Tank Crew: Platoon + Repairs - 1 bug and 1 suggestion

[104th_IronMike]

I think we all adore missions when we are in command of a Platoon. Regarding repairs, there are two shortcomings with it though, and I am not sure if the first is a bug, or simply a question of design, or still missing feature, but it appears as a bug to me, hence I'd like to report it as such:

 

1. Bug: For repairs, engines need to be shut down, which is ok. However, when in command of a Platoon, if you shut down your engines, you lose your Platoon. This means: the AI units in your Platoon do not respond to you anymore and engage in some odd behavior that I can only describe as slowly creeping forward, at a snail's pace literally. Obviously this is a pitty, as anytime in a mission where you are in charge of a Platoon, you have the choice to either a) repair and continue on without your Platoon or b) restart the mission. If the gameplay of said mission evolves heavily around commanding a Platoon, the choice ofc falls almost always on the latter. Of course, missions with Platoons usually include larger battles, which make damage and the necessity of repairs that much more likely. 

I guess that this is tied to the radios shutting off. In my opinion, or as a suggestion regarding this bug/ missing feature: tanks in a platoon should remain bound to the leader, regardless of engine and radio state. Even if a radio breaks down, it is arguable that commanders would have had hand signals and other means of directing their small Platoon, until it was repaired.


2. Suggestion: Currently it is impossible to have AI tanks repair. Even when they have repairable damage, like a track, they just stop in the field and that is it. In general I would like to suggest to have AI initiate repairs that are within the limits of what a player can repair, on their own accord, if not in the player's platoon. For tanks in the player's platoon, it would be great to be able to order them to repair. Of course both would likely require the "bug" under point 1 to be fixed/solved, so any tank shutting down its engines and repairing, or losing a radio, still remains a member of its original platoon.

Thank you!

[vayte]

I think the AI of the tanks with an underscore should attempt to repair their damaged vehicle on their own. Also they should be affected by a friendly repair-units. This should work for Tanks linked to the player and player independent units.

[-DED-Rapidus]

@104th_IronMike, thank you for the suggestion and description of the bug, but to speed up the process, I will ask you to give a mission or say in which mission in the game such a situation turned out to reproduce the problem.