Difference between "move to" and "cover"?

[Dreepa]

I can't tell any difference in behavior between ordering my AI swat mates to "move" or to "cover" a point.

Anyone knows if there is a difference?

[Chubzdoomer]

Cover functions similar to Move To except for the fact that the squad will try and establish a mini "perimeter" once they arrive at the location, taking cover and facing different angles/directions. (Note: the AI is quite derpy, so this doesn't always work in your favor.)

Here are a couple small examples from 4U Gas Station (the green dot I drew is approximately where I gave the command):

[Example 1]
Move To[i.imgur.com]
Cover[i.imgur.com]

[Example 2]
Move To[i.imgur.com]
Cover[i.imgur.com]

[shadowsc133]

引用自 Chubzdoomer：

Cover functions similar to Move To except for the fact that the squad will try and establish a mini "perimeter" once they arrive at the location, taking cover and facing different angles/directions. (Note: the AI is quite derpy, so this doesn't always work in your favor.)

Here are a couple small examples from 4U Gas Station (the green dot I drew is approximately where I gave the command):

[Example 1]
Move To[i.imgur.com]
Cover[i.imgur.com]

[Example 2]
Move To[i.imgur.com]
Cover[i.imgur.com]

Nice! The AI is so worthless I never observed the difference.

[Dreepa]

引用自 Chubzdoomer：

Cover functions similar to Move To except for the fact that the squad will try and establish a mini "perimeter" once they arrive at the location, taking cover and facing different angles/directions. (Note: the AI is quite derpy, so this doesn't always work in your favor.)

Here are a couple small examples from 4U Gas Station (the green dot I drew is approximately where I gave the command):

[Example 1]
Move To[i.imgur.com]
Cover[i.imgur.com]

[Example 2]
Move To[i.imgur.com]
Cover[i.imgur.com]

So basically the difference is so marginal they could just drop the move order, rename the cover order to "move" and noone would notice.

[RedLizard]

Yup. After all, why would you ever want your team to move somewhere without taking cover once they get there?

One way I can think of to make the two orders useful each in their own right:
Move - move where I point, take best possible cover once in position
Cover - take best possible cover in your current position, cover the direction I pointed you to

[Tofu]

The take cover command is pretty broken, in that AI would go and look at a wall.

Hopefully this is all fixed in the next big AI update.