Camoed AT not firing?

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2013, 11:08 AMBabaRoga

I only used camo twice, I thought it doesn't fire by design until the camo is removed......

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2013, 11:23 AMcomputerheat

The guns will fire automatically while in camo, unless you give them a Hold Fire order.

Jump back to quoted post8 Oct 2013, 09:31 AMSgtBulldog

You're in for a pleasant surprise, Baba. Camo is very, very helpfull.

And thanks to Stephen for the hint. It makes sense and I'll be looking for it as a possible cause.

At a related topic, I noticed how LOS doesn't always Work in an intuitive way. If you position a unit behind a bush or something, it may pe pixels deciding if the units has LOS or not. If it doesn't fire, it may mean it doesn't have LOS. And in such cases I have been able to give them LOS by moving the unit a tiny bit.

While this may make sense IRL, I think it's bad for gameplay. A terrain cover entity should either allow or deny LOS in all it range.

Jump back to quoted post10 Oct 2013, 19:09 PMHawk

I'd like to see a small indicator on the cursor perhaps if you have a unit selected and mouse over an enemy unit that the selected unit doesn't have LOS on.

Jump back to quoted post11 Oct 2013, 08:20 AMSgtBulldog

Good idea. Or simply something in the cone display of MGs and AT that show what parts are in and out of LOS/true sight.

Jump back to quoted post11 Oct 2013, 13:09 PMHawk

That would be an improvement, but the units I'm most concerned with are ones like the sniper or SU-85. If you think your sniper has a clear shot and you tell it to force fire on a high priority target in the middle of a large battle, it sometimes decides to run up in the face of the target and usually ends up dead. Same with the SU-85 which depends on its range and doesn't have the best mobility. It can turn the tide of a battle when one of these units wigs out unexpectedly because a pixel gets in the way of their sight!

Jump back to quoted post11 Oct 2013, 18:13 PMSgtBulldog

But how would you display where a sniper has LOS or not?

It sort of requires a whole new set of interface and display. I doubt they'd do that by now. There's no money in it.

Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2013, 02:32 AMHawk

That is why my suggestion is that the cursor change to indicate the unit doesn't have LOS. for example if you have a sniper selected and you move the cursor over a gren squad that the sniper doesn't actually have LOS on the cursor would change to something that would indicate the lack of LOS. That shouldn't be THAT hard or costly to implement.