From what I'm seeing in gameplay and not from understanding the code behind it, I would agree that it appears the spotter that calls it controls it. It also seems that another spotter can "take over" the fire mission by being the one that adjusts fire the next turn. I do these sort of hand-offs when controlling creeping barrages or adjusting fires to concentrate for a massive TOT (time-on-target) strike.
I have no clue if this is really making any difference in real game terms; i.e., making it observed fire.
Two different messages can show before the strike if there is no LOS to the target area. Either “__ spotter has no LOS" or “__ has no spotter”. These can show just prior to the standard message “__ firing indirect fire”. Can anyone explain the difference?
[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/PointRight.gif[/img] The message “__ spotter has no LOS" seems to occur when the intended target hex is in LOS but where the strike landed is not.
[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/PointRight.gif[/img] The message “__ has no spotter” seems to occur when both the intended target hex and where the strike landed is not in LOS.
If you continue fire with that same battery for subsequent turns, no message pops up at all regarding the LOS regardless of whether the spotter (or new spotter given my habit noted above) has LOS or not. You just see the message “__ firing indirect fire”. This is what has been leading me to think the new spotter was effectively controlling the fire mission.
Also, unless I'm missing something, there does not appear to anything that overtly indicates or restricts which spotter is communicating with a particular battery.
Ross
Re: Multiple Arty Spotters - Game Mechanics
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