"Artillery Computer" and "Target Artillery"

[brammo311 10]

I can't use the artillery in this game. Its so rediculously over-complicated that you have to know computer language and code just to have fun in a game.

So I set up some mortars at the proper range, and ordered the AI to fire at a position. They won't. They say to adjust coordinates. So I try to use the targeting computer and I'm able to get off maybe one or two shots, then my ammo count drops to 0. Then the aiming cursor goes away, and a new option pops up in the quick action menu called "Target artillery". I don't know where this came from, but its just a small section of the map that pops up and nothing happens. Anyone know what the deal is? It's a totally separate thing from the regular targeting computer. It shows a white overlay of the map at the top of the screen with a bunch of numbers. No method of aiming or firing is presented.

Also, does anyone know of a good AI mod that makes them automatically fire artillery at enemies like they should, rather than some dumb scripting crap?

[Joe98 92]

The mortars carry limited ammo by default. Each magazine has only 8 rounds.

You need to use the editor and add more ammo.

this addMagazine "8Rnd_81mmHE_M252"} forEach [1,2,3,4,5];

In this example I have added 5 magazines each of 8 rounds. By adding 6,7,8 etc etc on the end you can add more magazines.

Instead of HE you can instead use smoke.

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And..... you must have Operation Arrowhead. If you have Arma2 as a stand alone, mortars-artillery just don't work.