Elevating infantry units - Page 2

RubberNeck · #11 February 17th, 2006, 03:49 PM

Thanks, Pyros. That does give the added LOS range but it also removes the 'ground floor' from the building. A unit close-assaulting another unit in the street would be exposed to suppressing fire from all around the countryside.

So the question remains, is it possible to implement a helicopter-like elevation mechanism for infantry?

Dean

Pyros · #12 February 17th, 2006, 06:32 PM

Hi,

RubberNeck just look at this tactical suggestion (picture below). I think that this way you may be partially happy.

cheers,
Pyros

RubberNeck · #13 February 17th, 2006, 07:04 PM

Pyros,

That is certainly an acceptable work-around. I've been toying with a WW2 campaign for the Canadians in Ortona which uses a lot of infantry in close quarters. I'll keep working...

Pyros · #14 February 17th, 2006, 07:30 PM

I am glad I helped you a little (and good luck with your campaign designing)!

Btw, the above is not as simple as it looks (no-one has answered the quiz question yet about the designing technique for achieving such results).

The "shift *" is good for map elements, like for example a forest hex, but it can't be used with buildings.

For buildings you need to improvise a little more!

So... can anyone think of this special technique?

cheers,
Pyros

Nox · #15 February 18th, 2006, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Pyros said:
Btw, the above is not as simple as it looks (no-one has answered the quiz question yet about the designing technique for achieving such results).

The "shift *" is good for map elements, like for example a forest hex, but it can't be used with buildings.

For buildings you need to improvise a little more!

So... can anyone think of this special technique?

cheers,
Pyros

Spit it out already!

hoplitis · #16 February 18th, 2006, 03:56 PM

I think that Pyros is putting his buildings on "invisible hills". To understand the term read:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1
Pyros I've been doing my homework !!!

Pepper · #17 February 18th, 2006, 10:31 PM

Whenever I try to use that funciton, weird things happen.

Pyros · #18 February 19th, 2006, 06:19 AM

Gentlemen,

The trick is to first build your special building in the desired location.
Then you select a hill of 1,2,3,...,15 level and you click (in order to create that hill) in the center of the special building.
As a result of the above you will have created a tall special building.

Additionally you may fix any un-desired slope around the building with the "shift *" (this could create problems with the height of the build so you must experiment).

There is also another special technique for giving to buildings extra features but this is a different chapter!

cheers,
Pyros

Cameronius · #19 February 20th, 2006, 10:06 AM

Rubberneck, I would love to play test this Ortona campaign that you are building! Is it going to be for winSPWW2, or are you building it in the old DOS version? [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif[/img]

Cameronius · #20 February 20th, 2006, 10:09 AM

Rubberneck,
I would love to play test this Ortona campaign that you are building. Is it for winSPWW2 or DOSSPWW2? [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif[/img]