AI repositioning arty strikes

[Tazak]

Playing a PBEM game, I went to make a infantry attack using a blanket of smoke covering several hexes, only to watch 3 of my smoke missions suddenly fire on the same hex containing a enemy unit.

I've noticed it since 2.04 but normally with standard (HE) fire missions being moved onto an enemy unit that had moved so didn't think much too it until the above happened.

Saved game attached

[CapnDarwin]

Good point. Smoke and mines should both not track targets. I'll run this up the flagpole and see if it an easy fix we can get into 2.05.

[guderian68]

Hi to all

I also noticed that the artillery track target also if out of sight.
You can reply this in Witch's Caulduron scenario plotting a strike on hex 3616 before starting the scenario without putting any unit able to see over the river.
Every time (well 3 over 3 for me) the artillery move to 3517.
Best regards

Paolo

[CapnDarwin]

Paolo, thanks for the report, we will look at this tonight. Unfortunately the 2.05 patch/hoxfix is already in the hands of Matrix. We will add this to a 2.06 bug list when we confirm it.

[IronMikeGolf]

I need to set up a test, but I think I have seen the AI staff firing smoke as follow-on missions. By that I mean, I order a single smoke mission and two or three get fired.

I think I have seen the same with ICM and mines.

[CapnDarwin]

We are looking at a number of changes to Artillery and how it is used and tracked for 2.1. A number of these things will be corrected or adjusted then.

[pzgndr]

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin
the 2.05 patch/hoxfix is already in the hands of Matrix.

Danke sehr! [&o]