Destroying the neural synapse technology building?

[dim3wit]

I'm playing the level where you finally get around to collecting the technology. I've destroyed every last yellow unit and building on the map. However, I cannot win the level, since there are no more buildings left and no technologies to collect. I'm sure my units destroyed the building that the briefing told me was the primary objective... Is that the problem? Am I not supposed to destroy that one?

If so, the game should probably send an "objective failed" message whenever the building is destroyed, so that people (like myself) don't play the last ten minutes over and over again trying to figure out what they're doing wrong.

[Zarel]

It's possible that you missed something. Upload your saved game?

[dim3wit]

*hopefully* attached. I sent the folder and the ".es" and ".gam" with the same name.

I'm pretty sure I killed them all, since there are no red dots left on the map.

[ODDity]

Well I can see 3 red dots from that saved game on the map.

[Zarel]

Here's what I see:

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[KukY]

You definetly didn't kill them all...
You have lots of enemies left...
But they aren't strong

[dim3wit]

I didn't mean that they were killed in the save file, I meant I killed them all after that. I just didn't see the point in saving a game without the objective completed and 10 seconds left on the clock. I'm a few minutes away from finishing the level again, I'll post another save then.

[edit] but you *can* see in that save file that there is no synapse building, no technology in it's place, and the objective is not completed.

[KukY]

Maybe you forgot to destroy all of walls on LZ 1.
I think you have to do it manually...

[dim3wit]

Okay, Update:

All dead, and if I know what LZ1 is, every wall was destroyed.

[dim3wit]

I found it, there was a single tank "hanging out"/stuck in the southeastern corner of the map. Killing him ended the map, although I don't see any objectives telling me to destroy all units.

[macuser]

Yeah I know, it's VERY annoying in a few of the other missions after i had saved the game and gone back to repeat it and see if it happened again and how, I turned on cheat mode deity to see the whole map. Lo and behold when the base was destroyed, if I accidently had left a few units unkilled they would go and hide out in the far bottom right corner of the map .

-regards macuser

[Zarel]

At least one of the requirements for beating every non-away mission (except the last Beta mission) is to destroy all enemies.

[dim3wit]

Alright then... Maybe, since some maps are on a timer, add a tolerance of a few units at the end, so long as all the buildings are destroyed. I'm pretty sure that's how they do it in AOE 3. It was quite annoying that I had finished the level, but one vehicle cost me hours of replaying. Especially since it was hiding in an otherwise empty part of the map and not moving.

On the plus side, in that time, I learned how to use the command turret better.