Vehicle bug

[noob]

In the ME battle "GL In for a Pound", there are five different types of non tank vehicles on the Allied side.
A Bedford, a Morris, a Bren Carrier, a Universal Carrier, and a Jeep.

If each vehicle is given a move path from the set up zone to outside of it, and the vehicle contains a squad, which has a move order to begin once the vehicle stops, only the squad in the Bren Carrier can create a target arc at the last waypoint of its move path.

This is particularily annoying if one wants to drive to a multi storey building, and drop off an observer, as their is no chance of stopping the unit from firing, unless it travels in a Bren Carrier.


 

[A Canadian Cat]

Interesting.  The vehicle that is itself armed is the one that allows the passengers to set a target arc. 

At any rate during setup you can compensate thusly: with no orders for anyone involved dismount the passengers, give them a target arc, remount them and plot your moves.  The passengers will maintain their cover arc orders as long as no other combat related orders are issued - which you cannot seem to do anyway.

[womble]

I hadn't noticed this with respect to TAs, only actual Target/Target Light restrictions for passengers in unarmed vehicles.

[noob]

21 hours ago, IanL said:

Interesting.  The vehicle that is itself armed is the one that allows the passengers to set a target arc. 

At any rate during setup you can compensate thusly: with no orders for anyone involved dismount the passengers, give them a target arc, remount them and plot your moves.  The passengers will maintain their cover arc orders as long as no other combat related orders are issued - which you cannot seem to do anyway.

 

Each time I created an arc for a non mounted unit, then mounted them, the arc would disappear. I tried to give them an arc while mounted, but the arc buttons were not present for mounted units in any vehicles but the Bren Carrier.

I placed squads in all the vehicles, with no move orders for the squads or the vehicles, then tried to give them arc orders. The arc buttons were only present for the squad in the bren carrier.

Once the first turn was completed, the squads in the jeep, and carriers, could create arcs, but the squads in the trucks could not.

Edited May 12, 2016 by noob