[RESOLVED] Raid on Kismayo still bugged

[Massattack]

I have tried this scenario several times with the same fault recurring each time. After the message comes in from the observers at the airstrip that the courier has left heading South, I launch the UAV copter and spot the convoy approx 6 miles South of the airstrip. The car convoy never gets much further than this, changing directions randomly every few minutes meaning it never proceeds further South to the safe house. The scenario then plays out with my copter circling in the distance until the time runs out on the scenario. I searched this topic and someone had the same problem in 2019, supposed to be fixed in a patch???
My game version is 1.09 1825.11

(this also posted on the Steam forum).

[Nikel]

I think it is related with the land navigation of the courier convoy that is buggy.

You can fix it by yourself if you want to continue the scenario.

When the courier convoy unit appears on the map, in the editor, switch side to terrorist.

Select the convoy, then doctrine, land tab, change land navigation to direct.

Switch to US side and continue playing.

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[Massattack]

Thanks will follow your advice as I would like to complete the scenario

[Nikel]

Note that what is not working well is the shortest route option for land units, that is the default one.

it may also happen to your own land units in this or other scenarios.

Direct works better.

I reported this very problem in another scenario and was advised by Raptor, a dev, to change to Direct.


https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopi ... 9#p5251139



Perhaps Direct should be the default one, at least until Shortest Route works better.

[Massattack]

Yes, I found that out, had to put all my own ground units in to direct, or else they meandered. Played the scenario in the editor to be able to switch sides and correct the courier convoy. Rest of it played out except that the script for the courier to surrender doesn't seem to work. I wiped out all the units around the house with my air assets, changing doctrine to allow strafing, and the four allied ground units ended up sitting on the safe house with no enemies left until the scenario timed out.

[Nikel]

It is working here.

These are the Ospreys with the Marines as cargo. AG strafing activated to finish the terrorists off.

Then, unload the Marines to the ground nearby the safe house, and the scenario ends with 2 messages (only 1 displayed in the video below), and a triumph.

The end is a bit abrupt though, I would have liked that the ending was when the Ospreys return to the Kearsarge, after recovering the Marines and the courier.

May you post a save with your testing?

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[Massattack]

Autosave.7z

Kismayo Raid autosave

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This should be the autosave from the end of the Kismayo mission.

[Nikel]

If I run your save, the scenario ends in triumph and the courier captured, B1876.

In B1825.15 is also OK. I see you are running B1825.11, you do not see this ending?

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[Massattack]

Hmmm, Yesterday when I played the scenario it ended without that message and with a Minor Victory of 1000 points. Now after reading your message I replayed from the autosave and the message kicked in as shown on yours and I get the full 2000 points and Major Victory (or was it Triumph?). Thanks for checking anyway, I am pretty sure I did not miss the ending yesterday or misread it, so I am mystified.

[Dimitris]

So, what actually needs to be done here ?

[Nikel]

IMO there is a bug in the land navigation shortest route, that is the default one.

It causes that some scenarios are broken because a land unit has to arrive to a certain point to continue playing, and is not able.

It happens in this scenario, displayed in the video below.

Also in Raven 21 is down, there is a save in the link I posted above to another thread.

The navigation works if you change it to Direct.

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[Kushan04]

Changed it to direct for the next update.

Think I agree with Nikel. There may have either been an intentional change or bug with shortest route because it used to work with the current setting.