. I am used to Bf2 modding etc. I like this Arma 2. it takes a little getting used to. but my main question is about the aircraft. I have searched through these forums but i don't see my question answered. I have a joystick. Some logitech thing. I have only gotten through bootcamp so far and tried flying the f35. My problem is, no matter what i set the joystick setting in game or mouse i can't get smooth movements. Trying to fly through those pink hoops are insane. It is mostly rolling way too fast. if I barely touch both the joystick and the mouse it goes crazy in whatever direction i put it in. Even the turning too. The only time i have control is hovering. It is similar to the helicopters too. I barley am able to control them but at least i passed that part. Any recommendations besides vomitting every time i get in a cockpit? In bf2 flying was my favorite It is not that different in this game. Thanks