Chupacabra Posted September 5, 2000 Share Posted September 5, 2000 I was playing a QB today in which I was attacking, as the Brits, a German-held village. As I was advancing a Daimler scout car towards the village, a previously-unseen AT gun took it out. After the crew bailed out and ran away, none of my units had LOS to the gun, and the graphic was replaced by a cross. I hunkered down and called an artillery strike on the gun's last known location. When the strike came, with the first blast, the cross disappeared and was replaced by the gun graphic, which had apparently been knocked out. When I advanced my troops, I found out that it had, in fact, been knocked out, apparently by that first arty strike. Now, my question is, if I didn't have LOS to the gun at the time it was knocked out, how would I have known that it was knocked out? Unless of course the Wehrmacht trained their men to scream "Mein Gott, es ist kaputt!" at the top of their lungs. Now, if I hadn't seen that droopy gun graphic, I probably would've shelled the area for another turn or so to make sure, but as it was, the strike came at the end of a turn, and I was able to shift fire to another target after only expending three or four rounds. Am I correct that this is a bug, or is there another explanation? I did a search for this, using "spotting bug" as the keywords, but didn't turn anything up. Has this been noticed before? Thanks. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. [This message has been edited by Chupacabra (edited 09-05-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaka Posted September 6, 2000 Share Posted September 6, 2000 hnmm... maybe your men hear them scream in pain ...or yet, heard the AT gun ammo explode... who knows !? João Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb9sog Posted September 6, 2000 Share Posted September 6, 2000 Or perhaps they saw the crew bugging out? ------------------ BJ Simpson Visit www.arrl.org for information about Ham Radio. IN HOC SIGNO VINCES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted September 6, 2000 Author Share Posted September 6, 2000 Nope, no one could see over there. And even if they could see the crew running, how would they say, "hey, that means we definitely knocked out that gun?" I might be able to guess that I knocked out that gun, but should I be able to know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Joe Posted September 6, 2000 Share Posted September 6, 2000 Did the fleeing Daimler crewmen ever have a good LOS of the gun after they had bailed out? ------------------ Ah scheist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted September 6, 2000 Author Share Posted September 6, 2000 Nope. Again, at the time the gun was shelled, none of my units had LOS to it. When the gun was hit, the generic cross icon was replaced by the droopy gun graphic. As none of my units had LOS to the gun, I shouldn't be able to tell if the gun was knocked out or not. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelWeenie Posted September 6, 2000 Share Posted September 6, 2000 In one game a while back (v 1.03, I think) I shelled a very large (12x12 tiles) patch of woods that I saw enemy infantry entering. When calling the arty, I only could see their roundels near the edge of the forest wher I had lost sight of them. After the barrage came, I could see one or two dead infantry pop into being in the middle of the woods! My closest unit to any of these 'corpses' was about 200m away and it's LOS fell about 30m short. I understand there may be programming issues involved, but I don't see why this couldn't be addressed in the same way it is for 'live' units. They remain a roundel until the unit can be sighted by someone. ------------------ Canada: Where men were men, unless they were horses. -Dudley Do-right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted September 7, 2000 Author Share Posted September 7, 2000 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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