Manually Choosing Artillery Target

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Manually Choosing Artillery Target

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If I select a Battery Commander and manually choose a target, shouldn't all my guns now fire at the same target? What I find is one might target it but not the rest.

From the manual:

"There are seven Artillery Combat Orders buttons specific to artillery batteries
and single guns:
Choose Specific Target This button allows the player to choose
the target for the selected battery or gun, rather than the AI.
When this button is selected, a “crosshairs” icon will appear on the
cursor. Place the cursor on an enemy unit and click on it to select
that unit as the target."

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Re: Manually Choosing Artillery Target

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born2see wrote:
If I select a Battery Commander and manually choose a target, shouldn't all my guns now fire at the same target? What I find is one might target it but not the rest.
Was the target visible to all the guns? If the primary target is not in LOS, a gun will look for another. When the target comes into view, the gun will switch back to it.
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Thanks MTG. That was it. You just saved some gunners from summary execution for not following orders. :evil:

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