Artillery Support

[BK6583]

Been playing this game for a while so I'm embarrassed to ask this question: When I'm attacking but haven't directly allocated artillery support, if artillery units are set on "D", will they support all attacks in range or do I have to set them on "Tactical Reserve"?

[sPzAbt653]

You don't have to set them to 'T'. Use 'T' when moving the Artillery units and attacking. Use 'D' when not moving.

[StuccoFresco]

Ah, they will support with the same exact efficience? I thought they did support, but with a malus.

[sPzAbt653]

That depends on loss settings and length of combat. Artillery in Support Mode [T or D] will generally contribute half of what they would contribute if they were assigned directly. I think I covered it in this video:

TOAW Tutorial - Combat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r-3ttTu3f0

[carll11]

thank you Larry for the great Utubes!!I learned more than than the 20-30 hrs I have been playing so far..

Q though I dont even know how to get the star thingy layout on the right side of your screens...I read the manual and looked at the hotkeys, how do I switch to that 'stars' layout?

[sPzAbt653]

Steve, not Larry.

Fiddle with those buttons at the Top Left of the screen to get the Original UI with the Circle of Stars. [Hit the right button to expand the buttons, then hit the far right button, then collapse them back. You have to do this every time you open TOAW].

Edit: That should be in the Manual at '6.1.14. The Panels Control Panel'

[carll11]

ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653

Steve, not Larry.

Fiddle with those buttons at the Top Left of the screen to get the Original UI with the Circle of Stars. [Hit the right button to expand the buttons, then hit the far right button, then collapse them back. You have to do this every time you open TOAW].

Edit: That should be in the Manual at '6.1.14. The Panels Control Panel'

Thank you Steve and I apologize, dont know how I got Larry stuck in my head as I chuckled at watching an Arty Utube demo and thinking your name ( well not yours) is used for the US Army Arty center...