futon river crossing Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 How do I setup a pre-planned bombardment with a delay using on board mortars? Time delays are there for the off map arty....... but I can't seem to see them for on board units. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Time delays are not available for on map mortars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Any reason for this? Is it an unrealistic idea? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Any reason for this? Is it an unrealistic idea? I suspect it's just pointless. On-board assets have call times of less than 5 minutes anyway, so you just call it when you need it. Making the call early doesn't allow you to move your spotter until it's delivered anyway, so where's the advantage in setting a delay? As far as I can tell, the only point of putting a timer on a call is for preparatory barrages. Since preplanned barrages at the start of the game do not require LOS, it means you can bring a strike down on somewhere you still won't be able to see at the time of delivery but might not want hitting as soon as you cross the start line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 I wanted to fire my on board 81mm smoke as a pre-planned arty in the setup phase - to add to the smoke from the off map arty, timed to arrive at the same time, as this is insufficient to do the job - not unreasonanble...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 And a prebarrage call is accurate where calling for it later is not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Ah. I get the context now. Permitting delays on preplanned barrages from on-map assets doesn't seem at all unreasonable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Yes - I wanted my on board mortars to arrive at the same time as my preplanned off map artillery at T+5min - no way I could get a spotter in position in time to achieve this. Seems an easy feature to add - as it's already there for off map arty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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