jmac Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 i'm still very new to CM. could someone explain "sound contacts". by the way, i've retired all my talonsoft wargames to the garage to make room for my "one and only". the wait is killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Sound contacts are just that...imagine your lying face down in a clump of trees, muddy and scared out of your wits!...you hear the sound of a tank coming towards you in the distance. You don't know what sort of tank it is and you can't see it, but you sure can hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted June 1, 2000 Author Share Posted June 1, 2000 is that something that my units react to-sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 The fact that they've made sound contact is a reaction. They know something is there even if they can't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperscope Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Me too Jmac, all of my former wargames are now coasters. Never again will I play a hex based 2d war game. CM has dam near everything. sniperscope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 You can attempt to target a sound contact, but more often than not your PBEM opponent will ask on the next turn: "What are you shooting at open ground for?" Yes, this is from personal experience. ------------------ We are both men of action. Lies do not become us. — Westley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Yep...i have 15 other games (mostly wargames) on my pc...and i haven't played any of them for months...i originally found out about the game via a wargamers newsgroup and i haven't touch anything else since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy 4 Eyes Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Are there any units better at accuracy with sounds contacts.. i.e. green vs. veteran? Has anyone had any luck at all with targeting sound contacts? I know the game is high speed but does the terrain effect these (like bouncing off hills or building?) Lots of questions and no answers. ------------------ Jimmy 4 Eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Do not target sound contacts - it's a complete waste of ammo. Sound contacts appear on the map in a very general direction of where the sound comes from. Although you might see them on the map, they are most likely NOT where you see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G4A Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Heavy artillery against a large area can sometimes work against a sound contact. I'd wait until I can see something, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Targeting sound contacts is a big waste of time and ammo and just exposes your guys position. Generally speaking, in the experiments I've done, the actual unit is a good 20-40m away from the sound contact icon you actually see when the contact is made. The only exception to this that I can think of, and G4A mentioned above, is if you were expecting a massive assault from your enemy and at the end of a turn you saw several sound contacts grouped in a certain area. In that case if you had some mortars w/ LOS to this area (probably w/ lot's of extra rounds to "waste") you might want to just start dumping area fire (i.e. don't directly target the sound contact, although I don't think it will let you do this anyway) in order to start breaking up the attack, cause some casualties, etc. I usually target these area fires about 10-20m in front of where I "see" any kind of enemy unit as they will often be moving forward during the next turn and can actually move past your targeted area with little damage. Also, larger caliber / spotted artillery use in such cases probably won't do you much good as the reaction time for the shells to start coming in at the target point takes too long. Mikester out. [This message has been edited by Mikester (edited 06-01-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grunto Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Has anyone thought of taking a half-squad and putting it in a clump of trees somewhere far away from the rest of the force, then having it move back and forth a tiny bit on fast in order to try to make noise? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott Clinton Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Just wait until we get night fighting and full fog /rain/snow weather effects... ------------------ Please note: The above is solely the opinion of 'The Grumbling Grognard' and reflects no one else's views but his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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