Alright, thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

So I finally had the time to try this, and it seems that it still freezes in the first cutscene. So far as I can tell I followed the instructions. The only oddity I noticed was that there were only two maps available in skirmish mode: Black Day and Overlord. Can anyone help?

Got it, thank you! That worked perfectly. I can now enjoy my digital violence in my preferred form :). Thanks again for your help.

I've tried a few things, but I can't seem to see a way to start a map through a shortcut? Is there a guide I could follow?

Thanks for your help.

The first. Downside is the coop one doesn't have save/load at all, so far as I can tell?

Alright, thanks for letting me know. I play offline because that's the only was I can see to save and load maps, and I prefer short games. Am I right in thinking that there isn't a way to do what I want? Play the campaign solo while saving/loading?

Thanks for your help.

I've been trying to play the campaign. Unfortunately, on the first map (playing Cybran, if that matters), I've found that the game would not progress during the first cutscene after destroying the two bases. It would proceed to a certain point (when the camera is supposed to pan away from showing the enemy attacking the UEF base) then simply stop. The game keeps going but the cutscene doesn't end and player controls are not reenabled.

I've found that avoiding saving and loading (my usual habit being short games) gets past that point, only to fail in the same way at the very last cutscene. Muting all sound didn't help. This is when starting the campaign conventionally after starting the FAF client and selecting 'play offline'.

Is this is a known problem? Is my only option to play each map through the 'coop' tab?

Thanks for any help you can provide.