how to end hero missions?

[motorbit]

î try to do the last bunker. i only found 80/120 empire points, but as this searching for the cursor to change game play annoys me like hell, i want to end this mission to save my sanity.
however, i do not know how and the game does not offer a hint. there is a stairway where the mission began, but going there does not end the mission. if i look at the mission status it says i have all neccesary goals met, but it only allows me to retire and abandon the mission.
i am quite frustrated at this point. this feels like a waste of time.

[Honey Badger]

same

[MelhemX]

you need to get the mission's goal item before you can leave, the mission, then you can leave. the other stuff is optional. once you get the goal item, go back to where you entered the level and you can exit.

[lel]

IIRC, you are suppose to finish the mission by obtaining the "ARTIFACT". The empire points and the other one is optional. That being said, I understand that its a super pain in the ass to look for those points cause you need them for the campaign

Anyway, once you obtain the artifact, go back to your initial starting point and use your hero to click at the exit thingy. You will know when the cursor changes.

And yet again, this thing is stupid because it could have been done differently. I mean the dev can just make 1 small exit model and is clickable to state whether you want to finish the mission or not. OR they could have just state and draw pictures on how to exit the map

[motorbit]

as sait in the first post, i do have the artifact, and i went back to the entry point. what now? should it just end on its own? if so it just does not.

[Mr Plainview]

Once you have the artifact and go back to the entry point there should be a place to click on the map to exit. The mouse cursor symbol will change.

[motorbit]

ok, so i started up the game to check if maybe something had changed. now the coursor changes when i hover over the stairway, allowing me to leave. also one of the missing empire point containers shows up now.
i am absolutely certain it did not when i first tried to play this mission.
so restarting the game as workaround for missing items in hero missions seems to work. however. point and click coursor change search games are mind numbing even if they work right. if i can never be sure if its even working right its a total imposition

[Orciotrox]

you have to click to leave at the exit

[motorbit]

yes. it works now. it did not work when i first played this mission.

[Atomicpuma]

You will need those points. The hero missions are find waldo.