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AA Movement Prior to Firing
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:40 pm
by verstaubtgesicht
I should know this by now, but I've seldom used AA's, as they occupy valuable slots and are used infrequently (use fighters instead). However, occasionally they are handy, especially in defensive battles where 88's can toggle and become tank killers, and in some scenarios they come as auxiliary units. What puzzles me is that if an opponent's fighter ends up parked within the range of my AA, sometimes I can just fire at it without moving, and sometimes I have to move the AA before firing. Insights?
Re: AA Movement Prior to Firing
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:17 pm
by huertgenwald
This problem occurs, if the AA gun is under the plane. Press [TAB] (Toggle Ground/Air Surface).
It's the 3rd small button from the left above the overview map.
Re: AA Movement Prior to Firing
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:18 am
by boredatwork
It has to do with the work around the developers added as sometimes players would want to shoot at an aircraft, while other times (albeit rarely) players would want to move your AA UNDER one aircraft to get in range of another farther away. How does the program know whether you want to shoot at an aircraft or move under it? By what "layer" (Air units/Ground Units) you are viewing when you click on the hex.
This should help:
boredatwork wrote:
LOOK AT WHAT BUTTON IS BEING PRESSED.
The button I am pressing in the different screen shots is the circled "(TAB) TOGGLE GROUND/AIR SURFACE" button near the Purchase "$" button, NOT the "SWITCH (W)" button above "clear (X,Y)" that switches an 88 between AT and AA modes.
The 8.8cm Flak is in AA mode in both screen shots - I'm not touching the "Switch (W)" mode button.
^ By default when I select any AA, being a ground unit, it defaults to viewing ground units - notice the 2 bunkers are big while the tac bombers above them are small. In this view AA units move by default ***if there is an empty space under the air units.*** Obviously if it can't move under an air unit, either because there is a ground unit or terrain blocking it's path, OR you've already moved it this turn, then it gives you the option to fire by default, which is why I can still target the aircraft over the bunkers, the bunkers preventing me from moving there.
^ Notice in this shot, with my 88 still selected, I've hit the ground/air button and I'm now viewing the air units - the tac bombers are big and the bunkers underneath are small. In this view an AA unit will fire at an aircraft, in this case either the Pe-2 or the fighter, even though there is an empty space under it.
Re: AA Movement Prior to Firing
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:54 pm
by verstaubtgesicht
Great, thanks. I use the tab toggle all the time, just never occurred to me to use it for this purpose!
