Viperfish Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hi all, I'm currently involved in a my first CMBB PBEM and am trying to get cover arcs to work with mortars. The mortars have direct LOS to the area which I want them to cover but the enemy arriving in this patch of woods didn't trigger the expected rain of 81mm mortar fire I wanted Any ideas? They are not hidden but in any case this should make no difference with the cover arc command I think... I'm still playing unpatched since my opponent only has a 56K modem and he is still downloading the 60Mb. I didn't see this mentioned in the fix list so can only suppose I am doing something wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoss Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Are you sure they're in range & have LOS? I'm not sure if mortars will automatically fire in covered arc with a spotter's help, but I would guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrapin Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 If they can't get a LOS to the target, they won't shoot blind. You can do an area fire, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viperfish Posted December 4, 2002 Author Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hi Guys, They have clear LOS and are in range and I'm not using a command unit to spot for them. My enemy had to cross some clear ground to get to the woods and I wanted the mortars to start firing as he crossed this area. The mortars had a flank position and a clear view as he crossed... Any more thoughts? Not sure why you can give them the cover arc command if it doesn't work for them ? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Jerkov Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I believe they can and do... but unclear in why the are not in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viperfish Posted December 4, 2002 Author Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hmmm - you are right Major - it does work. I just generated a map in the scenario editor and tested it. I can get it to work here but not sure why it is not working in the battle itself... It may be a time thing i.e. not enough time to see the troops crossing and fire the round off. Perhaps I expect too much of my troops [ December 04, 2002, 06:54 AM: Message edited by: Viperfish ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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