Artillery doesn't fire

[gherardo crespi]

For some reason artillery on call almost never fire on support, on return to St Vith tutorial I have seen the 22 arm FA Bn with the same number of ammo (105 HE) for days.
Dug in, on call, attached to the CCA 4 arm Div HQ, and plenty of targets in range.
I remember that this was sometime a problem in CO1, but it seems it got worse in CO2.

 

[Dave 'Arjuna' O'Connor]

What orders has it? Do you have the Rest After Firing option checked?

 

[gherardo crespi]

On call support task, rest after bombard unchecked.

 

[Dave 'Arjuna' O'Connor]

Does it's log show it bombarding?

 

[gherardo crespi]

Everything looks good on day 1 (engaging 17 times), then it never fired on day 2, and only 3 times on day 3.

 

[gherardo crespi]

Actually I remember that on day 1 I had it on manual support so those 17 bombardment probably where not from AI.

 

[Dave 'Arjuna' O'Connor]

Do you have a save where it's not firing on Day 2 or 3?

 

[gherardo crespi]

I only have 1 cumulative save, but when I try to upload it it is not recognized

 

[*budd*]

rename it or zip the file up.

 

[gherardo crespi]

here it is I hope.

 

[Daz]

I have also noticed this, but it doesn't effect me very much as I usually control the Artillery myself.

The artillery won't (or at least very rarely) fire if it is given an individual defend order (placed on call).
It will only contribute if it is re-attached to its superior, and then only after the command delay for the reattachment.

It would be very useful if the amount of support the artillery provided to a formation was somehow linked to an aggressive slider, to indicate how many rounds you are prepared to fire over a specific period at spotted targets, especially if the artillery is to provide direct support to an attack.
Or maybe its a bit to much to ask of an AI controlled unit, and we are better off handling it ourselves anyway?