General Jack Ripper Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I came across a curious phenomenon. Playing Breaking the Bocage on Veteran, I hid my Co HQ in the middle of the wooded lot. I thought they would be safe, clear from any possible line of sight. Apparenly I was wrong, as the AI dropped mortars directly on their position. My question is, is the wooded lot some sort of preplanned target for the AI, or is the AI cheating by targeting hidden troops? I also suffered mortar attacks against a pair of my own mortars, who were hidden behind a big hedgerow. There is no possible way the AI could have spotted them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Springelkamp Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 The AI can fire at suspicious places (helped by a hint from the scenario designer), as you may do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jack Ripper Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 The AI can fire at suspicious places (helped by a hint from the scenario designer), as you may do. I understand that. What I am saying is that there was no possible way the AI had a line of sight to the marked location, thus they wouldn't be able to call in a fire mission on that location unless it was a preplanned strike. Which is the question I asked in the previous post. Was it a preplanned strike, or an AI spotting bug? Considering that the mortars landed directly on my troops position, and nowhere else, I think it's the latter. 5 rounds were fired, with 3 hits causing 4 casualties, in the middle of dense woods surrounded on all sides by tall hedgrows. I'm talking freakishly laser accurate mortar fire here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 There are also TRPs. They give a large area of ground that's considered in LOS to any spotter, even one at the back of the map surrounded by high walls It may be that you set your mortars up somewhere the AI (or the designer? I haven't studied how AI plans are set up) decided would be a good place for mortars. You might've just gotten unlucky and parked where the German preplanned bombardment was zeroed. Do you (the player) see incoming rounds that your pixeltruppen don't see, in Veteran mode? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jack Ripper Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 No, I did not see the incoming rounds themselves, I only heard the incoming and saw the impacts. I had not considered the presence of a TRP, that would make more sense to have one in the middle of the forest. I will hotseat the battle and investigate further. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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