tjd5222 Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Help! My on screen mortars will not fire. I know they must have LOS to target, or have their CO with LOS, however, I cannot get them to fire even with these parameters. What am I doing wrong? My men are getting creamed with no mortar support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Check if the unit is within Minimum or Maximum range. Look at stats for unit and see what it says. This should really be apparent as when plotting file it says "Out Of Range". If they really have LOS (or Command Radius) and the above is OK then there should be no problem. I should not have to mention this but what is there ammo status / morale status? Either of these could mean they might not fire. The final thing I can think of is if you are targeting a unit that the crew don't think they can damage. If this is the case the crew will decide not to fire. (It will show as targetted and then drop the target as the turn starts.) If you really want to target that unit, then target ground near it. This might get you a hit but if your crew are telling you that they will not damage it then it is better to target something else. This of course could mean you waste a whole salvo at a spot of ground where the unit was 5 seconds ago but the moves well away and you waste a lot of ammo on an empty spot of real estate. (Possibly pissing off a few rabbits or badgers?) H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltie Lad Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Check to insure that the crew is still crewing the mortar. I had a crew just walk away from their weapon, and their pistols were obviously out of range when I'd put the target cursor out there. I don't remember seeing the mortar come under fire which could cause the crew to get the "H" out of dodge, but it must have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Here is another explination. You also had another CO in the area and that CO was moving. Before motars fired he bacame the CO for the mortars but did not have the LOS that the other CO had, thus not firing. I've been botherd by this more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjd5222 Posted June 24, 2001 Author Share Posted June 24, 2001 Thank you all for your responses. I will try the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 This may sound very obvious but I'm gonna ask anyway. Your mortars aren't in a building are they? They won't fire if they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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