LOS: Just Red and Green?

Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.

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Novaliz
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LOS: Just Red and Green?

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My LOS tool only shows green eyes (the hex the unit is standing in) and red eyes (all other hexes it can see). When watching DasTactics videos, he has green, blue, yellow and red eyes. Is this a bug?

What I see when selecting the pioneers:

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What he sees selecting the pioneers:

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Thats all different. Why?
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RE: LOS: Just Red and Green?

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I think I have found out why. In my first round the weather is foggy. In his playthrough it is overcast :)
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RE: LOS: Just Red and Green?

Post by JacquesDeLalaing »

Yes. The color of the eyes indicates how many % of the recon points generated by the units in the selected hex are applied to the surrounding hexes. Due to the fog, your LOS% even to directly adjacent hexes is below 25%, thus you only get red eyes.

Note that even green eyes don't mean that you automatically spot enemy units - it only means that more than 75% of the recon points generated by units in the selected hex are applied to the target hex. Whether this is enough to spot enemy units still depends on the hide value in the target hex (terrain), the size and experience of the enemy units, the size of your own unit, etc.
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