Please help me commanding tanks

[jantenner 0]

hello, please i need some advice from good tankers

when i have 12 ai and 4 empty tanks i order them into the tanks.. no problem.. now to the remaining tank:

if i go commander in that tank i can only give commands with the movement keys to the driver and he NEVER does drive how i want him to

if i select ALL ai and click on map/surrounding terrain to go there all tanks move but mine stands still..? wtf

if i go in as a driver i loose command of my squad..and some other random AI gets the command ?

if i go in as gunner its the same i loose command..

so how do you do it? is there a fix, a trick or a workaround? please help me

[jantenner 0]

ok after i checked the search page again and changed 1 month to from beginning i found this helpful link:

http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/

with the following tips:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">I can't command a tank for the life of me - help!

OFP NG reg Chris G., a.k.a. Miles Teg<GD>, has submitted the following tips to help you control you tank mates and hit the enemy hard:

In order to take full advantage of the tank commander's station, it is usually best to turn in as that allows you to rotate a full 360 degrees. In addition, if you hit the "V" key, this will give you the powerful telescopic sites on the commander's periscope view that allows a fairly wide view and more importantly allows you to zoom in and out and thus target enemy vehicles at great distances. This is done with your numeric keypad's +/- keys.

To target an object, simply right click on the object. To untarget it, simply move the crosshairs to an empty spot of ground and right click again. To target another target, just right click on the new target.

Once you've targeted an object, you can order your gunner to fire at it. Simply press the left mouse button and usually after a second or two he will fire. Keep in mind that you he will not fire until the active weapon label (HEAT, SABOT, etc.), on the upper left part of the screen, turns from red or yellow to green, meaning that the round is ready to fire. Also wait until the gunner has his sites on target before you give the command to fire, otherwise the gunner will miss the target. You can tell where the gunner is currently aiming at by looking at the little white dot on your view screen. This indicates the gunner's point of aim. You will not see this white dot if the gunner is pointing in another direction. But when you target an object, the gunner should swivel the turret to engage that target and you will see that little white dot stop on or near the target. If the weapon is loaded, then hit the left mouse button and he will fire at that target. While the gunner is engaging a target you can swivel your sites elsewhere in order to locate and target other enemy objects that perhaps may be more of a threat to your tank.

Another problem people have commanding tanks is ordering movement from the commander's position. If you are playing a campaign mission where you are the tank commander and someone else is the platoon commander then just let your driver follow the platoon commander's orders while you concentrate on finding targets for your gunner.

However, if you are in complete command of a tank or a tank platoon you can give movement orders in a variety of ways. The easiest way is to select either all your men or just the driver and then hit "1" (MOVE). Your crosshairs will show a square around it. Simply left click wherever you want your driver to move.

You can also use the arrow keys to move in all directions. You'll have to hold down the right or left arrow keys until the driver turns to the desired direction. To command your driver to go fast-forward, press on the forward arrow key and the SHIFT key simultaneously and release the keys.

Unfortunately there is a bug in the game where sometimes the driver just ignores you. This affects other vehicles as well, not just tanks. If that happens, try doing the same thing except, instead of left clicking on where you want the driver to go from your view, go to the map screen and left click on the map wherever want the driver to go. If that still doesn't work, unselect every one under your command, then left click again on the map where you want the driver to go. The driver should now move to that location. If you are commanding more than one tank, simply select all of them, hit "1", and then hit "1" again to order them to fall back into formation.

While all this may seem tedious at first, with a little practice it all becomes second nature and before long you'll be commanding tanks like a pro.

i tried it out and it works, if you are commander and NO ai is selected now you can click on the map and everyone goes there.

[deathsai 0]

Manually driving tanks as the commander sucks, however. I hate it when I just want to make a minor adjustment, but my driver goes "Right" and then goes back the way he was originally heading. I hope that this is fixed in OFP2.

[wildbrumby 0]

Don't get in as commander! I found this so frustrating. My favourite is to get into a tank all by myself and switch to manuel fire. Then you can be all three yourself. Not bad! In the early Tank missions on Malden in CWC, the commander thing works great. But on the missions in the M1A1 on Everon, the entire thing goes to hell. The Driver won't do anything I tell him to. I watched in horror as the idiot drove my tank right into a repair truck, killing the driver. After that I ordered him to disembarke and took over driving myself.

[bonko the sane 2]

as commander of your own tank: left click on map,and your tank will go there.

as tank platoon commander: select all > left click on map and your platoon will go there, your own tank wont.

still, my favorite way to go around is to get in as commander, switch to driver and take matters on my own hands as it enables precise driving, while ordering gunner to fire\target enemy contacts. As soon as i stop tank i usualy revert to command post so i can target stuff and order platoon to target specific contacts. it works quite well.

[jantenner 0]

hmm.. but you cant go in as driver/ gunner because you will lose command over your squad then.. only thing that works with a AI tank squad is if you are commander, or completely alone in your tank. or do you know some trick how not to lose command as a driver/gunner?