Comments - OL_Painless

Thank you. Just finished Exodus and the Mechwarrior 2 campaign.
Simply sublime. Huge thank you.

Still on track?
Really looking forward to it.

Gday,

First things first - incredible work. This is scratching a very precise itch. My attention span with games these days is woeful but this has me enthralled. Great work.

Question 1)
Exodus campaign. Are the icons for in mission logistical support (ie salvage/mine layer/repair truck) supposed to be greyed out for some missions?

I had to scout an enemy pirate base (4 nav points then extract. There's an enemy atlas in the base according to the briefing). The first time I did so I noticed the salvage icon greyed out. Yes, I had a spare pilot, and yes had 10,000 spare cbills. I thought it might have been deliberate but I reran the mission and the salvage icon was suddenly available and working.

Move on a bit and I'm on exodus mission 2-4, operation denial. All icons in support are now greyed out despite multiple restarts. Is this deliberate? If it is - sweet. Annoying but artistic vision and all. If its not I cant see how it wont harm my campaign through lack of salvage.

Question 2)
Is there always supposed to be salvage after a mission or is it intermittent? Mine has definitely been intermittent.

Thanks in advance

First, Allow me to express nothing but admiration and gratitude for what the team has done to keep such an amazing game alive. I love it, and can't wait to play it. Which brings me nicely to my point. I've got it working under windows 7, 1600 by 1200 resolution so the menus are visible but I'm running into an issue in-game. The mech purchasing tab disappears in campaigns. I'm not sure whether this is a deliberate decision or a bug. The reason I think its not deliberate is if I'm playing say, mercenaries and get a few missions in then start either exodus or Wolfs Dragoons, the purchasing tab cannot be selected even for the initial missions. Could you please confirm. I love a hard game and the thought of having to progress with nothing but salvage is epic but it is rapidly becoming unattainable as the levels progress.
Thank you in advance - Seriously, love your work.