This game could be great for me but..

ace76543 · #1 03-20-2010, 05:53 PM

My characters move around on their own. My tanks randomly switch from ap shells to he shells to rear machine gun to forward machine gun etc. I tell my men to go one way, they start, then turn around and go in some random direction. Why is this happening? This is a really interesting game but I'm on the verge of uninstalling it and throwing it out because there's no use in having a strategy game where your units mess up your strategy because they feel like taking an afternoon stroll. Seriously, what gives?

robi120 · #2 03-20-2010, 08:03 PM

Change the move-mode to hold,its that arrow in unit desc.This way your units will no matter what stay in that position(they will move ONLY if a tank tryes to run them over and this happens rarley).

And with the tanks,thers AI changes HE-AP shell.Go to direct controrl if you want to control them.

ace76543 · #3 03-21-2010, 12:56 AM

how do you see inside of buildings when your units are in them? how do you go to the upper floors?

Korsakov829 · #4 03-21-2010, 03:25 AM

Men of War seriously needs a tutorial.

ace76543 · #5 03-21-2010, 04:13 PM

anyone?

kane1 · #6 03-22-2010, 12:53 AM

Some buildings you can put your guys at the windows, like towers, and certain trees. When they go into a two story building if you zoom in on your guy the building goes transparent. There are certain buildings with stairs that you can get to the second floor but very few.

Feh · #7 08-27-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by robi120

Change the move-mode to hold,its that arrow in unit desc.This way your units will no matter what stay in that position(they will move ONLY if a tank tryes to run them over and this happens rarley).

There are also some scripted sequences where your guys, even though they are set to "do not move" mode, will charge to some location. For example, in the first German mission, this happens a couple of times. Just band select everyone and hit S (for stop) on the keyboard.

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And with the tanks,thers AI changes HE-AP shell.Go to direct controrl if you want to control them.

Sadly, this is one of the most annoying bugs in the game. Tanks often ignore other tanks strolling around them and engage some unimportant infantry. The only fix is to manually give each tank an enemy tank as target. Pause the game, give orders, then resume it. This is how I play it. Direct fire control only works if you have just one tank to worry about.

Another feature that I find missing is the ability to set the main gun to "hold fire", while allowing the MGs to fire.