Firing from behind cover.

**Maizel** · March 06, 2009, 01:55 PM

I just found out that you actually have to click the cover for your units to crouch down behind it.

The problem is, My line infantry isn;t firing. The unit card saud 'Idle, firing' But nothing happens.

Tips, anyone?

**Akimov** · March 06, 2009, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Maizel

I just found out that you actually have to click the cover for your units to crouch down behind it.

The problem is, My line infantry isn;t firing. The unit card saud 'Idle, firing' But nothing happens.

Tips, anyone?

Using the cover by clicing on it is useless, your men duck and only let off a few shots. Stand your men behind the wall in a normal formation and it seems to work. You get the protection and and fight normally.

Yet another "how the hell did they miss that"

**Maizel** · March 06, 2009, 02:06 PM

Meh, It'd be much cooler if it actually worked.

**remosu37** · March 06, 2009, 02:21 PM

ya, i noticed the same thing. Pretty annoying, hopefully that gets fixed in the next patch. Also, I noticed that occasionally its impsosible for you to get the unit to crouch down the side of hte wall you want them to crouch. I wish they incorporated a click and drag system of how the unit crouches behind hte wall, rather than the idiotic way they did it.

**TeutonicKnight** · March 06, 2009, 02:31 PM

Could it be that only skirmishers in skirmish mode will actually use the wall and fire properly?

I've no idea, I'm just brainstorming this while at work.

**OberonDark** · March 06, 2009, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by remosu37

ya, i noticed the same thing. Pretty annoying, hopefully that gets fixed in the next patch. Also, I noticed that occasionally its impsosible for you to get the unit to crouch down the side of hte wall you want them to crouch. I wish they incorporated a click and drag system of how the unit crouches behind hte wall, rather than the idiotic way they did it.

They do....Click and drag on the side of the wall when your cursor turns to the cover icon.

And for me, it, well, has worked.

**civildude892** · March 06, 2009, 02:47 PM

I just cannot seem to get my cursor to turn to the cover icon, AI seems to use it easily enough

**MrMT** · March 06, 2009, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Akimov

Using the cover by clicing on it is useless, your men duck and only let off a few shots. Stand your men behind the wall in a normal formation and it seems to work. You get the protection and and fight normally.

Yet another "how the hell did they miss that"

Interesting. I have been trying to work out how the cover works myself.

I was just lining up my infantry behind it (no clicking the feature) but was not sure if it was offering protection or not.

**OberonDark** · March 06, 2009, 05:53 PM

In theory, it would offer protection if the shot hit in. I don't know how much damage being hit in the leg or foot does anyway, though.

**crazypeon** · March 06, 2009, 05:57 PM

In two battles, my soldiers didn't fire.

But overall it works. It think there is some kind of bug. Most of the time it works like it should, with all soldiers up to three ranks (don't have platoon fire yet) firing and having extreme protection.

**Quadratus** · March 06, 2009, 05:58 PM

I dislike how they all bunch up behind a little section of the wall, you can't drag them farther apart.

**OberonDark** · March 06, 2009, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Quadratus

I dislike how they all bunch up behind a little section of the wall, you can't drag them farther apart.

You can. Get the icon, and click and drag. Or just click in different places.

**PhxAce** · March 06, 2009, 10:44 PM

I've used cover by clicking it recently, worked perfectly. I wasn't paying attention enough to see if they had a slower rate of fire but they managed to rip a unit to shreds while only taking one casualty. I could not find a way to actually spread my guys out, however. Definitely useful, nonetheless.

**remosu37** · March 07, 2009, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by OberonDark

You can. Get the icon, and click and drag. Or just click in different places.

Thanks, that helps a LOT (totally sincere, no sarcasm). That's made it a lot easier to actually make use of cover. I've found that my units occasionally still have firing issues tho... not sure why, but occasaionlly the troops just sit there and don't shoot. Mb that's a bug, but the click and drag thing completely solves the annoying "can't place the units" issue.