borg Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 This might be a noob question for all(some) of you, however i am really really stuck on a perhaps seemingly simple issue. In my combat mission (version 3.11) battle for normandy... I cannot seem to effectively use my mortar teams When ever i click on the DEPLOY BUTTON (J) the mortar team do not deploy and assemble their weapon.. but the cursor simply lets me point to anywhere in the map.. and the mortar team soldiers fire their other firearm. it brings up a RED horizontal line. Why is this so ? Why when i press the deploy button.. they are not deploying ? Can u help ? thank you all .. best 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migo441 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I wonder, why do you say the DEPLOY button is J? By default, that's Target Briefly. If your mortar is not deployed and given a Target Briefly order, then they will indeed use their small arms and never fire the undeployed mortar. Typically, the deployment itself is less than a turn. If you have truly given the Deploy Order you may see mortar rounds down range before the minute is through (thinking turn based). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Hmm interesting. I was quoting the hotkey shown within the deploy box... MAybe a bug/ or I have it wrong? I'll check again. So... Just fir the record. What's the default Deploy weapon hotkey in your case please ? I m using real time and not turn based. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 I just confirmed its J button for deploy weapon in my CM BN 3.11 and its distinct from Target Light (T) or Target Briefly (M). Is this a bug ? Can someone comment more on this please ? Thanks Guys ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migo441 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Interesting... Here's what I've got v2.20. So could be a simple difference between versions. I don't believe I ever changed the key mapping. Have you tried clicking on the command and are sure the Deploy is shown as selected / depressed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Hey !!! I just realized.. I need to press the pause button in order to get thrm to deploy correctly. As soon as I hit pause... Voila ! They deploy ! IS this normal ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 /Users/josephborg/Desktop/Combat.png /Users/josephborg/Desktop/Special.png 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 i tried uploading pics.. but i don't really know how. Your screenshot helped me ALOT. Whereas i thought i was pressing Pause (hotkey / in my version) its in fact.. DEPLOY WEAPON. It seems there is a Whole lot of confused wired hotkeys in between versions. I noticed also in my other commands for acquire which in fact corresponds correctly to your screenshot only. Can i have your other screen shots for 'Movement' 'Combat' and Special please ? Should i / we report this ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 let's see if this works see https://www.dropbox.com/s/arymwwd8x0e79ou/Combat.png?dl=0 and https://www.dropbox.com/s/0rh1an9hlzdf54i/Special.png?dl=0 for an idea of my command box menu and hotkeys. There is a problem isn't there ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 It seems that the Combat and the Special are 'inverted' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Borg, my guess is that you installed the patch or the 3.0 upgrade while you had mods installed. That can sometimes cause issues with units, text or graphics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Hmm. I don't really have mods. I bought (Mac vetsion) CM BN big bundle that includes MG and CW modules. Then I applied version 3 upgrade. Then I applied patch. In that order. Do u have 3.11 and its ok ? Can anyone else verify his Mac copy is not like mine ? Thanks guys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I´d say there´s definitely something wrong with your text and/or controls: In your screenshots each member of the mortar team is called "Stuart VI". That is surely not right (unless of course the team consists of quadruplets - with a very unimaginative father, named Stuart V ) I think these kinds of errors are normally related to having mods installed when upgrading, but if that is not the case then I wonder if this might have something to do with the game being a save game from before installing an upgrade? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I´d say there´s definitely something wrong with your text and/or controls: In your screenshots each member of the mortar team is called "Stuart VI". That is surely not right (unless of course the team consists of quadruplets - with a very unimaginative father, named Stuart V ) I think these kinds of errors are normally related to having mods installed when upgrading, but if that is not the case then I wonder if this might have something to do with the game being a save game from before installing an upgrade? I think patching in the wrong order can cause this too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 That certainly helps ! Thank you guys.. let me -REDO the whole install process again... and post you with update. Thanks... the Stuart thing made me laugh ALOT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I think these kinds of errors are normally related to having mods installed when upgrading Having mods does *not* interfere with installing, patching or upgrading. Some mods can interfere with the way the game runs though but no harm is done to your install and removing the conflicting mods fixes things. It does not seem to be the case here. I think patching in the wrong order can cause this too. Now this is exactly what is going on. Not sure if these always help but here are two articles from the support web site that show the order of installation. This is the one have book marked for reference: http://battlefront.mojohelpdesk.com/help/article/128133 Just saw a link to this one which has more options / choices: http://battlefront.mojohelpdesk.com/help/article/127908 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 thank you Ian ! Any minute now.. I'm downloading the whole game again... dixxx. I'll post an update 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 OK ! Here is an update ! So.. i followed instructions. Step 1. First i installed the Big Bundle. Version 2.20 and Engine 2.0 Step 2. Then i installed Engine Upgrade 3.0. I CHECKED the game both after step 1, and after step 2 --> and in the text has full integrity, i.e., there is no jumbled text like the original posting of this thread. THEN i installed PATCH 3.11..... and VOILA. The text is jumbled. Am i not supposed to install this 3.11 patch ? If i don't do this.. my game is stuck at 2.20. Any suggestions ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 borg, not sure what's in the Big Bundle, but if it doesn't include either the 1.11 or 2.12 patches, then you need to install them in the proper order. I didn't have the bundle, and when I got the Vehicle Pack, I needed to reinstall the whole CMBN/CW/MG shebang anyway...forgot to include 2.12 patch in the install process, and had a similar problem to the one you are having. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Yuck! I am not sure what to do to fix it but I do know who will - http://battlefront.mojohelpdesk.com/ Open a ticket there and the support team will help you. Write it up with your steps as above and link to this thread. One thing I do know is they are really good and they will help you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I bought the original game and all the bits and pieces along the way so my experience differs from yours because you step in at version 2. One thing is for sure CMBN is getting complex now that there are two updates, three modules, a pack and numerous patches. Yikes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 OK ! Here is an update ! So.. i followed instructions. Step 1. First i installed the Big Bundle. Version 2.20 and Engine 2.0 Step 2. Then i installed Engine Upgrade 3.0. I CHECKED the game both after step 1, and after step 2 --> and in the text has full integrity, i.e., there is no jumbled text like the original posting of this thread. THEN i installed PATCH 3.11..... and VOILA. The text is jumbled. Am i not supposed to install this 3.11 patch ? If i don't do this.. my game is stuck at 2.20. Any suggestions ? If you installed 3.0 but it still says 2.2 then I'd say there's a problem. Did you use the new 3.0 code when installing 3.0 and 3.11? Some people have had problems installing 3.0 and the 3.11 patch because they used the wrong code. Other than that, I'd post in the tech support forum or open a help ticket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 If you installed 3.0 but it still says 2.2 then I'd say there's a problem. Did you use the new 3.0 code when installing 3.0 and 3.11? Some people have had problems installing 3.0 and the 3.11 patch because they used the wrong code. Other than that, I'd post in the tech support forum or open a help ticket. I installed Engine 3.0.. and it says on main menu screen Version 2.20 Game Engine 3.0 thats ok, no problem there. But then, i install PATCH 3.11 over 2.20 Engine 3.0 The main menu will then read 3.11 Engine 3.0 HOWEVER, this particular setup will have warped (jumbled) text in the game Can someone point me to version 3.10 or would that be non-existent at this stage ? maybe i try a chronological installation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Do your self a favour and log a help desk ticket. They have experience, they know exactly what you have ordered. We can keep speculating but that is just going to make this sadness last longer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Yea, I agree with Ian, I can only speculate at this point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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