OP-FIRE FILTERING

Allows players to preset the type of targets they wish their units to engage

You get to this with the Y key or by pressing the "Set Firing range" button. or by pressing the 0 (zero) key.

Once that screen appears press FILTR button ...

.....and the opfire filtering screen will appear. If you are in the deploy screen and normal map screen the "0" ( ZERO) key will get you directly to the filtering screen without need to go through Y key screen. When you exit the opfire screen you will be brought back to the main menu NOT back to the Y screen

A unit has TWO op-fire hexes!

1) the normal circle based on unit's position

2) an OVERWATCH hex which is displaced elsewhere and can have separated filtering . If these overlap the regular (#1) opfire will have priority.

An example of an OPfire hex

The cursor will be shown as a cross hair if the hex is in LOS, or blank if not . An additional new feature can be found by pressing the "Unit View" button. This allows you to see every hex visible to that unit on the entire map without having to search 360 degrees with the unit. Click on the "Find Opfire overwatch hex "button ( the binoculars ) and the overwatch hex is displayed as an arty bombard symbol with the radius of interest as a red circle around that.

Button row 1: zoom in map, zoom out map, find unit, next unit, prev unit, next formation and find unit's overwatch hex on map

Overwatch hex block

The button is used to change the radius (-1 to clear overwatch hex) buttons for interest - if these are ON, targets in the circle will be engaged

• AFV ? (which will use the front armour limits )
• Soft skin ?
• Infantry ?
• ATGM ?

Information for each button is displayed at the top of the screen in the red bar when active.

Range from current unit Hex

• Steel armour front min - press to input number of the minimum armour to engage
• Steel armour front max - press to set the upper limit of steel front to engage (NOTE The maximum must be set before the minimum if both are zero)
• Armour engagement range ( in Hexes ) -This is like the Y key but just for armour meeting the above filter category.
• Infantry Engagement range - separate range for infantry. ( in Hexes )
• Soft vehicle engagement range - separate range for trucks etc. ( in Hexes )
• ATG and ATGM - separate range for ATG and ATGM. ATGM-carrying units are also included here even if a soft vehicle or infantry, plus the ATGun unit class ( in Hexes )
• AAA Weapons Hold -Allow a unit to engage an Air unit or not. This is a simple Yes or no button

3 ( red ) load buttons - These are used to load one of three different filtering set ups and are read from an INI file

3 ( blue ) save buttons - These allow players to save a filtering protocol in the INI file, overriding one of the 3 default settings.

"Clear Dark" and "Unit View" buttons

Clear Dark - Clears any darkend hexes on the map. Useful after using the new Unit View button

Unit View - Shows every hex the unit you have selected can see on the map. Very handy for checking all around LOS.

Bottom button row: "action" buttons

• Clear filter - clears filter status of unit but NOT any ranges etc that have been set that a player may want to keep those for the next unit
• Apply to this unit (saluting man) - use these values for this unit and set op-fire filter flag ON
• Clipboard button - use these op-fire filter settings for the entire platoon.
• Red up arrow button - exits the screen