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Originally Posted by Delgard
I have not received that message...on any campaign dealing with a TLAM mission at Archangalesk. But, once my hull damage is down to a certain level, whatever that is deemed to be, a message should be received to return to port. Then again, it should only occur between missions, not during a mission.
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Yes, you did not receive this message because sort of a bug:
If you meet an ASW group in the launch area, then:
a)
You deal with it and then launch missiles, this will not count, even if they hit; why? This counted only as ASW encounter and for the game you 'still' have to carry out your main mission. Technically, you succeed if you launch your missiles before dealing with the ASW group, alas the game doesn't count that (BUG), else you fail your main mission because of the 'trouble' you made in the zone, see b).
b)
You deal with it and quit the mission without launching missiles (which was not your objective), you have made so much 'trouble' in the launch area that the enemy is on red alert , and you have therefore FAILED your TLAM mission . You failed because you must destroy units on the ground, and not simply destroy some baracks or the airport. Alerted by your 'troublemaking' in the zone, the planes have taken off and will land somewhere else if you destroy the airport, so there is pretty no military value if you strike. Thus: you have failed. Better keep your missiles. Good game
Problem is the game cannot pop-up 2 mission screens at the same time, one telling you you have failed the mission and one giving you new orders (to return home or another mission). So basically you are stucked with no new mission, you must waste time until you get new mission. Bad game
Hey Killerfish, rant, rant....
The devs are aware of this, but say it's complicated to merge mission objectives with different encounters.
Same can happen with SEAL drop missions, you must stay stealthy and not make trouble in the drop zone, or you fail.