Capnahab70 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Ok, tear me a new one if you want. I've read the manual, and I've searched the forums. I've done trial-and-error in game. I'm sure the answer is right in front of me. BUT. I can't find it or figure it out and it's killing me! Here it is: When you have placed an ambush point, how do you then remove it? It's driving me nuts. I picked up CMBB first, so the ambush points obviously weren't a factor for me in that one. Just grabbed CMBO and I'm liking it - obviously - except for that little problem. Any and all help is appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsatian Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 If no units target an ambush marker for a few turns, the ambush marker goes away on it's own. You can't just erase it yourself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnahab70 Posted February 23, 2004 Author Share Posted February 23, 2004 Got it. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klapton Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 You don't need to remove it. An HQ can place as many ambushes as you wish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Not entirely true. There is a maximum allowable number of ambush markers in the game. I know this is uber mechanics groggy, but it's been discussed before and has something to do with the total number of units constraint so I believe it varies with the force size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwithnoname Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 OK recently in a PBEM game I was taking a hammering from 2 Tigers. I had a Firefly on HIDE on ambush. I waited and waited but they weren't coming his way. Then I saw my opportunity away from the ambush marker. A Tiger had turned its back armour on me. Drove fast. HUNT. a 90% chance to hit. Kill: Good. BUT!!! when I got there my 17 pdr gun was still pointing at the ambush marker - 180 degrees in the wrong direction!!! Laugh. I could have cried! What should I have done? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Question: Did you manually target the Tiger? Or did you just trust your Firefly to do the sensible thing and kill the beast? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwithnoname Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 I trusted the Firefly to do the sensible thing. It couldn't 'see' the Tiger at the start of the move so I didn't target the Tiger. Should I have targetted it? (It turned out alright in the end. Fortunately the Firefly's turret turned quicker than the Tiger's and one shot was enough to KO. But it could have been very embarrassing!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Yeah, you should just target the tiger. The line will hold for some amount of the turn even without LOS. You could have alternatively give a rotate order to where the Tiger would have appeared. In any case, untarget the ambush marker. I gave up on ambushes entirely in CMBO in favor of hiding due to the problems with modeling. The long term solution is to switch to BB/AK where cover arcs remove most of these problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwithnoname Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Thanks. Next time I'll target the Tiger or whatever. Better still I think I'll just give up on ambush markers altogether. I would swap to CMAK but my friend/opponent can't get it to run properly on his machine. Besides we both like NW Europe theatre of operations. Perhaps an up-dated version of CMBO would be the answer! Anyway, thanks again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Well, I wouldn't give up on Ambush Markers altogether in CMBO, as they are the only reliable way for your guns and infantry to hold their fire. If you don't instruct your units so, they will open up when you least want them too, like 99% of the time! BTW I believe the hard limit for Ambush Markers was 25, ran into that a few times in Huge battles, been awhile since I played CMBO so could be mistaken. Ron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 You can model just about everything in NW Europe with CMAK. That's what I do. I almost never play in Africa. There are also a growing number of classic CMBO scenarios that have been transferred to AK. Many are at Boots and Tracks if you're interested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwithnoname Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Thanks. I am and I'll take a look. Just need to get my friend's AK up and running! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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