On-map Mortars and Spotting

[GerryCMBB]

Hello All:

I thought the procedure was:

- Mtr unit to be in command

- HQ has LOS to target area

- Give a target order to the Mtr unit.

Cannot get it to work. Units are Green; does that matter?

Thanks,

Gerry

[Fenris]

Yeah that's basically it, do it all the time. If it's too close or far it'll say out of range.

Might be experience, I don't know. Someone else probably does.

Are the mortars behind a tall building? I think if they're positioned too close buildings can block the line of fire.

-F

[ArgusEye]

Are they perhaps still setting up?

[Kanonier Reichmann]

Bear in mind that the LOF drawn from the mortar unit will look as if it's blocked by being black in colour however you can still fire with the unit if the on screen message where the line is traced to is saying "Area Fire". You can bombard away to your hearts content provided the "Area Fire" message comes up, which it should for anywhere the HQ unit can spot.

Regards

KR

[GerryCMBB]

Thanks everyone. It worked today even though I am not quite sure what I did differently. Maybe I was put off by the combo orange-black targeting line?

I thought there was also a Target Wide command or is that only for artillery?

Gerry

[Erwin]

IIRC onmap guns don't have a TARGET WIDE option.

[ArgusEye]

Good that you got it to work. Happy shelling!