Increasing delay times with waypoints - not a good system

[Guest Mike]

This new feature of CMBB has been discussed a bit before but I can't find the thread.

Basically the more way-points you give a unit the longer its initial delay time.

I had an extreme example recently when I gave a couple of h/tracks a long movement order along smoe roads. The delay was 180 seconds more-or-less (more for a few, less for a few!).

I only noticed it when I looked at the movie for the turn and a bunch of troops jsut sat there!

Now I could accept BTS's story about it taking time to issue orders, etc.

Except this was on T1!

AND a second group of units was given an order to move to exactly teh same point by a straight line - I got lazy & wanted to see how the AI would path-find for them. They moved out just fine, although their path ended up just as complicated as the original group.

There's a slight problem there IMO!

Now if a Corps level artillery bombardment can occur on T1 for the Russians, you'd think an order to move a kilometer along roads wouldn't be too much to ask for Pzr Grenadiers - or even Waffen Hampsters for that matter (sorry - couldn't resist!).

And you'd think that if an order was going to delay things then it would delay ppl the same amount regardless of how it was given.

sorry BTS - this one rates a C- from me.

Please have another look at it for future patches or games.

[Guest Mike]

Bump - it's a busy day here today!!

[Foxbat]

"AND a second group of units was given an order to move to exactly teh same point by a straight line - I got lazy & wanted to see how the AI would path-find for them. They moved out just fine, although their path ended up just as complicated as the original group."

There is a lesson her, I just can't put my finger on it.

[Guest Mike]

Quite!!

[Kanonier Reichmann]

Trying not to state the bleedin' obvious but perhaps Mike you should rely on the TacAI more to find the suitable route along the road rather than micro-manage to the extent you did with the first example?

Just a suggestion.

Regards

Jim R.

[Guest Mike]

Maybe indeed!

But why should there be a difference in the delay between the two groups any case?

And of course the difference as it stands applies to anyone - AFAIK I didn't get a special versino of the game jsut for me!!

[ November 24, 2002, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: Mike ]

[Tarquelne]

http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=000575

is a thread in which this has been discussed before. (Searched under "waypoint system" - it was the first return.) It answers all the questions you've asked so far. (No one asked your exact questions, IIRC, but the answers are in there.)