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Just a quick question about mounting & dismounting vehicles, as well as giving unit orders.

I've noticed that if I put a HMG crew in an unoccupied jeep, then order them to move to a location, I can't seem to get them to dismount once they've arrived at that location. I have to wait for the turn to end, then give them the dismount command. Then I have to wait for that turn to end before I can give them a move/deploy order. This is a problem when I need those guys ASAP.

I've also noticed that if I have a crew in a jeep, I can't direct them to drive to a location, get out and then deploy the weapon. I have to drive them there, dismount, wait for the turn to end, then order them to deploy.

Am I missing something, or doing something wrong? I realize that if I played real-time this might not be a problem but . . . I'm old school. I prefer turn-based.

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I've noticed that if I put a HMG crew in an unoccupied jeep, then order them to move to a location, I can't seem to get them to dismount once they've arrived at that location. I have to wait for the turn to end, then give them the dismount command.

You shouldn't be using the Dismount command. Just give them a Move order to the AS you want them to end up. They'll get out as soon as the jeep stops.

Michael

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You can't mount and dismount unoccupied vehicle in the same turn. Same applies to mounting and dismounting a vehicle that has a crew already.

It's worse than that. You can't mount and vehicle-move or vehicle-move and dismount in the same turn. It's not the same as a vehicle that has crew already.

It's a game engine limitation. I've not looked, but I'd be surprised if the "Deploy" order is available at the destination waypoint given that 'crew' can't deploy anything.

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It's worse than that. You can't mount and vehicle-move or vehicle-move and dismount in the same turn. It's not the same as a vehicle that has crew already.

It's a game engine limitation. I've not looked, but I'd be surprised if the "Deploy" order is available at the destination waypoint given that 'crew' can't deploy anything.

This should be changed.

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