You need to destroy the Construction Yard on the island base shortly after it deploys, before it builds anti-air defences (see: unwinnable scenario #2, above). The area that interests you is the large plateau to the northeast: The MCV will not always enter the bugged state if you do the same thing after reloading, so you can just reload and retry. The MCV won’t start moving until you do one of three things:ĭon’t do any of these things until you’re ready to take out both the main AI base and the island expansion (more on that below) and save your game first. If you let the MCV escape and spend time establishing a base on the island, the mission will also get unwinnable – the island has massive ore fields and you simply won’t have the resources to crack it. This normally wouldn’t be a problem, except that the MCV’s AI is extra stupid and can randomly get stuck in its’ initial position instead of going onto the transport, making the entire mission unwinnable. The mission script requires letting an enemy MCV (which you’ll see in their starting base) to escape and build a base on the island (which you will then have to destroy): Mission 5 (How to Complete Distant Thunder)
A guide on how to complete distant thunder mission 5 (Red Alert Soviet Campaign) in Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
