PMC Mission 1

[RacingLad]

Hello mates,

I'm having trouble with the PMC campaign, mission 1. I start out and look for Asano. Once I find him we proceed to locate the client. I find him dead and retrieve the documents, but as soon as I find Asano again he begins to act strangely.

He stays in one place for ages, often taking fire and still not moving. Then he begins to move and then pauses for another year. We move like this until we finally reach our rendevous point and here where we find this Dixon character dead, right next to a burning SUV.

Now I don't know where else to go from here. Asano moves back to where we started and he always ends up getting killed which leaves me all alone. I try to move outside the town but end up killed by the mortars.

I have started the mission over and over again and we alway find Dixon dead.

How can I fix this?

Thanks,
RacingLad

[OMAC]

Others have had this problem, but I never have. After you get documents, forget about Asano, head as fast as possible to the rendezvous point with Dickson. On the way, stay near walls and dodge in and out of buildings to avoid artillery shrapnel, keeping your eye out for hostiles. I think you are taking too long to get to Dickson. He has always been alive for me.

[RacingLad]

Yeah, I've tried that with the same result. I guess I'll use the endmission cheat, but given the option, I would rather finish the mission the proper way.

One question though. Is this common with other missions of the campaign?

[Johan S]

No, these random artillery grenades is making this mission difficult and unpredictable, and forces you to be careless and run at full speed, not the way Arma 2 should be played at all. Because of this, I really did not like the first mission at all, but there is nothing similar in the rest of the campaign. There are still a few issues with other missions, but overall it's a great campaign. It has the best storytelling of all official Arma 2 campaigns/missions (perhaps with the exception of Eagle Wing), but it's not quite as tactical and realistic as the previous ones.

[OMAC]

Well said, Johan!!!!! I strongly agree.

RacingLad, I suggest you keep trying. I've played through all BIS games, and have never had to use that cheat.

[RacingLad]

I have ACE 2 mod installed. Could that be the ailment?

[OMAC]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that you mention it, I think I remember someone else having the SAME issue with ACE and this mission. If you search these forums you will find another thread about the same issue. I STRONGLY advise you to never use mods when playing official missions to avoid trouble and frustration. At least avoid mods the first time you play through a campaign or scenario.

Or, put in another way, you could try disabling mods temporarily when you encounter strangeness to see if that will fix your issue.

[Johan S]

Or, put in another way, you could try disabling mods temporarily when you encounter strangeness to see if that will fix your issue.

One would think that this would be the natural, common sense first reaction before reporting a problem here. But I guess not, as this keeps happening all the time...

[OMAC]

Again and again and again.........

[astast]

Hey i also have a problem with mission 1.
so here is the thing: I have bought the pmc dlc and baf dlc. baf dlc is working fine with campaign and scenarios but somehow i can only play the pmc lite campaign and only the showchase mission.
i use steam if that should matter??
anyway i hope someone knows how to deal with this problem

(And i have also disable all mods and addons)

-regards