Question about "engage" command

[Don Jennings 0]

I'm trying to understand this command. Too many times I've told a soldier to engage a target, only to watch him crawl halfway from his initial position to the target. Usually he gets shot. The funny thing is that he already had a clear shot when he started. At least he didn't have to go that far. Anyway, is he moving such he can see all of the target (from head to toe)? Or is there something else going on? Range is not the problem. They were well within range.

Thanks for your help.

By the way, how do you get a soldier to move only a meter or two. Too many times I've ordered a soldier to a bush for cover but he can't see the target. The problem is that the move command doesn't seem to recognize less than 6-7 meter moves.

[Die Alive 0]

When I want a guy to move a few meters (got get out from behind a tree or to the corner of a house) i kinda lay next to them and push them to where I want them to go. It's a bit tricky, you got to push them from the side of directly from the feet, but you can get them to the right position you want to be in (once one of my guys shot a mortar from behind a tree and killed half my squad, that's why I now go and make them point where I want them to point).

-=Die Alive=-

[Hobo Sniper 0]

Mabye their too stupid to understand...check their skill level in the mission editor, and/or other settings that may affect their performance in combat...

[IceFire 0]

I have also had problems with this. I think everyone can notice it.

The game would be greatly improved if this was fixed.

I generally have to make them go away really far, and them move back to the spot I want them in.

[Gaswell 1]

Due to the very problem mentioned by Don Jennings I've stopped using the engage and engage at will commands. In my experience I usually get better concentration of fire from my guys by keeping them in formation and letting them pick their own targets. It's quite a sight when 9 guys open up at an enemy squad (esp. with G36s), and if your guys get to use their GLs and/or mortars it's usually over pretty quick.

[WKK Gimbal 0]

When I attack something behind a hill, I make sure to first walk in a 90 degree angle towards the hill top edge and then tell my men to form line (and hold fire). When I sneak up the hill, they will be on my sides and be able to see over the hill at the same time as I. That's when I say "All, go go go!"

Usually works quite well.

[LordZach 0]

all i ever use the AI for is holding fire and the unleashing on a single target at a time anymore. one time i tried to hijack a truck so i was getting close to shoot the driver, when the AI on my team decided it would be a good time to use his AT-4 he picked up off a dead ruskee to blow up the truck.

i never did figure out what the engage at will command was since they tend to shoot anything they want anyway

[scout 0]

the flanking command is pretty useful though, classical envelopment manuever!

[Don Jennings 0]

One of the things I'm trying to figure out how to do is set up an ambush. For instance, in one mission I was trying to sneek up on an entire squad just standing there. With a coordinated attack, it wouldn't be too hold to pick them all off. But I had to get them situated behind several bushes. I wanted them to shoot anybody within range so I gave the OPEN FIRE command. Well, nobody did anything! Evidently they couldn't quite see the targets. So I had them ENGAGE and they simply crawled out into the open and got picked off one by one. Totally, agrivating.

[WKK Gimbal 0]

In such situations I find it gives best results to just open fire myself. Then they kinda pick up on the trend after a while.

[Guest]

engage at willmeans the soldier runs out of formation to get close to a target and to kill it.

engage means, it shoots at everything in view, but stays in formation and picks best targets first.

disengage means he doesn't fire, just for self defence (i don#t know if it really works)

[Don Jennings 0]

I dissagree. Whenever I use the ENGAGE command, he WILL leave the formation, make the kill, and come back. At this point I don't see the difference between ENGAGE and ENGAGE AT WILL.

[Gaswell 1]

Engage in effect means "attack your currently assigned target, even if it means leaving the formation to do so". So what you do is first tell Mr. X to target something or someone, and then you tell Mr. X to engage his target. Same as when you select a guy and click on an enemy, but much more cumbersome IMHO.

Engage at will is somewhat similar to a "continous" engage command; any targets you give will be immediately engaged w/o any need for an explicit command. In addition, you men will scurry about, apparently trying to take cover (but getting killed in the process).