bighead Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Hi there, Anyone has the same problem? My 81mm mortar wouldn't fire onto the enemies cos the crew 'sight was blocked. Is it a bug? Should I be able fire the mortar indirectly regardless of LOS?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Your mortars need to be in the command radius of a HQ that does have LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabot Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Berli is right. IIRC, The only exception to that is when they are hitting the target reference point. ------------------ "I do like to see the arms and legs fly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Black Sabot is correct... I forgot about that one. And remember, those can be placed anywhere on the map... not just setup zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Also, you MUST use area target. If you directly target an enemy, you effectively tell your crew to wait until that target appears in LOS and then hit it. This is a command you can give to all units by targeting an enemy out of LOS. So for mortars to "understand" that you want them to fire NOW you make sure you have the yellow area fire target line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Great answers. I was having the same problem as bighead. Now I can rip my opponent appart. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DrD: Also, you MUST use area target. If you directly target an enemy, you effectively tell your crew to wait until that target appears in LOS and then hit it. This is a command you can give to all units by targeting an enemy out of LOS. So for mortars to "understand" that you want them to fire NOW you make sure you have the yellow area fire target line.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually this was changed right after the Demo version was released. In the final version you can now target out of LOS units too and if you are getting the sighting through an HQ unit it will automatically area fire at the location of the unit targeted (In the demo it wont fire at all!). If you DONT have an HQ unit in place and 'spotting' for the mortar, the mortar team will revert to the behavior as mentioned above...i.e. they will wait unit the targeted unit comes into valid LOS. Just remember, you have to have a HQ with C&C to the mortar teams and the HQ HAS to have and maintain LOS to the targets (either area or unit). As soon as either is broken the mortars will cease fire. Although the wisest way to use the HQ is to just hide him somewhere where he has a great LOS and stick the mortars teams aways behind him out of site... Works GREAT in VoT! Madmatt ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! CMHQ-Annex, The Alternative side of Combat Mission Combat Mission HQ CMHQ-Annex Proud members of the Combat Mission WebRing [This message has been edited by Madmatt (edited 05-31-2000).] [This message has been edited by Madmatt (edited 05-31-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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