Squad Positioning/Formation

[panzermartin]

Since we'll get 1:1 presentation, I wonder if taking cover or good firing positions will be a problem without some adjustment from the player.

Eg, I want the squad to take position behind a wall in a spread line formation firing above the wall or take cover behind a single tank with all of the men packed in minimal space. Company of Heroes uses a quite effective way to do this and in TOW you can manually move them in desired spots. Are we going to see something similar in CMSF?

[NoxSpartana]

Yeah I hope it's something like Company of Heroes (which is a system strikingly similar to Full Spectrum Warrior's)

[JaguarUSF]

Troops in the game will automatically try and find cover if issued a move or slow command, or when exiting a vehicle.

Troops will also move using cover automatically if cover is available (walking in a trench or in trees or behind a hill instead of down the road).

They will also find cover if issued a face direction command.

You can also press the evade button that will erase all commands and instruct the unit to take cover immediately.

[Moon]

CMSF is using a similar approach (from what I have seen of CoH and FSW). It's called "action spots". So the squad/team/unit automatically knows what it's supposed to do at a given location (wall, house corner, door) without requiring input from the player.

It is important to keep in mind however that while the visual representation in CMSF is 1:1, the game still is using the squad/team/unit as the smallest unit that the player can command. You cannot command individual soldiers (unless a team/crew happens to be just one guy).

Martin

[panzermartin]

Thanks. I had heard of the action spots before but wasnt quite sure how the engine makes use of them.

[General_solomon]

i love actions spots. This was my favorite feature in FSW.

this game is going to be awesome.

[Cpl Steiner]

I just found this old pre-release thread. A good example of hype versus the reality methinks. Sigh.