I use the map of Stratis and have only black listed the airfield. Civ pop module is set to high with a limit of 50000(!) but there is only like 10 civ's in Agia Marina mostly inside houses. I want it to be more like a hundred civ's in a village like that.

How can I intensify the feeling of presence? I want more Civ AI's populating the civ obj. I want the streets to be filled and Civ's running around all over the place.

It happens for me too. When I arrest a Civilian he starts to run away, and if I can catch up wit him and hit release he stops and stand still. Never seen anyone join my group, how can you see that?

And secondly, when/why are you actually supposed to arrest someone? I can't figure it out...

Is it a Linux server?
What I've been told only windows server works...

Dedi server, persistence.
Start as a playable unit, play for some time, disconnect, reconnect.

The unit you play as will not disappear (despawn) when disconnecting. If I'm not mistaken the unit will transfer to become an AI controlled by the OPCOM. When reconnecting as the same unit, you spawn at the position where you disconnected, but the unit that you played as in the previous session is still there.

Be aware of the shape of your TAOR markers! They must be in the shape of a circle. If you use an ellipse it will not be recognized by the modules at all.

Those modules are outdated. Follow the Quick Start guide here to better understand how to build your mission in the editor.

You'll find more useful information in the wiki:
http://alivemod.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

For more on this topic read the Data section.

@Anaximandross That makes more sense!! Thank you!

Or if you use the debug mode just to see where you put them.

Ok, then something else is wrong. I'll try again tomorrow.