Airborne Assault

Janus · 08-28-07, 06:51 AM

Other companies moved into the attack a few minutes after I had taken this screenshot.
In fact I had the formation, frontage, route and most of the other parameters set to "unspecified" or "auto" because I wanted to see what the AI commander comes up with.

I wonder what the aggressiveness parameter does, I suppose it tells the units how much they are allowed to engage targets of opportunity that block the way during the way to the FUP.
Yesterday I saw 2 bataillons moving into their FUP and when the scout element made contact, it remainded stationary while the other forces avoided the enemy and continued moving on a covered route into the FUP.
Nevertheless the single enemy company managed to slow down the attack significantly which in the end meant a total defeat for me in this short 12h scenario.

Does the formation parameter for orders specify the formation of the wole unit (for example a regiment) or for every singel unit seperately? Same about the frontage and depth.

In the meantime I found an AAR for Highway to the Reich which is written in a Tutorial style manner. Unfortunately HTTR is almost impossible to get in Germany from Matrix Games themselves it costs about 40€ + shipping costs

08-28-07, 06:51 AM	#16
Janus XO Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 434 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Other companies moved into the attack a few minutes after I had taken this screenshot. In fact I had the formation, frontage, route and most of the other parameters set to "unspecified" or "auto" because I wanted to see what the AI commander comes up with. I wonder what the aggressiveness parameter does, I suppose it tells the units how much they are allowed to engage targets of opportunity that block the way during the way to the FUP. Yesterday I saw 2 bataillons moving into their FUP and when the scout element made contact, it remainded stationary while the other forces avoided the enemy and continued moving on a covered route into the FUP. Nevertheless the single enemy company managed to slow down the attack significantly which in the end meant a total defeat for me in this short 12h scenario. Does the formation parameter for orders specify the formation of the wole unit (for example a regiment) or for every singel unit seperately? Same about the frontage and depth. In the meantime I found an AAR for Highway to the Reich which is written in a Tutorial style manner. Unfortunately HTTR is almost impossible to get in Germany from Matrix Games themselves it costs about 40€ + shipping costs