large Vehicle shooting

[nostradunwhich]

There appears to be a variation in how large vehicles target an enemy unit. In the original HoN board game, the rules for shooting from a long (2 space) vehicle is:

Whenever a two-space vehicle targets a unit, it can choose the center of either of its spaces as the starting point of its LoS.

Vehicles in this game do not do that (from what I can see). I realized it was an issue when I had a tank at a 45 degree angle in a wheat field and tried to shoot at an infantry unit. Instead of a single -1 for the square between the two targets, I got a -2 modifier since the line was calculated from the center of the tank (apparently) rather than the front square. I understand this is an issue with the current UI and trying to keep the game play flowing, but it does lead to some surprises for players of the board game trying things that should be possible, but suddenly you cannot draw the line past the edge of a bocage.

Edit to add: Sorry I did not grab a screen cap. Basically, the tank was in a wheat field at a 45 degree angle, the enemy unit was 2 squares straight "up" from the front space of the tank. When I tried to shoot with the machine gun, both the space between the two, and the one just to the left (2 spaces "above" the back of the tank) showed a -1 LoS modifier.

[visualrob]

Hi, nostradunwich!

The rules for the LoS of the vehicles are faithful to the original board game. In the case of fire to/from vehicles, a LoS is taken to/from the squares that guarantee the best probability for the shot.

This discussion on Steam shows a case similar to the one you experienced.

It's a pity that we can't have a screenshot to analyze. It would be very useful to understand if this is a special case that triggers some strange behavior of the LoS-checker.
If something weird happens again, remember that CTRL+R sends us a crash report with all the info about the current game state.

Thanks for reporting: I hope this happens again and we can sort it out.

[nostradunwhich]

I will keep an eye out and see if it happens again.

It was the first Challenge Map (Home Alone)