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Greg McCarty -> (2/18/2001 9:34:00 AM)
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Originally posted by halstein:
Hi.
I was playing a generated battle(43 Ger vs USSR), and was attacked by a Pe-2. It tried to take out one of my Tigers. In a hex next to the Tiger, I had a inf sqaud. The Pe-2 was in the same hex as my inf-squad. This squad got hit hard and surrendered. Is this supposed to happen? I mean, how do one surrender to a aircraft?
Halstein.
This is not unusual, and it has been pointed out before. It works something like this:
When an infantry type unit reaches a certain
point of suppression and loss, (heavy damage)
an algorithm checks to see if there is an adjacent enemy unit. If there is, then a decision is made based on a number of things
such as morale, whether or not this damaged
unit might be inclined to surrender. If it is determined that it does, the unit disappears and is presumed lost into captivity. During an air attack involving an infantry type target, something similar can happen. The aircraft, in this case, satisfies the program requirement for an adjacent enemy unit, and the algorithm, being a dumb mathematical probability engine, is not sophisticated enough to understand that it might be awkward for the aircrew to lead away prisoners. Its a minor code bug, and someday it might be corrected to avoid surrender where an aircraft is the only adjacent enemy unit. Ignore the message and simply assume the unit was destroyed.
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Greg.
37 mill AA...
can suddenly ruin your day.
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