[REPORTED] Late Activation Bug

[Alpenwolf]

Mission Editor Bug:

 

Any group that is set to late activation, once activated during the mission all the checked or advanced options such as; hidden on map, player can control vehicle, disperse under fire, etc. are set back to default.

I've tested this multiple times with different scenarios and can only be sure of it. This issue causes big problems especially when a specific mission's scenario depends on those settings.

 

Please, look into it.

 

S!

[NineLine]

Hi, thanks for the report. I was able to reproduce and will report.

[Reflected]

Wow, thanks for reporting. This and the missing "Search then engage" options make mission making impossible for now :(

[NineLine]

Thanks for reminding me about that, I noticed it a few days ago, do you have a thread about that one?

[Reflected]

Yes, I opened it 5 updates ago:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=207771

 

These two not only put all mission making on hold, but seriously affect existing campaigns too. Fingers crossed for a quick fix. Thanks!

[Alpenwolf]

Here's a quick mission with the Late Activation issue:

 

 

A Blue ground group of 6 APC's with the following setup:

- Late Activation, checked.

- Player Can Control Vehicle, unchecked.

- Advanced Option: Disperse Under Fire -> zero seconds; which means: No disperse.

 

10 seconds after mission's start, the ground group is activated. Blue cmdr CAN move the group around (although unchecked). And if you hop in the Red Su-25T, 10 km north of the Blue ground group and engage the group (at waypoint 1), the Blue ground group will start dispersing "under fire", although the time's set to zero seconds.

Late Activation Bugged.miz

[Reflected]

It's still a bug....late activated units completely ignore all their tasks.

[Alpenwolf]

Maybe they're still working on it, or at least I hope so. To me it's a very vital feature in the ME! Spoke with other mission designers and they couldn't agree more. Surprised this issue wasn't posted before.

[Reflected]

I attached a test mission. You can spawn a 109 that is supposed to orbit via the F10 radio menu. It won't.

lateactivation.miz