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Thanks for all the tips everyone. I should have clarified that in the beginning of Letzte Hoffnung, there is no infantry, just 5 recon AC's, 3 of which are the 8-Rads mentioned by @Erwin. For sure, given the choice between the vehicles and infantry and AFV's, I will go with the infantry every time, but like I say, not a choice in this one. That's a good tip about including a reverse command in the string; although it still wouldn't have saved at least two of them. I was hoping someone herein might have played that campaign and could give some specific insight on the situation too. It seems like the best option is a slow move with CE to maximize spotting. That said, at least on Warrior setting, all of the ATG's remained hidden after wasting three of the vehicles!

It seems like the system is set to order FFE regardless of what it has (or more to the point, hasn't) spotted whenever the 'deadline' is up. This seems to, too often lead to a fire mission pounding a bunch of foliage that isn't necessarily anywhere close to the intended target! I have found that I can 'tweak' this a little by ordering a light or harassing mission with Maximum use, and then just adjusting it myself if I see that no spotting rounds have to land close to the target. That worked once, but is really a micro-management that seems at odds with how it's supposed to be done! Surely, if the spotter has yet to observe round land on target, it should not order FFE, regardless, until they've confirmed something has landed at least, relatively close and where they can see it! Isn't that how RL would be? Also, given the ability to adjust fire, shouldn't we also be able to change the intensity of the mission? Again, isn't that something an observer would do if they thought it necessary in RL?

This isn't a bug, per se, since the game is doing what it's been programmed to do, but there is definitely an unhistorical issue with how the AI is willing to use SCW's. These weapons only work(ed) against a hard surface such as steel or brick, etc. which is why they could be used to hit targets in buildings, etc., but I recently saw the AI having one my Bazooka units firing it at troops in the open, and that is absolutely not correct! The very nature of that munition means it has to have a hard surface to impact against. If you fired it at someone in the open, if it went off at all, it would just, harmlessly expend itself into the ground! Hence, it would never be fired in such a way!

Doing this so I can follow the topic, since the option didn't appear when created post. Not sure why

First couple of turns in the first battle of the campaign Letzte Hoffnung from BfN, and I'm damned if I can figure out a way to sensibly recon with vehicles; ie. so as not to have them all (or mostly) just blown away in the first couple of minutes by bidden ATG's! The Hunt command seems to move vehicles too quickly, so advance in Slow, line abreast order? Thoughts anyone?

With ya all the way there Kohlenklau! Someone mentioned OvGME, apparently an improved version, but JSGME seems to do all I need.

Am learning that, and for the most part think it's good, but I would also think, if he can accept orders, even ones to fire on the enemy, he should surely be able to just xfer the ammo to his gun crew, his primary duty. After all, that is his primary job and surely involves less risk than the orders. Anyho, if he continues to 'cling to his ammo', I'll send him off to get a jeep, so I can move the gun to a better position altogether

He was part of the original, two-man ammo bearer team. The crew is still intact and manning the gun, but have fired off all their inherent HE. The rest of the story is as written. He has recovered some from an Exhausted and Shaken condition, and I can control him; hence why he's back, adjacent to the gun crew he serves, just no ammo xfer. I tried having the crew fire at infantry a couple of times, but they used their AP ammo, so it wasn't like he would xfer the HE as they fired it.

Yes, this is the original ammo bearer for that unit and gun. He and his partner took a pretty bad hit early on and he ran off though. Having now managed to get him to rejoin the unit, he is sticking around, albeit still Tired and Rattled - does that have anything to do with it? Interesting about not seeing their ammo allotment increase. For the time being, I've had them hidden, so not firing while waiting for the ammo xfer. That may well be the issue then. I absolutely agree with chuckdyke - one thing missing from this game so far is the ability to pickup any abandoned weapons and ammo from either side. That would definitely add an extra layer , but yes, I imagine the coding could be fraut!

They are pretty flat trajectory, and I've endured that same frustration in Lonsdale's Block with the British Airborne howitzers. It does seem like they're best suited for direct fire roles unless you can get them in a very wide open space where they're not going to just blast off the treetops or buildings around them if employed in indirect role. That said, if you start out thinking in terms of direct fire, they can really be pretty devastating and reach out from a long range

So this is utterly maddening! 20min into the fight now, and I've managed to get the ammo bearer to recover and rejoin his ATG; HOWEVER, he still won't give up the 7 rounds of HE that the game says he's carrying! At this point, he is kneeling, literally right next to them, and they still 'have no more HE ammo'. Am I missing something! I'm also noticing an issue with buddy aid in general during this battle - 9mm ammo supply is a major issue for the airborne, so I've moved up units/teams that still have plenty of it next to units that are out, but there absolutely no transfer taking place whatsoever! Do they have to be of the same platoon? A bug?

Agreed. The only way I've found to work it, as one would in reality, is pop the smoke in the first minute and then just wait, since it takes about a min for the plume to develop anyway, then issue the 'charge' command in the next order phase. Problem being...a whole lot can happen in that minute that one is waiting!

So, doesn't seem like there's a way to really make the Pause not a primary order, by which I mean: - Pop Smoke - (pause) wait 30secs - then charge (or whatever) Similarly if I wanted a unit to lay down covering fire for say 30secs then charge? Seems like the pause command is always primary; ie. every other order waits for the prescribed pause time, right?

Ah ok, thanks all. I knew I'd read it somewhere but couldn't find it when I needed to refresh my memory!

I remember reading about this once, but can't find it in the manuals now. There's an orange 'light' that, sometimes illuminates in the bottom-right of the pinned window. What does that signify?

That might be it then (per my PM to ya). There's a scenario by a very similar name in the regular game, but it's a completely different battle.

Right. Which one is The Roadblock?

Yeh, I have the Task Force Raff stuff. This was another one, and by far the toughest. It a much bigger map with two, maybe three companies of US troops against dug in Wehrmacht who are decidedly not inclined to fail! Its Briefing is a long one, going into the exact tactics developed by a certain US army officer (can't remember the name) for dealing with German hedgerow/bocage defense, so that the player can employ similar tactics. I was not doing well to say the least, and figured I'd try again once the full game was installed; however...

Maybe it was Road to Berlin then. Linking Up and Breaking Out was the one with the SS holding a village for escaping units. I've downloaded a bunch of scenarios from various websites, but I don't have Road to Berlin and unfortunately, the demo files won't play in v4.03, since they were engine 3 based. You happen to know if it's available in v4 somewhere?

Nothing related to the demo scenarios unfortunately

Right, there was that one, one about an SS unit holding open village crossroads for breakout units and another about putting into practice hedgerow/bocage tactics developed by a US army officer at the time, That's the one I'm trying to resurrect!

Does anyone remember what the hedgerow/bocage scenario in the demo bundle was called, or more to the point, if it's available for play in 4.03? I see 'Closing The Pocket' is available in the main game's bundle but am not finding the other one which I didn't finish before installing full game and dumping demo (thinking the demo scenarios would also be in main game!)

Thanks. Have to say that I love JSGME. It makes so simple to just swap out mods in any game. Appreciate the help

Thanks you my friend. Ok, I'll setup the _1 file for JSGME insertion and check 'em it out. I have the ReadMe from the zipped MOD folder, but wasn't sure which as which in terms of just plug-n-go. Appreciate your time and efforts for sure Sounds like it might be best for me to pass on the ReShade, least for now, but that's, truly some awesome work! Tks again

Hi and thanks for the comprehensive answer, for being willing to spell it out. Just so I am clear - the chuck-it-all-in-and-forget version is the _1 ? What is the ReShade presets?