Opportunity Fire Control

[ComradeP]

I might adjust it at the start of the scenario for every unit category through the global opportunity fire settings, or only for units where I feel it's necessary at that point.

One important thing to keep in mind is that units will only stick to the opportunity fire settings when they think they haven't been spotted. Opportunity fire settings won't have any effect in non-cover terrain (note that terrain that functions as cover for infantry and guns won't necessarily cover vehicles, vehicles need at least a terrain height of 2 meters which can be checked per terrain type in the parameter data dialog).

As the battle is dynamic, opportunity fire selections might need changes on a turn by turn basis. For example: you might move your men into some woods, and knowing that they can't be assaulted by anybody moving into the woods after them, you might want to change opportunity fire. You might want to set the units to fire if you feel it is to your advantage, or you might want them to stay hidden so the enemy doesn't know where your units are.

There are some other things to keep in mind when you plan effective use of opportunity fire:

-The enemy can still detect if a hidden unit is in a hex by trying to move into the hex. Either an assault will be planned, or a notification will appear stating that there are not enough movement points remaining for an assault.

-Hidden units have no ZOC, so they might suddenly find themselves being isolated (or ideally they will isolate the enemy on their next turn, but if the enemy isolates itself they won't need to pass a supply check and be isolated until their next turn I believe). Come to think of it, I'm not sure if units detected through the above process will suddenly have a ZOC, never tried that.