Possible to make ai tank shoot while moving at full speed?

[=AKR=Sundial]

Hello s7,

 

Like the title says, specific I want is follows:

 

- Single light-tank (any model is fine.) driving at full speed, fires at amassed infantries and continue their course and away. 

 

The problem I face is the ai tank has to stop when firing. Is there a way to work around? Any suggestions are welcomed. 

 

[Sketch]

You can only give them priorities and commands. You can't make the ai do specific things to accomplish those priorities or commands.

[Stonehouse]

12 hours ago, =AKR=Sundial said:

The problem I face is the ai tank has to stop when firing. Is there a way to work around? Any suggestions are welcomed. 

My understanding is that this is historically accurate due to insufficient stabilisation of the main guns at the time of WW2. Modern tanks are able to shoot while moving but even now it is generally less accurate than shooting while stationary.  Whether the vehicle has to stop to aim or stop to reload is set in the actual vehicle definition itself. IE outside the editor completely.

[Billsponge1972]

I believe some Sherman's had a gyro-stabilizer for the main gun for the vertical only but the crews didn't use them much because they were fairly complex and hard to use.

[=AKR=Sundial]

6 hours ago, Stonehouse said:

My understanding is that this is historically accurate due to insufficient stabilisation of the main guns at the time of WW2. Modern tanks are able to shoot while moving but even now it is generally less accurate than shooting while stationary.  Whether the vehicle has to stop to aim or stop to reload is set in the actual vehicle definition itself. IE outside the editor completely.

Interesting! I suppose the inaccuracy caused by driving will be amplified with bumpy terrain. 

18 hours ago, Sketch said:

You can only give them priorities and commands. You can't make the ai do specific things to accomplish those priorities or commands.

Thank you for clarification. 

[Ghost666]

Yes the standard practice was to stop before firing there were exceptions, but not many. Rommel ordered his tank to fire on the move during his dash to the English Channel.

[kraut1]

On 6/6/2025 at 1:31 PM, =AKR=Sundial said:

Hello s7,

 

Like the title says, specific I want is follows:

 

- Single light-tank (any model is fine.) driving at full speed, fires at amassed infantries and continue their course and away. 

 

The problem I face is the ai tank has to stop when firing. Is there a way to work around? Any suggestions are welcomed. 

 

As far as I can remember it is no problem to set the ai tank to fire while moving by a small modification.

And if you decrease maybe the accuracy it could be at least a bit realistic.

I think in Battle of France sometimes german tanks did this to demoralize the enemy.

Sorry don't have much time currently, I think it was somewhere in the turret definitions?

 

pziv-mobelwagenturret.txt

MaxVehicleSpeedToAttack = 0.0
StopVehicleWhenPointing = true

 

 

 

 

[=AKR=Sundial]

On 6/8/2025 at 12:36 AM, kraut1 said:

 

 

pziv-mobelwagenturret.txt

MaxVehicleSpeedToAttack = 0.0
StopVehicleWhenPointing = true

 

 

 

 

This opens up a lot of possibilities, but would it work in multiplayer mission?

 

 

[kraut1]

2 hours ago, =AKR=Sundial said:

This opens up a lot of possibilities, but would it work in multiplayer mission?

 

 

Sorry, I don't know, I use IL-2 100% offline.

But I suppose, if the multiplayer server allows mods and if each player has the same mod installed it could work.