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I just got the game. Nice graphics and everything... But there's a small problem:
Sometimes the "News" cutscenes' video lock up, but the audio goes on, as well eventual subtitles (like planet names).
Sometimes the airborne "News" cutscenes are too dark, there was a city that looked like midnight pitch black, and it was supposed to have a building on fire.
Are the Intel messages meant to be "opened" so that they can be read/listened to? Some of the titles are just cut, because of the lack of space for the title, on the Intel list.
I have the 5.01 patch, btw.

I've seen occasional hangups playing the cutscenes also, but nothing too bad. The news items can be replayed. I don't think you can replay the other (the voiceovers over the text) but haven't really messed with it. I've also seen the cutscene hang and then unfreeze after 15 to 20 seconds, so don't kill the app too quickly...

ORIGINAL: HarryM

The news items can be replayed.

So... how do I do it?[:(]
Also, when I received an email (in-game cutscene) the text goes off screen and I can't read it, just hear.
And now, I can't load my savegame anymore![:@]
PS.: Are 5.00 saves compatible with 5.01? If not... well I just f****d 13 days in-game...

And gameplay related:
On a planetside ground strike on an airbase, is it normal to take more than two or three missions to destroy the airbase or it's just me that sucks at flying?[8|]

If you select a news item in the intel screen you should see a "play" button in lower right of screen. Hadn't noticed email item cut off. I'll look on mine to see.

Base strikes yes, can take several missions. Like taking out the minefields. For some reason on the ground attack missions I have had very poor shooting against AAA targets. I get a "shoot" cue but still got 0 missile hits on last mission. Maybe need to get closer, don't know.

Thnx. 'Bout the 5.00, 5.01 problem:
I have installed the 5.01 patch with the serial that came with the game, in the same folder of the original installation, the corrections the patch was supposed todo are noticed, but in the main menu, it appears 5.00.
Also, I have a Starshatterupdate.dat in the mods folder. Should I activate it?

You should be seeing 5.01 in the version # on main page (I only have 5.01 installed, not 5.02a, since my TrackIR doesn't work properly with it). I don't have that Starshatterupdate.dat activated via mods. I think it crashed when I tried it to see what would happen.

Where can I find the "play" button?

Look at a News item not Tacnet. It's like a CNN excerpt vs an intel bulletin.