TANKS STILL CAN'T DRIVE BACKWARDS?

[Shorker]

"Gateway to Caen" is is the seventh Close Combat title now and tanks still can't drive backwards...

[AEFF1Tampa]

I know. Really?

[Rosseau]

I thought they had fixed that. Something about using Sneak order? I remember being able to go into reverse but only for short distance.

[mooxe]

Tanks only move backwards on the move command. A move fast command will make them turn around. They will move backwards over 100m if you move them. You can also move them backwards through multiple waypoints.

[TIK]

I can confirm, they can go backwards with the Move command.

[Hexagon]

But you need a move command at certain distance... a short backward movement is hard to controlate.

Its me or tanks move in a very strange way??? a simple move in line order finish with tank doing very strange things... i dont remember this problems in beta.

[CGGrognard]

I've noticed in SP battles, that once my tanks reach their destination, they'll start to rotate. I'm not certain if it's the programming making a decision that the tank needs to be turned towards perceived threats, or that it's trying to determine the best facing with multiple threats.

[Miro]

Combat Mission has order "reverse". It functions very well.

[HunterICX]

Likewise, I use the move or sneak command and draw a path behind them to have them reverse out of a position.

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: Miro

Combat Mission has order "reverse". It functions very well.

CM reverse order works well, but just moving forwards along a road can create all kinds of CM chaos in my experience. I'm yet to find a game that handles this well. Achtung Pz, once you understand the UI, probably does it best.

IIRC, CM1 actually had a hull down order. All games seem to have abandoned that fundamental tank command.