A couple of questions on the demo

[Kingfish]

1) How does one determine LOS when placing units in setup?

2) Is there a way of changing the firepower exchanges for a unit so as to speed up the game play. For instance, a T80 firing on an infantry team will shoot 3 times (1 each for main gun, heavy MG and light MG). Is there any way to change this so that the FP rating for all 3 weapons are applied once per engagment?

[MajorH TacOps Developer]

>1) How does one determine LOS when placing units in setup?

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From Page 21 of the tutorial.

Confirming Line of Sight

Units can only see and fire at each other when there is a clear line of sight between them. Line

of sight can be blocked by intervening woods, towns, large structures, and higher ground. The

Line of Sight Check menu item allows you to drag a line across the map that reveals the range

between the start and end points and indicates if the line of sight along the line is clear or

blocked.

Select the Line of Sight Check item in the Map menu.

A cross hair will appear on the map. While holding down the mouse button, click on the map

and drag the cross hair around the screen. The range between the start and end of the line is

shown at the bottom of the screen as well as the terrain elevation, terrain type, and the UTM grid

coordinates of the end point. [uTM grid coordinates are explained in the User's Guide.] If the

cross hair remains clear then the line of sight is clear. If the cross hair turns black then the line of

sight is blocked. If the cross hair turns gray then there is a clear line of sight to a target point but

the point is beyond the scenario's maximum visibility limit. Release the mouse button to quit.

You just checked the line of sight of a unit using normal day vision – in other words eyesight.

Smoke will block normal line of sight. Smoke may or may not block the line of sight of a unit

equipped with a thermal imaging device. To check thermal line of sight, select the Thermal

LOS Check item in the Map menu. The routine works the same from this point on.

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Once a unit is on the map you can also check LOS by opening a unit's orders window and clicking on the button labeled "LOS".

>2) Is there a way of changing the firepower exchanges for a unit so as to

>speed up the game play. For instance, a T80 firing on an infantry team

>will shoot 3 times (1 each for main gun, heavy MG and light MG). Is there

>any way to change this so that the FP rating for all 3 weapons are applied

>once per engagment?

No. The only way to speed up game play is to turn off weapon firing sounds by selecting the "Options/Use Click Sound" menu item.