zhaarteth

I've been having this issue since patch 1.60 came out, and searched both via google as well as quite a few pages in this forum specifically before finally signing up in order to seek the answers myself. All the while, I've been effectively hand-holding my AI squad as they seem to be near-sighted or something. They only see an enemy when it has been in their (our) faces for up to 30-45 seconds. My first guess was that their ability is set to 0. Quite frustrating, I've never had to do so many precautionary saves! Anyway... Right after I squick a couple of tanks, both my Abrams gunner and first Bradley start firing right at my destination. At this point, much to my short-lived chagrin, I see "A CIVILIAN HAS BEEN KILLED BY BIS_ARM_VEHICLE" repeated up to about four or five times (the amount is different on each playthrough/attempt). Cue facepalm. Now, after these suddenly-apparent enemies (and civvies) from afar are erratically annihilated (as ordering the entire team to cease fire proves ineffective), I am apparently supposed to make use of a UAV presumably accessible from the tailing Linebacker. Unfortunately, said UAV option is nowhere to be seen - not at the Linebacker or either of the Bradleys, and not at the Abrams either. Not only that, but a certain cutscene which I remember from previous playthroughs never materialises. Instead, the `rillas featured in said cutscene are off to the south, just idle. My mission "ends" here, but not the way I expect. I simply cannot continue. I am stuck trying to access an inaccessible UAV, and cannot "interact" with anyone or anything. This thread was easy enough to spot, but it was apparently not my issue either. The option for the UAV simply isn't present. Actually, I don't recall there ever being one on this mission. It usually ended at this point, after the now-missing cutscene. Since I had been running a few mods on my first attempt, I disabled them all and started over. I've also tried denying the villagers help. Similarly, I've tried saying "yes" without actually going that way. This happens on CO as well as OA alone - the results are the same in all cases. I've gone every which-way about this and haven't come across a solution yet. To my recollection, I never had an issue like this on my previous playthroughs of OA before patch 1.60. Reverting isn't an option AFAIK since I've got OA and vanilla A2 via Steam. I can't shake the feeling I'm missing something relatively obvious. Regardless, any help is appreciated.