How do I Save VIP?

[SuspiciouslyWarmChickenSoup]

I'm on the mission "Operation Dawn Dance" I reached the truck holding the hostage but there is a red wall around the car so I'm unable to get the VIP. I've placed my troops all over the place with no success. Help

[megansweden]

Just FYI - mission names are randomly generated, so that tells us nothing. If it's a VIP rescue from a vehicle you have to hack to open the door on the back end of the truck. If you don't have a specialist to remote hack you need to move one soldier right up to the back of the truck to get the hack action available. That soldier can then also open the door and activate the VIP. If you hack remotely with a specialist you still have to have someone open the door.

I have no idea what you mean by a red wall around the car?

[SuspiciouslyWarmChickenSoup]

you know in some video games they add a red wall to show the player they cant go a spicific way? That. it was blocking the back of the truck. if names are randomly generated them im screwed

[crayno]

I think you can also blow up the sidewall of the truck to free the VIP, just make sure to blow up only the sidewall.

[Spelly83]

Originally posted by crayno:

I think you can also blow up the sidewall of the truck to free the VIP, just make sure to blow up only the sidewall.

and make sure to blow up the wall farthest from the VIP. Fire can spread and kill them. As for the red wall, if it's just on the rear doors, it sounds like a hacking icon. But all the way around it? I've never encountered that.

EDIT - Megan's hack instructions are solid.

[Rasjel]

i am a bit more in trouble. have cleared the area but it seams the vip is not in the misson... the marker for him is way out of the mission area. each way to him has a red fence that i cant pass. is this known bug that the target can spawn outside of the area?

[megansweden]

Originally posted by Massive red ♥♥♥♥:

you know in some video games they add a red wall to show the player they cant go a spicific way? That. it was blocking the back of the truck. if names are randomly generated them im screwed

Ah, is it a big red lock symbol? That just means the door is locked, you need to hack to unlock it. Any soldier who moves right next to the door should get a green hacking action option as long as they have an action point available. A specialist can do it from a distance with the gremlin as long as they have sight of the door.

[Rasjel]

for him this maybe works my fence goes all the way around the area i can move my units. as i sad it looks like its the boarder of the map.

[megansweden]

Originally posted by Rasjel:

for him this maybe works my fence goes all the way around the area i can move my units. as i sad it looks like its the boarder of the map.

I have heard of a bug where the VIP or an enemy can spawn outside the borders of the map. I think it's more prone to happen if you have map mods, but I could be wrong on that. Unfortunately I don't know of any fix for it. Maybe somebody else does?

[SuspiciouslyWarmChickenSoup]

Originally posted by Spelly83:

Originally posted by crayno:

I think you can also blow up the sidewall of the truck to free the VIP, just make sure to blow up only the sidewall.

and make sure to blow up the wall farthest from the VIP. Fire can spread and kill them. As for the red wall, if it's just on the rear doors, it sounds like a hacking icon. But all the way around it? I've never encountered that.

EDIT - Megan's hack instructions are solid.

so just blow up the truck? if strategy cant help you, blow it all to hell. thanks for the advise (ill be back if this doesn't work)

[crayno]

Nooooo don't blow up the truck, it will kill the VIP
Only blow up the sidewall

[SuspiciouslyWarmChickenSoup]

Originally posted by crayno:

Nooooo don't blow up the truck, it will kill the VIP
Only blow up the sidewall

ok

[Narrowmind]

Lol blowing up the truck. I'm surprised that was even a suggestion. 😅

My guess is something is just wrong with the geometry. Have you tried reloading? Maybe it will fix the map.

[Wanderer]

Got this free on Epic. Like several others who've posted here in the last day, we're trying to tell you people that the VIP vehicle is spawning outside the mission area. Re-loading old saves did nothing to fix it. I started a new campaign, and after playing for several hours, the same issue started happening again. The VIP vehicle is spawning outside the mission boundary. Telling us to blow up the vehicle or hack into it doesn't begin to address the issue. It's a bug that, from the looks of it, is affecting new players who got the free Epic version at the very least.

[SuspiciouslyWarmChickenSoup]

Originally posted by Wanderer:

Got this free on Epic. Like several others who've posted here in the last day, we're trying to tell you people that the VIP vehicle is spawning outside the mission area. Re-loading old saves did nothing to fix it. I started a new campaign, and after playing for several hours, the same issue started happening again. The VIP vehicle is spawning outside the mission boundary. Telling us to blow up the vehicle or hack into it doesn't begin to address the issue. It's a bug that, from the looks of it, is affecting new players who got the free Epic version at the very least.

Yes same here

[Rasjel]

if you have a save that is in avenger befor the mission you can try to load this save and start the mission from there. for me it saved it.
you can tell if somthing went wrong when the extraktion point is next to your landing spot.