Tha_Field_Marshall Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Ok, during the thick of battle with shell craters all over the place, tank and gun shells hitting every where how do you spot your incoming 75mm and 81mm artillery. I am having a heck of a time. Anyone have any good tips. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrl Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Why would you need any help to spot 75mm or 82mm mortar rounds? You know where you’re targeting with the artillery spotters or armored vehicles. You can always rewind the action phase and watch where it’s landing. I understand that 75mm and 82mm artillery craters are small but there are so many craters popping up that is shouldn’t be that hard to see. You can also move to view 2 or 3 to spot incoming 75mm or 82mm artillery strikes. I’ll tell you what is hard spotting and that is 50mm mortar rounds; those shell craters are really small and very hard to spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukkov Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 there's also some mods that make the explosions bigger and noisier. you might d/l them to help you find where your arty is landing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.Tankersley Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 If your artillery is coming in off-target (as it tends to if you target a spot out of LOS) it can be very challenging to find where your fire mission is impacting. If I can't find something in a couple viewings I tend to try to narrow down the search area by sound. One thing that might help would be going to a high overhead view (say 7 or 8) and using shift-I to change to "fast, compatible" smoke. The explosions might show up a bit better then. [ October 06, 2002, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: L.Tankersley ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 In CM you don't have to correct/adjust FFEs, so just target your arty where you want/need and hope it's falling on top ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.Tankersley Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Originally posted by Pascal DI FOLCO: In CM you don't have to correct/adjust FFEs, so just target your arty where you want/need and hope it's falling on top ... Not true. The CM:BB manual states: When you find your artillery strike to be off the mark, or if you simply want to adjust or "walk" the aiming point a short distance (even after the strike has begun), you will need to adjust your fire. ... Adjusted fire can STILL be inaccurate, though it is a lot more probable that it will fall on target than the first strike. So you still need to watch the landing of the actual barrage to be able to re-adjust again if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Turning the trees and doodads off can help too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Field_Marshall Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 Thanks for the suggestions, without line of sight, with an all out battle raging its is still extremly difficult to spot incoming small caliber artillery. I guess I just gonna quit playing. NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 I believe (at least this is how it used to work on the Beta) you can ONLY adjust fire that was targeted within your spotters LOS. That means if you're calling in artillery blind -- to the far side of a hill for example -- not only will your artillery fire be much more inaccurate (like off the board sometimes!), you won't be able to adjust fire either. CMBB artillery fire can be hard to see sometimes, especially the small caliber stuff falling on a huge map... in a rainstorm... at dusk. [ October 07, 2002, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: MikeyD ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Field_Marshall Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 Thanks for the suggestions, without line of sight, with an all out battle raging its is still extremly difficult to spot incoming small caliber artillery. I guess I just gonna quit playing. NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Field_Marshall Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 sorry for the double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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