Trucks

[Majickthyse]

Hello All.

In most battles I play trucks have a limited role other than to be blown up.

Is there a way to order your trucks back to safety other than ordering them individually only to have the order countermanded the next time you give and order to the main formation?

[Spud]

You can issue commands to them separately from any unit they are attached to, however if you later issue an order to that unit and forget to filter out the trucks they'll receive the same orders.

It would be great to be able to detach trucks from their units during tactical battles, or for that matter to be able to attach them to other units, or permanently exclude them from orders without having to remember to filter them out, in some cases you can have scores of them and not need any of them in a tactical sense.

[Hellian]

You could just select however many units you want minus the trucks and put them in a control group.

[Majickthyse]

Originally posted by Hellian:

You could just select however many units you want minus the trucks and put them in a control group.

Sounds like a plan, I'll give that a go, thanks.

[Koshkinets]

I think they're planning to get rid of trucks on the tactical map eventually since they are basically useless but for now I just use groups to exclude them.

[[FF] Malgren]

I would like to be able to set troops up in trucks or on tanks in the deployment phase

[♥†€XP€N$IV GRI££†♥]

I use them to cart my infantry reserves around. I've pulled off a good encirclement or few thanks to trucks. Can be helpful if a mech platoon is down a technical but you still need a replacement truck for mobility. When deploying, ever just put all the unused trucks safely in a gully?

I haven't had your issue since when I click a unit card it selects everything but the trucks. If i want trucks I have to micro each individual one.

[archibaldthe1]

There is a small glitch with troops getting into trucks. I tried it a few times - it does not always happen, and the trigger seems to be one of the trucks filling up and starting to move before the other one is full. The remaining few soldiers will relentlessly try getting into the full truck. Some will randomly end up close enough to the truck with vacant seats and jump into it, but that's not by any mean guaranteed:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2628141794

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2628141859

In this case, there are 30 troops and exactly 30 spots in two Opel trucks (14 in the bed and 1 in passenger seat).

The second screenshot has guys continuing bumping into the truck even after everyone jump off after enemy opened fire

[Cristian]

Use the trucks to tow artilery pieces or to transport infantry. They are not useless !!!.

[ThunderChief]

Originally posted by (Arm)_Cristi:

Use the trucks to tow artilery pieces or to transport infantry. They are not useless !!!.

Yup. Just don't try to tow the big French guns with trucks. They struuuuuuggggglllle.

[Ampyr]

They also can't tow the 8.8cm flak. At all. I kept thinking something was wrong then I remembered they used the bigger half tracks to move them

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by Rum-Ham:

They also can't tow the 8.8cm flak. At all. I kept thinking something was wrong then I remembered they used the bigger half tracks to move them

Yes, such transports are not in the game. The stupid Flaks weigh more than 5 tons.

[ThunderChief]

Originally posted by Zephyr:

Originally posted by Rum-Ham:

They also can't tow the 8.8cm flak. At all. I kept thinking something was wrong then I remembered they used the bigger half tracks to move them

Yes, such transports are not in the game. The stupid Flaks weigh more than 5 tons.

Lol. "Stupid damn high velocity large caliber kills-tanks-at-2.3km lifesaver Flak."

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by ThunderChief:

Originally posted by Zephyr:

Yes, such transports are not in the game. The stupid Flaks weigh more than 5 tons.

Lol. "Stupid damn high velocity large caliber kills-tanks-at-2.3km lifesaver Flak."

Yes, I do still not like it. Build 2-3 Pak 40 for one Flak 88 to fight tanks and you get much more for your money. That is what I never understood about the german WWII industry. You do not need the best you can get (and even this is doubtful in such a case) in fewer numbers, but instead the second or third best in much larger numbers to win a war :).

Seriously, the thing is freakish big and heavy and it is really not that much better in penetration and damaging potential than a Pak 40, but considerably more expensive. The only reason they had to use it in this manner was, that they slept over the demand of modern AT guns.

[ThunderChief]

Originally posted by Zephyr:

Originally posted by ThunderChief:

Lol. "Stupid damn high velocity large caliber kills-tanks-at-2.3km lifesaver Flak."

Yes, I do still not like it. Build 2-3 Pak 40 for one Flak 88 to fight tanks and you get much more for your money. That is what I never understood about the german WWII industry. You do not need the best you can get (and even this is doubtful in such a case) in fewer numbers, but instead the second or third best in much larger numbers to win a war :).

Seriously, the thing is freakish big and heavy and it is really not that much better in penetration and damaging potential than a Pak 40, but considerably more expensive. The only reason they had to use it in this manner was, that they slept over the demand of modern AT guns.

I don't think that's quite fair. It was an AA gun designed for accurate fire against medium-high altitude bombers, and it became a dual-purpose AT (and anti-fortification in France and Belgium) weapon by circumstance and by virtue of its capabilities.

Your point would be well-made when comparing Tigers with Pz IV F2.

[CharlesDarwin🍖]

To easily give orders to the platoon (or similar) but not the trucks, switch from squad level selection to platoon level selection. then when u click on the unit u will only select the non-transport elements.