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Problem with FO and off-map arty - 6/29/2000 5:52:00 AM

defenseman

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Hey guys, hope someone can help us out. My roomie and I are playing a meeting engagement with version 1 and he has a problem with off-map arty. I am posting for him and I don't think I have all the details, for obvious reasons, but here is the skinny. He has a Forward Observer (FO) and ONE 155mm arty battery off-map. From what I can gather, the FO unit is NOT near another unit, and every time he tries to call in arty support, the arty window pops open, but he can't 'click' anything. I can't remember back to SP3 if you have to be near an HQ unit with your FO for it to 'work.' Or, if you have to 'attach' your FO unit with your arty unit before the game starts. Could someone in the know help me out here and possibly give me some thing for my opponent to try? We ARE playing with CC ON, everything else is default. Thanks in advance!

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Sincerely, The Defenseman "Offense wins battles, but defense wins wars"

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- 6/29/2000 6:54:00 PM

Tommy

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It appears that he was just seeing the effect of the notorious "out of contact" feature. There are many threads here on this topic. The off-board arty can't take a fire mission from the FO because they can't figure out how to put the batteries in their radio or something. Tom

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- 6/30/2000 3:32:00 AM

Paul Vebber