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Hi all! I started the badlands campaign few days ago and got pretty frustrated in th ebeginning, the AI defense was tough... just to discover the advanced commanding could help. Took the training missions missions in boot camp and second try it has been much easier.... I really recomend the last two training missions, you will do much easier after that. Now I'm stuck with two "strange things" Coming to a bunker or HQ, whenever I pick "buy weapons" the weapon I had so far is lost. Even if I in the end do not buy any weapon and (just assume, maybe incorrectly) my original weapon should stay with me... it doesn't. Secondly, after building the base in the first village I liberated and all the inrastructure (barracks, light factory and service point) I do see a list of vehicles but despite clicking them none of the is built. I do have anough cash (and it's growing through ongoing supplies) but nothing happens... no truck, no jeep, no BRDM.. playing on some online warfare servers there has never been this problem... just wait some time until it's built and voila... but not in the campaign.. Buying units is no problem, I get the team filled with professions I pick... but vehicles - no way. I restarted the mission and played from scratch again. Libereated the village, built HQ and infrastructure and.... now I don't have the option for vehicles at all!!! Am I doing something wrong, I've missed something or you meet this kind of misfunctiong in the badlands mission too?? Thanks for sharing your expert knowledge ;-) Train

Tried on both actually... Steam 1.04 and the latest beta 60588 I think it was... not sure if the different behaviour was on different versions.. either way, I could not have any vehicle built, except the V3S large truck for transport. Anyway, I have conquered the last village yesterday on foot, just chnaging the tactic a bit and approaching from W, not the shortest way from nearby villae. The defese could then be eliminated, actually the AI on bunkers were not shooting when I was walking around them.. I couldnt even kill them until the bunker was captured. Then they dropped the cannon and start running and I could eliminate.... So ther is probably more small flaws that are getting improved over the time. Now started the dogs of war, the HQ I had a problem with in previous mission now shows several vehicles available. I can built BRDM2... but I can not get any tank built again, despite enough cash for that. Not sure if this is the way it is supposed to be... :rolleyes:

Exactly.. have built the HQ base, barracks, light factory and service point - all 3 options that were available for HQ. In one case the vehicles were shown but not building, in second attempt I can only buils units (soldiers), the vehicles and other categories remain greyed out... have tons of money already and nothing to spend it on :). 3 villages were more or simple with the crew I had, approaching the fourth on foot having no vehicle support we quickly turn into a minced meat :-/

I've recently had identical problem with the beta installation. Having purchased Steam few days ago. Arma was on 1.04, but installer said the game is not installed or it's corrupted. Check on steam files gave OK, no corruption. I looked in the registry and the thing was that the value "Main" with the game path was there, while "Path" was missing (reverted situation of the above). I created the missing "Path" string value and beta got installed correctly. Just in case you come across this problem too... ;-)