my in tank AI gunner seems to be unpredictable...

[Blitzen]

...and I can't figure out when he'll track & shoot and when he won't while I am in the tank commander position.I just can't figure this out .Sometimes my AI gunner does all the shooting for me while I drive the tank around ( usually but not always a Tiger) & other times "nada" leading me to believe I'd better leave the CO's position & take over "shooting." Is there any sort of explanation? If so can you let me know how this works or doesn't....I'd really appreciate it.

[Thad]

Salutations,

 

I have to agree that the developers don't do a good job documenting their game assets for us. It can be frustrating. 

[LachenKrieg]

I have seen this same behavior. What seems to resolve it is be sure to first select "autopilot" by pressing the "A" key from the drivers position. Then after pressing the "tilde" key from the commanders position, press F1 "assign targets", then F2 I think for "fire on ground targets at will", or something like that. You can also press F2 following "Tilde", and you will get an option to shot from short stops.

 

As a side note, has anyone seen erratic behavior when commanding a single tank/platoon after selecting F7 to reverse out of direct fire? It doesn't happened every time, but I have seen this at least 6x. The tank, or platoon of tanks suddenly becomes uncontrollable. Not sure if this is a bug, or something else.