First time poster here!
I only recently found out that Tiberian Sun was released as freeware on the internet by EA. So I immediately downloaded it and started by playing the singleplayer campaign as GDI. I remember really liking this game growing up. Then... I got to the mission called Rescue Tratos. Everybody I know who played this game as GDI despised this mission, and I can see why (apart from the glitch that I will explain)...
However, I did persevere through the first part of rescuing Tratos and getting him to the evac site. Tratos' sprite disappears and... Nothing happens. Both the Wolverine sprites, and the aircraft sprite remain motionless. I can't even select them with my mouse, or give them commands. I can click on the Wolverines to see their healthbar, but that's about it. So now I'm completely stuck on this level. I'm kind of opposed to using cheats (I would have to use trainers, which I find unreliable and I don't like the act of searching through malware sites to find a good one), so I was hoping to come over here to ask you guys if there's a reasonable solution to beating this glitchy mission. I don't even care about beating this mission legit anymore, I just want to continue on with the campaign.
I made a video of the glitch for your amusement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstmyzQkS04
I'm not using any mods or alterations. Just the "Command & Conquer The First Decade" version as released by EA. According to the main menu, the version of this game is at 2.03.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!