Zenomorph Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to somehow check what LOS will be at the position a unit is moving to. I'm pretty sure I saw some guy do this on a CMRT youtube video of one of the tutorial missions. I tried this myself and can't re-create it. Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Yep. Just select the endpoint of the movement path. Then use the TARGET order and you will get a target line from this point. If you don't want to use the TARGET order, just cancel it. This doesn't give you an *exact* reading of LOS/LOF from the endpoint. It's an estimate based on typical stance and deployment for that unit. IME what it shows tends to be conservative. That is, the unit can often see a bit more than what the TARGET line shows, but usually not less. Regardless, it will give you a pretty good idea of what it will and won't be able to shoot at. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Yep. Just select the endpoint of the movement path. Then use the TARGET order and you will get a target line from this point. If you don't want to use the TARGET order, just cancel it. This doesn't give you an *exact* reading of LOS/LOF from the endpoint. It's an estimate based on typical stance and deployment for that unit. IME what it shows tends to be conservative. That is, the unit can often see a bit more than what the TARGET line shows, but usually not less. Regardless, it will give you a pretty good idea of what it will and won't be able to shoot at. Remember that the Target Line will still originate from the unit, not the waypoint you have selected. The information it gives IS as if it started from the waypoint. That tends to confuse people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Remember that the Target Line will still originate from the unit, not the waypoint you have selected. The information it gives IS as if it started from the waypoint. That tends to confuse people. Yes, I was just going to mention this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Oh yeah; right. Forgot to mention that. Thanks, gents. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Malan2 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Yes, the way to see that it is from the waypoint, not the target line origin is to look at the range quoted. Put it near the waypoint and the ranges shrink to zero (or close) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Remember that the Target Line will still originate from the unit, not the waypoint you have selected. The information it gives IS as if it started from the waypoint. That tends to confuse people. Wasn't that changed in RT? Damn, I thought it was. Haven't bought the game yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilM Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Wasn't that changed in RT? Damn, I thought it was. Haven't bought the game yet. Sadly not! One of the things that continues to bug me ... mostly on the basis that, given that the calculations ARE being done from the relevant waypoint and not from the unit location (as evidenced by, inter alia, the range value, as pointed out above), I cannot get my head around how it would not be easier to draw the line from the point at which the calculations are being made (the waypoint) rather from where they are NOT being made (the unit). Can the line drawing routine not just have the waypoint / calculation origin used as its start point? I guess not, otherwise it would have been done by now! Unless it is deliberate, to avoid giving away too precise information from a yet to be reached location???? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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