HQ DFMS Question or Bug or What?

[sorella]

An HQ is in say, Bastogne. A sister land brigade is in the next town, say, Flamierge. Make a mission from Bastogne, origin Bastogne AB, target 'Flamierge' from the sister land brigade in Flamierge. There is an enemy AO on Flamierge, but no caps.

Drive truck from Bastogne (origin)  to within 3000m of Flamierge (target). Set FMS ; get message: 'Cannot Place FMS unless target is enemy owned or controlled'.  Only if /when there is an enemy  cap (any cp) in Flamierge can one place the FMS. 

Why does this happen? Does it need to be a special kind of mission, ie. Attack, Defense, Supply, what? 

 

[delems]

Was Flam frontline or backline at time of placing?

Cannot place MS to a backline town.

NOTE: an AB can change the status of frontline/backline; yet still AOd if not all CPs captured.  So, a frontline town that has lost it's AB is considered backline - hence no MS.

 

Edited July 11, 2018 by delems

[sorella]

3 minutes ago, delems said:

Was Flam frontline or backline at time of placing?

Cannot place MS to a backline town.

NOTE: an AB can change the status of frontline/backline; yet still AOd if not all CPs captured.  So, a frontline town that has lost it's AB is considered backline - hence no MS.

 

Bastogne (origin of mission where HQ was (only HQ, no other bde) was BACKLINE (ie. not linked to any enemy town) - Flamierge (target of hq mission and home of land bde linked to the HQ in Bastogne) was frontline and AO'd. 

 

[delems]

*** Flamierge (target of hq mission and home of land bde linked to the HQ in Bastogne) was frontline and AO'd.

Hmm, I think I actually quoted how this all works a bit wrong.

Forget my other stuff.

I just know you can't MS to a backline town.

Sounds like a  glitch or bug atm.

 

[delems]

Just tested it.

Seems to be a bug.

It works fine if you use a flag that is NOT in the target town - but won't work if HQ mission is from flag in the target town.

Was in 27.1, target HQ to town with 27.1 - unable to place MS.

Go to 27.2, target HQ to town with 27.1 - works fine.

 

[sorella]

5 hours ago, delems said:

Just tested it.

Seems to be a bug.

It works fine if you use a flag that is NOT in the target town - but won't work if HQ mission is from flag in the target town.

Was in 27.1, target HQ to town with 27.1 - unable to place MS.

Go to 27.2, target HQ to town with 27.1 - works fine.

 

ty delems. weird bug. I will do some additional testing as well. 

[flong139]

Yep its a bug i believe ran in to this a few times ( i always make missions from outside) seems to work sometimes if there is at least 1 cp capped but if nothing is capped it wont work with town brig is in.