The Bard Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Note: Also posted in tech support I have a question: Can foxholes normally be seen from the start of battle in the middle of an OP? I am currently playing the Carentan Op v.2 as PBEM. I am the Germans (defenders) and he is Allied (attacker). Upon the first turn of the 3rd Battle (a dawn battle after the 1st night) I was able to see his foxholes but no soldiers (I have the feeling it was all of them but I am not sure), all of which were around 200m away and in woods and tall pines. I didn't know if this was normal or not, so I didn't say anything (figuring that it might alert him to my own foxholes and thus give away my distribution of troops if he hadn't seen it already). Also, because I didn't think it was normal, I chose to keep troops stationary and did not drop arty on them. Around turn 15 (now that the foxholes don't matter), I mentioned it to him and he said he could not see my foxholes (which were placed in similar terrain around the map). It doesn't make sense to me that I could see his foxholes but that he couldn't see mine. My platoons were grouped together and they didn't seem to have any particular LOS advantage. Don't know if it is important or not, but we both opted to skip the night battle. So, once again, is this supposed to happen? And, if so, why for the defender and not the attacker? I originally posted this on Blitzkrieg's CM ladder board and the ladder custodian had the same thing happen and suggested I post here. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Just a guess, but perhaps the computer doesn't assign the normal 'stealth bonus' to the attacker's foxholes as it does to the defender. Also, are you sure you're not seeing old foxholes from previous battles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 No, they are not foxholes from previous battles. It happened to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted May 24, 2002 Author Share Posted May 24, 2002 Right. They are certainly not foxholes from the previous battle. Also, I thought about the attacker/defender aspect, but that doesn't make sense because it would actually penalize the attacker for making foxholes. (Defender can guess at enemy force size and where the attack will come from). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted May 24, 2002 Author Share Posted May 24, 2002 Just saw a response was posted in the tech support area where it was called a bug and there had been other posts on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted May 24, 2002 Author Share Posted May 24, 2002 I did some searching and it seems to be a common problem, but one left unaddressed by BTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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