How do contracts work?

[「 Boss 」]

I've driven to the location but there's nothing there to activate/do.
For example, I tried Core Problems in Arizona and there's nothing there. It says something about a person needed to install something, and the mission dialogue says something about abandoned equipment but I can't seem to figure it out.

Went to another one that talked about taking a picture and there was no prompt to take a picture. Do I need to bring equipment?

[Pandorian]

The map will still show you the starting location for your tasks. So if you have one that says take 3 different pictures, you'll notice there are 4 icons on the map. Taking pictures doesn't need any extra items.

For the contracts such as Core Problems, some of them require you to have a certain type of specialist active. If you don't have that specialist type active then you can't progress it / it doesn't appear on the ground despite going there in person. This is horribly communicated to the player.

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by Pandorian:

The map will still show you the starting location for your tasks. So if you have one that says take 3 different pictures, you'll notice there are 4 icons on the map. Taking pictures doesn't need any extra items.

For the contracts such as Core Problems, some of them require you to have a certain type of specialist active. If you don't have that specialist type active then you can't progress it / it doesn't appear on the ground despite going there in person. This is horribly communicated to the player.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Evil Acrylic]

+1 I thought my game was bugged,, it really needs to say what you need for that contact....

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by Evil Acrylic:

+1 I thought my game was bugged,, it really needs to say what you need for that contact....

Agreed, wasted a few $K deploying and returning to HQ over this lol

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

Originally posted by Pandorian:

The map will still show you the starting location for your tasks. So if you have one that says take 3 different pictures, you'll notice there are 4 icons on the map. Taking pictures doesn't need any extra items.

For the contracts such as Core Problems, some of them require you to have a certain type of specialist active. If you don't have that specialist type active then you can't progress it / it doesn't appear on the ground despite going there in person. This is horribly communicated to the player.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I dunno, still can't figure it out. Maybe I'm missing something, do they have to be activated somehow? Drove to "Tourism Season" again and still couldn't take a picture and it wasn't on the ground.
Drove to "Ancient Knowledge" and couldn't scan it with the drone. I've gotta be missing something.

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by Evil Acrylic:

+1 I thought my game was bugged,, it really needs to say what you need for that contact....

one would think the Tutorial would teach you about it.. But that thing couldn't even explain the tutorial missions properly

[tekwoj]

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I dunno, still can't figure it out. Maybe I'm missing something, do they have to be activated somehow? Drove to "Tourism Season" again and still couldn't take a picture and it wasn't on the ground.
Drove to "Ancient Knowledge" and couldn't scan it with the drone. I've gotta be missing something.

Open map, select mission in the menu on the left, then click start tracking. It will show the objectives. If you click the objective on the list in the left menu it will center the map on it.

There's a bug where all missions from all maps are shown on that list, so it's a good idea to always make sure the objective is on your map and it's not a passage between maps.

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by tekwoj:

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

I dunno, still can't figure it out. Maybe I'm missing something, do they have to be activated somehow? Drove to "Tourism Season" again and still couldn't take a picture and it wasn't on the ground.
Drove to "Ancient Knowledge" and couldn't scan it with the drone. I've gotta be missing something.

Open map, select mission in the menu on the left, then click start tracking. It will show the objectives. If you click the objective on the list in the left menu it will center the map on it.

There's a bug where all missions from all maps are shown on that list, so it's a good idea to always make sure the objective is on your map and it's not a passage between maps.

I think this is what I was missing. Some show "start tracking" greyed out, so I guess I either can't do them yet or they have some obscure requirement.

Thanks!

[tekwoj]

Sometimes I can't pick up the contracts after I've completed the main mission, I can still take the tasks. Sometimes after completing the main mission the menu disappears and I navigate it blind until I can select a task and track it, then it comes back.

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by tekwoj:

Sometimes I can't pick up the contracts after I've completed the main mission, I can still take the tasks. Sometimes after completing the main mission the menu disappears and I navigate it blind until I can select a task and track it, then it comes back.

Gotcha, so seems like it's a lil bugged.
Thanks for the help.

[ioneepj]

Some contracts and tasks are really not transparent - for example - Tourism season: - tracking it while in Grand Canyon Map is grey out - so i can´t do it ... Now im in Cocolino Map - Tourism season is possible to track now - so i have to travel aaaaall the way from Cocolino to other side of other map - iiii dont know if this is good decision made by Devs - if so it could be more clear where to start which contract or task - this is mess

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by ioneepj:

Some contracts and tasks are really not transparent - for example - Tourism season: - tracking it while in Grand Canyon Map is grey out - so i can´t do it ... Now im in Cocolino Map - Tourism season is possible to track now - so i have to travel aaaaall the way from Cocolino to other side of other map - iiii dont know if this is good decision made by Devs - if so it could be more clear where to start which contract or task - this is mess

!so i have to travel aaaaall the way from Cocolino to other side of other map - iiii dont know if this is good decision made by Devs!" it is their way of saying! "look how many hours long this game is"

[tekwoj]

Some contracts require you to have a specialist on your team. Like hydro for acoustic scan or operator for drone scan. Just wish devs could think of something as simple as indicating who's needed on the contract.

[darthcuda]

Yeah operator is required for the tourism and archeological missions. I am still trying to find out who I need for the drilling one.

Edit: mechanic

[ioneepj]

Originally posted by darthcuda:

Yeah operator is required for the tourism and archeological missions. I am still trying to find out whonI need for the drilling one.

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someone suggest me this website with all needed info for (i guess all) contracts ... and much more usefull information --- https://3d.maprunner.info/