Early M1s are completely different beasts compared to the M1A1 and M1A1HA that were used in Desert Storm. If you expect them to perform in the same manner, you’re in for a rude awakening.

Fair enough but there has to be a better way of using terrain and cover for vehicles, especially now that ...

The BLUFOR M1s seem much too fragile. Their survival rate is so poor, even when used cautiously, that either they are completely outgunned by REDFOR or the game simply does not enable the player to find effective defilade. When they are positioned to engage, they claim a couple of hits before they ...

Apologies if I missed something simple but I’m wondering if there’s a selectable overlay for weapon system ranges. It would certainly be helpful with positioning vehicles, etc. Thanks in advance!


For helicopters only. Weapons can have multiple ammunition types so it would be quite messy ...

Playing as BLUFOR, I can’t figure out how to leverage a tank platoon to anything approaching its full capacity on the battlefield. They go down like skittles, even from frontal shots from a distance. I think the problem is that I don’t know how cover works in this game. How can I give tanks — and ...

It takes a little getting used to. The transition from top-down to 3D is accomplished simply by zooming way in, at which point the camera angle adjusts and the perspective changes. It’s not very precise so the best thing is to select a particular unit and then adjust the camera to the perspective on ...

Apologies if I missed something simple but I’m wondering if there’s a selectable overlay for weapon system ranges. It would certainly be helpful with positioning vehicles, etc. Thanks in advance!

Veitikka wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:27 am We have tried to come up with better names for SPLIT/JOIN. Suggestions are welcome.

Embark/Disembark

Wow guys, I hate to rain on your parade, but these tutorials contain several errors in them, with "click" mentioned several times and not specifiying right/left (most people assume click means left click, but I have found areas where you MUST right click" even though you said click. Very confusing ...

Many thanks for your advice on this. I will need to find a way to get the loudness of the close-up battle sounds under control or I will only be able to play using a headset and that is not my preference.

Veitikka wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 7:16 pm Have you tried the volume controls in the game options? That's what I use.

I will try that, thank you. I am AFK; do the sound options have a dedicated “battle sounds” tab?

Veitikka wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:29 pm The issue is that Shift+S is used for fast WASD camera movement. Perhaps the sound needs a new hotkey.

Please. The volume gets out of control close-in and the PC’s volume controls seem ineffective within the game.

Does anyone else have a problem with this? If I want to get down in the weeds in a firefight, the sounds of gunfire are loud enough to annoy my wife in the next room so, please, does anyone have a workaround?

Thank you!

Thank you. It's certainly helpful but I like to memorise this kind of thing from a printed list or PDF on any device when not playing.

Very impressed with this release but I was wondering if anyone has made a list of all commands and hotkeys for reference while I get up to speed. There's a good one at the back of the manual but it's not easily or neatly printable. It might also be useful to be able to access the tutorial briefings ...

<t> Here are some general principles that work well in AB. The fact that they are also sound real-life principles for maneuver warfare speaks highly of the game, IMO.<br/>
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- "Prepare" the battlefield by looking very carefully at all lines of sight (LOS) and elevated terrain for tactical ...

<t> The AAR feature currently implemented is very bare-bones. I'm wondering if it might be possible to replay a battle in the actual game engine, as opposed to the dedicated replay box, and for certain educational features to be available in replays, such as LOS and unit status for both sides. This ...

<t> I agree. I have often blamed it on my own incompetence but in other games of this nature — primarily the Combat Mission series — I have found that most battles become purely attritional; recon doesn’t really work, LOS seems to play by its own rules and sometimes the scale of the battlefield ...

Thank you. I am going to make a quick battle tomorrow and now that I have more experience with the game and more fluency with the systems and controls, I'm hoping I can make an orderly vehicular bridge-crossing work!

<r> Many thanks for your help and congratulations on a very fine game.<br/>
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