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That's true but honestly I had never noticed it before. Usually I have, at most, 2-3 artillery units in a support position. So I guess it makes sense to not spend a lot of time trying to code any kind of realism into those situations. But now I'll always be watching to see if there's ever any variation.
cw58 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:06 am Interesting question! I ran several tests and these are my conclusions.
All the artillery units that are adjacent to a unit that is under attack will use supporting fire. The firing order of those artillery units is not effected by the size of the guns, strength points of the artillery or by its RoF. It appears that the placement of the artillery is what determines the order of supporting fire.
artillery support.jpg
In this screenshot, we have these units with several different RoF's:
1. 15cm sFH(t)
2. 7.5cm FK 16nA
3. 15cm sIG 33
4. 10.5cm leFH 18
5. 7.5cm leIG 18
The support firing began at position 1 and then proceeded clockwise. Position 5 was the last to fire; the 7.5cm leIG 18 also has the highest rate of fire. In all my tests, the firing began at that "8 o'clock" position and then continued clockwise. If there was no artillery unit at a position, the firing sequence continued at the next occupied position.
One other interesting thing: in the screenshot above, all the artillery units fired in support even though the attacker was destroyed by the 3rd artillery counter-attack. Hope that helps.
Whether the unit is cannon, rocket or mortar doesn't matter; if the unit is class 4, it behaves in this manner. The only other artillery-type class is Class #18 and that class doesn't provide supporting fire.bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:36 amcw58 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:06 am Interesting question! I ran several tests and these are my conclusions.
All the artillery units that are adjacent to a unit that is under attack will use supporting fire. The firing order of those artillery units is not effected by the size of the guns, strength points of the artillery or by its RoF. It appears that the placement of the artillery is what determines the order of supporting fire.
artillery support.jpg
In this screenshot, we have these units with several different RoF's:
1. 15cm sFH(t)
2. 7.5cm FK 16nA
3. 15cm sIG 33
4. 10.5cm leFH 18
5. 7.5cm leIG 18
The support firing began at position 1 and then proceeded clockwise. Position 5 was the last to fire; the 7.5cm leIG 18 also has the highest rate of fire. In all my tests, the firing began at that "8 o'clock" position and then continued clockwise. If there was no artillery unit at a position, the firing sequence continued at the next occupied position.
One other interesting thing: in the screenshot above, all the artillery units fired in support even though the attacker was destroyed by the 3rd artillery counter-attack. Hope that helps.
Specifically rocket artillery and mortars, how do they behave ! ?
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Реактивная_артиллерия
https://warspot.ru/11001-glazami-fronto ... -minomyoty
For example, the Coastal Armored Batteries are great at repelling enemy aircraft and artillery )cw58 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:25 pmWhether the unit is cannon, rocket or mortar doesn't matter; if the unit is class 4, it behaves in this manner. The only other artillery-type class is Class #18 and that class doesn't provide supporting fire.bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:36 amcw58 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:06 am Interesting question! I ran several tests and these are my conclusions.
All the artillery units that are adjacent to a unit that is under attack will use supporting fire. The firing order of those artillery units is not effected by the size of the guns, strength points of the artillery or by its RoF. It appears that the placement of the artillery is what determines the order of supporting fire.
artillery support.jpg
In this screenshot, we have these units with several different RoF's:
1. 15cm sFH(t)
2. 7.5cm FK 16nA
3. 15cm sIG 33
4. 10.5cm leFH 18
5. 7.5cm leIG 18
The support firing began at position 1 and then proceeded clockwise. Position 5 was the last to fire; the 7.5cm leIG 18 also has the highest rate of fire. In all my tests, the firing began at that "8 o'clock" position and then continued clockwise. If there was no artillery unit at a position, the firing sequence continued at the next occupied position.
One other interesting thing: in the screenshot above, all the artillery units fired in support even though the attacker was destroyed by the 3rd artillery counter-attack. Hope that helps.
Specifically rocket artillery and mortars, how do they behave ! ?
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Реактивная_артиллерия
https://warspot.ru/11001-glazami-fronto ... -minomyoty
But if anyone has a unique situation that doesn't follow this pattern, it would be interesting to hear about it.
Edit: I guess capital ships & some types of structure are also artillery-like units but they don't provide supporting fire either.
