gumby7
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SR-3: No call for indirect fire will be processed by means of distant visual contact (LOS, +100m), even though it is a viable C2 link.
I bet that's what's been causing me problems!
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You know what I think would be the most helpful page, it would be a diagram of how C2 relates to calling platoon level and company level mortars. I'm still not clear on who needs to be sitting next to the mortars and who needs to be the one calling it in.
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The XO is an underutilized unit. It should at least be able to help connect the CO with distant units by placing it inbetween.
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I don't know anything about the historical makeup of the units involved in the scenario, but IMHO Two Bridges desperately needs a forward observer. You've got the mortars necessary to hit the anti-tank emplacements but the only way to call them in the first 20-30 min of the game is the M8's and they can't view the target without getting killed.
Other than this its a great scenario.
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You should upload this under scenarios instead of maps since it has a human vs ai plan. Looks good.
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It almost certainly is. Have you patched up to version 1.01?
In version 1.00 observers were a bit quick calling for FFE after not spotting the initial rounds, this got tweaked as part of the patch. Haven't played enough games after patching to notice crazy inaccuracies from arty.
I am playing 1.01. Like I said, the rounds were 100-200m off instead of in the corner of the map like in 1.00.
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Hey. I was just playing the chance encounter scenario and when I call area fire on the church roof it falls 100-200m off target. Now, the spotter can see the church roof but since its an area fire order and the church yard is surrounded by a tall stone wall, he can't see the entire target area. Is this the cause of the ridiculous inaccuracy?
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This is getting off topic. We're all clearly in agreement that blast time and mine marking time should be accurate. I'm just arguing for streamlining the mark mine command.
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That was the point I was trying to make. Using "hunt" the troops were able to move through the mines and the location was marked for cautious movement for later troops if needed. It took little time to move through the undefended mine field. One with over watch units is a different can of worms.
LeeW, your men are not "marking" the mines. All there doing is spotting them. It is a secondary order to mark them so that non-engineers can avoid them. When they're marked they turn yellow.
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Okay, I take your point. How would you feel if all you had to do was to move the engineer next to the minefield and then place a Mark order (found among the move orders) on the other side of it? I don't know what the argument against that could be provided coding time can be allocated.
Michael
I imagine the logic of the blast order being move until you encounter a blastable object, blast it and then quick move to the final destination. It seems like there would be a way to have an order to slow move until you encounter a mine, mark it, and then instead of a quick move to the final destination, the pioneers would just continue this hypothetical order to the very end.
I don't know a lot about coding so I might might be completely talking out of my ass.
I'm also aware that this would probably take more work for the devs than a regular patch. I think it would be an excellent improvement though. If my thought isn't possible, your proposal would still be a great improvement. -
I personally don't see how two mouse clicks and selecting one command is labor-intensive
Its labor intensive when you have to click twice and select a command 20 times for an entire minefield.
Marking minefields was a notoriously slow process. BTW, some posters have noted that actually preparing and blasting a gap in a hedgerow took more time than it does in the game.Michael
I have no issue with the time involved. I'm all for increasing the time to blow bocage if that's more accurate, but what I'm concerned with is the required player involvement. The blast command is one click. Mine marking requires you to watch while the engineers slowly advance, then order them to mark a mine they find, then do it over again. In a minefield, this slow process makes it difficult to command the rest of the battle simultaneously.
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It really seems ridiculous. First you encounter the mine in whatever way. Second, you have to move the engineers close to the mine, because for some reason the mark mines command isn't available at a distance. Third, once they've reach the mine you can order them to mark it. Then for a large mine field, you have to repeat steps 2 and 3 for every individual mine!
The engineers dont have to be near a bocage to blast it. Its just a movement order. Why can't the mark mines command work the same way and order engineers to move through a field, locate mines, and mark them all in one order.
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Gumby, you may (or may not) benefit from the video in my sig! I cover tips such as that one, and a bunch more.
Thanks for the time specific link. That's what I'll definitely do then. I can't believe that there is no dedicated hold fire button! Its inexplicable.
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It really drives me mad when I send my platoon commander ahead to scout a patch of bocage and when he spots a trench filled with 30 Germans he decides to take a pot shot at them and get himself killed. Does anybody have a solution to this problem? The closest thing I can find is the hide button but then the HQ can't see and I can't call in arty.
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The auto-surrender only applies to the AI controlled side. I once played on after losing my entire force. That's not much fun, I admit. However, heavy casualties will cause your Global morale to fall so much that it will prevent you from doing very much with the survivors.
How does one check on the global morale status? Is it meant to be unseen?
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You must not understand what the free-2-play business model is because it wouldn't work. Would people just get riflemen and have to pay to get machine guns in their squad too? Makes no sense.
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Whenever the game automatically declares the battle over with time left there are still enemy troops listed as "ok." What triggers this? Is it when all ok troops have broken morale?
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You've got to be more patient if you're down to 25 men. When you've got an hour to take the town, USE THE HOUR. Its the difference between ~5 and ~25 casualties. I just finished my 2nd play through with 18 dead/18 wounded to the Germans' ~200 dead/~150 wounded.
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It seems like requiring the spotter to be FACING the target is a bit excessive. Could there at least be an option to disable the facing req.
I'm finding the game unplayable with the arty issue. No matter how hard I try, an occasional barrage will land on the opposite side of the map, there is no reasonable explanation regarding experience or facing to justify this.
I'm still having a blast with inf. only maps though.
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But to try to answer the question I think you meant to ask, any HQ down to platoon level can request support. If the HQ is requesting support from another company's (or platoon's within the same company) it has to go up to whatever level has jurisdiction over both the requesting unit and the supporting unit. Each level that the request has to travel, both up and down, takes time.
Michael
I think I get it. So to get back to how radio works, if a platoon HQ of Company A wanted to use Company B's mortars with radio, the formation HQ would have to be within 50m of the mortars. Or if a platoon of company A wanted to use their own mortars the relaying radio would have to belong to the company HQ or higher. Is that correct?
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I found Brecourt the best 1st post-tutorial mission. Very small scale.
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Hey. I'm unclear on exactly how radios work when calling in mortars. When using a radio, does the link always have to be moving up the chain from the spotter (ex: FO>Platoon HQ) or can it go in any direction (ex: Company HQ>FO)? And also, does the radio unit near the mortars have to be in the same unit, or could for example, Company A's FO call for fire from Company B's mortars? And to combine the 2 questions, could Company A's FO call fire through Company B's section HQ radio?
Does that make sense?
Thx,
gumby
I'm also aware that this would probably take more work for the devs than a regular patch. I think it would be an excellent improvement though. If my thought isn't possible, your proposal would still be a great improvement.
Semper Fi Campaign glitch
in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
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Is there an update on making the semper fi campaign available to people who paid for it?