Optics & Fog

Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog is the first new release (not a re-make of a previous games) in years in the critically acclaimed Close Combat series. It details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history? Improved 32-bit graphics and the ability to control more squads than ever bring the Close Combat engine to a new level.
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WHATEVERDUDELEMMEINALREADY
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Optics & Fog

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Were Sherman optics better or something in the fog??

I got a case on the Tirepied map (second from top right in grand strategic map view) where none of my Pz IVs can see the enemy tanks like 90% of the time!! When foggy, I mean. Like, sniper tanks!! [X(]
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Fog effects both side equally. However, spotting is not unit to unit. Once any unit spots an enemy unit, all friendly units are aware of it. So if some US infantry team can see your Pz IVs, a Sherman that is too far back in the fog to spot the PzIV directly can still fire at it. This is blind fire, however, which has reduced accuracy.

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All right, then answer me this: how come my guys, infantry and/or armor, can actually see their infantry but can't see their armor??? [&:]

How do my people notice even infantrymen but not a big fat tank right in front of them???

The Fog's really mysterious! [&o]
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I'm not sure I understand what you're asking -- can you provide a screenshot?

Fog limits the maximum range at which you can spot the enemy, and reduces spotting chance so they usually have to be exposed and in view longer before you get a spot. If a tank is beyond the maximum range you can see in the fog (~200m as I recall) you can't spot it. So if the enemy infantry is close enough to spot your tank, and their tank is beyond the maximum range you can see in the fog, you can't spot the enemy tank. Not unless you can get someone within spotting range of it.

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Um, no screenshot is possible -- maybe a screencast, but lemme see if I can put it another way:

I KEEP GETTING SHOT AT BY INVISIBLE NINJA TANKS!!!!! [X(]

If I can't seem them, how come they can see me so well -- did Shermans have better tank optics or something??? 'Cause to my mind, fog physics should work the same for both sides: if I can't see you, you can't see me!! [:-]

Instead, I keep getting killed by SNIPER TANKS...the computer ALWAYS SEES ME AND HITS ME!!!!! [&o]
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