semmes Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Are you going to repair the building's invisibility cloak around buildings ? I know I will go to heaven because I have been to hell. Nam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 That is a game limitation having to do with area targeting buildings. There is a link to several threads in the "Targeting Buildings" section. A starting point: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmes Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Sorry, in my search I couldn't find those buildings threads. "Area fire requires LOS to the centre of the action square" is this one of those things that has to do with the "mesh"? I read something about you cannot teach Area Fire to the AI... Well, you can target the icon so you just need to make the blurry icon a target... and tell the AI to use Target-Brief maybe. So you can use "icons" for buildings -easier I guess, they don't move. Maybe 12 for a two-storey, two-squares building, maybe one if the grid knows what to do with that "floating action square". You can cycle through Alt-I or use a different shape or colour... Maybe a "Wild Area Fire" for crops? If you hit the invisible icon -to call it something- on that tile... congrats, you can fire. True, an Area Fire button/order would be better. Instead of "T" and you see 300m, press "AF" until the mark is 300m... but adding a rear sight and teaching ballistics... maybe a bit too much. Next engine, hopefully. Thanks. ...six VCs won before breakfast. Cape Helles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmes Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 To make myself clear, what I mean by rear sight... You need two points to calculate LOS -being a line and that, so you use the tile in front of the weapon, as you move the pointer it gives you a distance area fire, even a wild one. Then, like in indirect fire, you correct the aim, you are going to see the tracers. You have to pay attention? yes, but I read the word frustration many times and there are a lot of small actions where people seem eager to use it. Certainly I don't know the code but you've got the two points, it's "only" the CPU guessing where the loose bullets are going to hit, like grazing fire somebody said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 On 11/29/2018 at 10:18 AM, IanL said: That is a game limitation having to do with area targeting buildings. There is a link to several threads in the "Targeting Buildings" section. 15 hours ago, semmes said: Sorry, in my search I couldn't find those buildings threads. Follow the link above. Scroll down in the post for the title Targeting Buildings. Under that are several posts covering this. 15 hours ago, semmes said: "Area fire requires LOS to the centre of the action square" is this one of those things that has to do with the "mesh"? That is a short simple way of remembering. 15 hours ago, semmes said: I read something about you cannot teach Area Fire to the AI... The new AI scripting in v4 can be given area fire orders. 15 hours ago, semmes said: Next engine, hopefully. Thanks. Indeed - hopefully. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmes Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 No, the answer to my question - Are you going to repair the building's invisibility cloak around buildings ? is... No. By the way I didn't say anything about giving orders to the AI, units under AI control can decide to Area Fire instead of only Target Fire or no fire at all. It is not our duty to doubt Admiralty's wisdom. Response to a British cadet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 AI orders are in the manual and no @IanLis not going to do anything about the problem because he doesn't work for the company. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Combatintman said: AI orders are in the manual and no @IanLis not going to do anything about the problem because he doesn't work for the company. Hahahahahaha .... Brilliant answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I think something was changed about area fire in 4.0, because I'm pretty sure the target line used to snap to the centre of buildings. Now it snaps to the middle point of the outside walls.Anyone else noticing this or is it just my memory getting rusty? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I thought it only snapped to the corner or "middle point of the outside walls" if you couldn't target the centre point. And also, that this behaviour has remained unchanged through v.2 v.3 and v.4. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 16 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said: I thought it only snapped to the corner or "middle point of the outside walls" if you couldn't target the centre point. And also, that this behaviour has remained unchanged through v.2 v.3 and v.4. Thanks, I stand corrected then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Pardon my reordering things - just did it to make clear where my answers came from / were directed too... On 11/30/2018 at 5:57 PM, semmes said: No, the answer to my question - Are you going to repair the building's invisibility cloak around buildings ? is... No. Correct. The official response in those threads is that this is a limitation of the current engine and would not change with out significant effort they are not currently planning to take on. On 11/30/2018 at 12:06 PM, IanL said: Quote I read something about you cannot teach Area Fire to the AI... The new AI scripting in v4 can be given area fire orders. On 11/30/2018 at 5:57 PM, semmes said: By the way I didn't say anything about giving orders to the AI, units under AI control can decide to Area Fire instead of only Target Fire or no fire at all. Ah you used the word teach which I interpreted as "to direct" (in error I see). So for clarity (since I am still not sure what you meant by your last post). The scenario author can direct the AI to area fire as part of the scripting of the AI. The Tac AI (which controls the moment by moment actions of all troops) cannot decide to area fire on its own. The Tac AI will either not fire or fire at spotted enemy units. It should be noted as an aside that the Tac AI will sometimes fire at things you are unaware of but that is just a slight lag between when contact icons show up and the pixel troops taking action in addition the Tac AI will also fire for a while longer at a location where enemy troops were spotted but are no longer seen. Niether of which is really area fire like we can order. On 12/1/2018 at 7:41 AM, Combatintman said: AI orders are in the manual and no @IanLis not going to do anything about the problem because he doesn't work for the company. LOL I pointed out the problem and helped with some of the investigation but sadly that is all I can do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLaurier Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I suspect that we all develop our own workaround for this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmes Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 True. I thought about saying "teach" instead of teach, my fault. A few more shots -from the AI- is not like keeping an area under fire for ten minutes like a player would do. Pity... Congratulations for your groupies. We must have peace without victory. Wilson, 1917. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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