Der Kuenstler Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Is it just as bad for an AFV to be out of command as a squad or is it not as big of a deal? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 As far as I know, AFV command is more or less the same as infantry command. The HQ vehicle has the same characteristrics and vehicle crews can panic, too. And sometimes crews bail out even if the vehicle is not damaged, but got hit a few times... so if you morale is boosted, they won´t do it, I think. But as my HQ vehicles are reglarly shot up the first in nearly every gamne, I can´t tell exactly... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwdjohn Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 obviously the AI can tell which of the 5 shermans is the hq. right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tar Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 So can you, after a while, although the indications are subtle. You have to look at the portrait of the tank crewman. The commander is different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 OK, maybe I´m just too stupid to use my HQ properly. And, after all, I forget that for identification purposes the HQ tank would have been quite distinct from the others... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt AA Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 "You have to look at the portrait of the tank crewman. The commander is different." I play at maximum FOW, so for me that is seldom a possibillity. But the AI always seems to know the differens. :confused: Regards/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 @Sgt AA: Well, in reality HQ´s have more radio equipment installed on the tanks - that´s visible. Maybe that´s simulated when the AI hits your/our HQ´s more often than not first. Problem is we don´t have the same chance as we play with extreme FOW... though I don´t want to scale down it, I don´t know what we could do about it otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 Originally posted by Sgt AA: "You have to look at the portrait of the tank crewman. The commander is different." I play at maximum FOW, so for me that is seldom a possibillity. But the AI always seems to know the differens. :confused: Regards/ Obviously you can't see the TC portrait. The Tac AI, which both your commanders on the ground and the AI's commanders use, targets the highest value unit first, taking into account other things like likelyhood of killing etc. It's a workaround in the code but it works reasonably well. Of course, terrible gamey people will crest with all their tanks and then move their HQ tank back and forth in and out of LOS, thus making the enemy target the HQ, then the other tanks, then the HQ again etc and therefore lose the increased chance-to-kill ratio, while their own are happily scoring hits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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