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IGNORE THE CAPS, I ALWAYS USE THEM. DOWNLOADED TOS-WS RECENTLY, WAS HAVING FUN FOR A FEW DAYS. I STARTED PLAYING WITH AN ALREADY MADE SQUAD, PLAYED THEM IN A SINGLE RANDOM GAME UNTIL I WON IT. THEN PLAYED AND WON FIRST SCENARIO IN CAMPAIGN. THEN I DECIDED TO CREATE A SQUAD OF MY OWN AND BOUGHT MECHS FOR IT. FIGURED I WOULD PLAY A RANDOM GAME WITH THAT SQUAD AND THEN USE THE FIRST SQUAD IN THE NEXT CAMPAIGN GAME. WHEN I PUT THE NEW SQUAD IN A RANDOM SCENARIO I COULDNT SEE THEM. BEING STILL NEW TO THIS GAME I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE JUST OFF BOARD FOR A TURN. SO I WALKED FORWARD. THEN REALIZED THEY WERE BLACK SQUARES. THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WOULD SHOW UP WHEN MY MECHS CAME CLOSE TOGETHER OR THE ENEMY SAW THEM. THE ENEMY WAS BLACK BOX TOO. SO I SEE THAT THERE WAS A NETWORK BLACK BOX PROBLEM FIXED IN THE PAST (I AM NOT PLAYING A NETWORK GAME), WHICH MADE ME WONDER IF MY DOWNLOAD IS REALLY THE LATEST VERSION. HOW CAN I TELL? I DIDNT SEE A VERSION NUMBER ANYWHERE I LOOKED. I THOUGHT I DOWNLOADED THE LATEST. IF I AM UP TO DATE, CAN I SEND ONE OF MY SAVE FILES TO SOMEONE TO SEE IF THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS WRONG?
I AM A MECHWARRIOR FAN SO DIDNT EVER BUY THIS IN ITS PRIME, BUT I AM ALSO A TURN BASED STRATEGY FAN AND SINCE THIS IS NOW FREE (AND I HAVE RE-PLAYED MECHWARRIOR 4 ABOUT AS MANY TIMES AS I CAN STAND) I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A SHOT. I WAS TEMPTED TO GIVE UP ON THIS GAME WHEN THIS BUG HAPPENED, BUT DECIDED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO ACTUALLY POST SOMETHING. IF I CAN OVERCOME THIS BUG PROBLEM I HAVE A FEELING I WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS GAME. IT REMINDS ME IN A GOOD WAY OF BATTLETECH MINIATURES (WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS YOU NEVER SEE IN MINIATURES). FINALLY, I TRIED TO JUST TRY ANOTHER RANDOM GAME TO SEE IF IT WOULD FIX THE BLACK BOX PROBLEM ITSELF, BUT GAME SAYS THAT SQUAD IS BUSY SO I CANT DO ANYTHING WITH THEM WITHOUT PAYING MONEY, WHICH ISNT RIGHT IN THIS CASE. ANY WAY TO CANCEL THAT GAME WITHOUT NEGATIVELY EFFECTING THE SQUAD, OR WILL I JUST HAVE TO RE-INSTALL THE WHOLE GAME AND START OVER? HATE TO WASTE THE EXPERIENCE I GAINED WITH THE FIRST SQUAD, AND THE COUPLE OF DAYS OF MY TIME. THANKS FOR ANY HELP AND INFO.

Go into windowed mode and you can see the version at the window title. I'm not aware of any black box problem with TOS Warring Suns.

Download v1.2.1 here : http://www.matrixgames.com/products/237 ... rring.Suns
Download latest beta patch here : tm.asp?m=2053107

IT IS LATEST VERSION. THANKS.
PLAYED NEXT SCENARIO IN CAMPAIGN WITH THE PRE-CREATED SQUAD. THEY ARE SHOWING UP NORMAL. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO USE MY OWN SQUAD WITH THE MECHS I PICKED FOR THEM SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE BODY OF MY THREAD, I WILL APPRECIATE IT.

That is an odd one. It's weird that you can see the mechs from the premade squad but not the ones you bought.

The game is pretty small, so i would suggest a quick uninstall/reinstall and try again. If you can see premade mechs you should see all mechs.
Maybe even redownload (on the long shot chance you have some corrupted sprites for the mechs).

Don't know your video specs (and this game isn't very picky), but you can also ensure you have latest drivers for your video card installed as well.

A screenshot of those black titans would be nice and may give a hint.

If you insist in typing capital I will ignore next messages. It is hurting my eyes.