Endgame (final mission) won't launch

[Bilton]

Hi,

The final mission, Endgame, won't launch. I have troops and transport available, it just doesn't give you the option to 'launch aircraft'. I've spotted this is occurring to other players also.

I can email a screenshot if desired.

Thanks,

Dave

[chacineiro]

Had the same bug today, the first time I tried to launch it nothing happened. Then I saved, reloaded, launche again and it worked...

[Kouki]

23 hours ago, Bilton said:

Hi,

The final mission, Endgame, won't launch. I have troops and transport available, it just doesn't give you the option to 'launch aircraft'. I've spotted this is occurring to other players also.

I can email a screenshot if desired.

Thanks,

Dave

 

18 hours ago, chacineiro said:

Had the same bug today, the first time I tried to launch it nothing happened. Then I saved, reloaded, launche again and it worked...

Thanks for taking the time to post a bug report! Can you send us a save file so we can give it a look? Thanks

[chacineiro]

Sure, what happened was: I clicked to launch it on the geoscape, equipped the squad, then clicked to launch the operation on the armory, standard stuff, but then the game brought me back to the Geoscape and nothing happened and then I was unable to launch it again, nothing would happen if I clicked on the launch operation button. Then I saved, loaded the file, launched the operation from the geoscape, did the whole squad equipping again, and then it worked normally.

user_fudeu-39.json

[Kouki]

20 minutes ago, chacineiro said:

Sure, what happened was: I clicked to launch it on the geoscape, equipped the squad, then clicked to launch the operation on the armory, standard stuff, but then the game brought me back to the Geoscape and nothing happened and then I was unable to launch it again, nothing would happen if I clicked on the launch operation button. Then I saved, loaded the file, launched the operation from the geoscape, did the whole squad equipping again, and then it worked normally.

user_fudeu-39.json 4.25 MB · 0 downloads

Thanks for the response! Will look into this

[Kouki]

1 hour ago, chacineiro said:

Sure, what happened was: I clicked to launch it on the geoscape, equipped the squad, then clicked to launch the operation on the armory, standard stuff, but then the game brought me back to the Geoscape and nothing happened and then I was unable to launch it again, nothing would happen if I clicked on the launch operation button. Then I saved, loaded the file, launched the operation from the geoscape, did the whole squad equipping again, and then it worked normally.

user_fudeu-39.json 4.25 MB · 1 download

I did some testing and unfortunately was not able to reproduce the bug. Is there any chance that you're able to reproduce this on your end? If so, can you tell us what you did so I can try to copy the steps? Alternatively you can press F11 when the bug happens so the game can capture the error on the logs, then send us a bug report.

[Chris]

5 hours ago, chacineiro said:

Sure, what happened was: I clicked to launch it on the geoscape, equipped the squad, then clicked to launch the operation on the armory, standard stuff, but then the game brought me back to the Geoscape and nothing happened and then I was unable to launch it again, nothing would happen if I clicked on the launch operation button. Then I saved, loaded the file, launched the operation from the geoscape, did the whole squad equipping again, and then it worked normally.

user_fudeu-39.json 4.25 MB · 1 download

Thanks, but unfortunately it looks like this save is from the start of the UOO Bridge Assault mission, so it's a bit too early in the campaign to use.

[chacineiro]

3 hours ago, Chris said:

Thanks, but unfortunately it looks like this save is from the start of the UOO Bridge Assault mission, so it's a bit too early in the campaign to use.

My bad, sent you guys the wrong one!

Anyway, I tried to replicate it to no avail, here is the save file.

user_day_390_manual_save-52.json

[Bilton]

my game version is 'Milestone 5 (5.41.0) and here is a screenshot of the final 'Endgame' mission failing to launch. No teleport option. 99% complete and can't do last mission

[Bilton]

On 11/5/2025 at 4:04 PM, chacineiro said:

Had the same bug today, the first time I tried to launch it nothing happened. Then I saved, reloaded, launche again and it worked...

unfort I've tried 10+ times reloading and still no joy

 

[Bilton]

bug_report_2025-11-11-23h48_st_5.41.0_user_f11_0.zip

[Chris]

14 hours ago, Bilton said:

bug_report_2025-11-11-23h48_st_5.41.0_user_f11_0.zip 3.35 MB · 0 downloads

If this is an issue in milestone 5 then I don't think we can fix it; we're focusing on Milestone 6 now (which should release in a few days) and switching back to 5 to debug a save from that version takes too long.

However from memory I think there may be a bug in Milestone 5 about Endgame launching and having soldiers / dropships at a secondary base confusing the game. Can you try loading an earlier save from before the Endgame launch, but then move all your soldiers and dropships to your original base (and sell the ones you don't need) before you try to launch Endgame?

[Bilton]

Hi Chris, thanks for replying - I only have 1 earlier save and it's not before the Endgame launch. I've made it so all soldiers and dropship are at original base (Africa) and still no launch. So how can I play the final mission? Can I wait until milestone 6 then it'll let me? Spent 65hrs on my campaign...

[Bilton]

any updates? @Chris just want to play final mission with my guys to complete the game.

[Chris]

26 minutes ago, Bilton said:

any updates? @Chris just want to play final mission with my guys to complete the game.

Hi there - I've taken a look at your save and the issue looks to be that you've built a Pegasus dropship. In Milestone 5 you need one of those to launch the final mission.

[Bilton]

that's it! thank you