If you've tried with just CBA and ALiVE mods running then not sure why your AI won't engage you.. if you can send us a repro mission with just those two mods loaded we can check it out.

If vanilla works OK but RHS units do not can you let me know which RHS faction you are using?

That could be the issue but I have experienced what he is explaining myself, and it had nothing to do with ghosting in my experience. It seems to be some bug with the AI being locked to whatever House Position they were spawned at, I have not noticed it in current release though.

I'm sort of embarrassed to not know the answer to this after playing nothing but ALiVE for so long, but if I could get some clarification on the CQB module, that would be excellent.

1. If I want both sides to have equal CQB numbers, with the caveat that only the dominant faction in an area will spawn CQB units, how do I do this? Do I just lay down one unsynced CQB module, with it set to dominant?

2. I'm assuming if my units are just BLU_F and OPF_F, and the above is true (using one unsynced module), I can leave the factions override blank? If so, what do I do if I'm using modded units? Do I just place one CQB module and write, for example: mas_usa_rang,CUP_O_TK_MILITIA in the faction override or does it fall back to the OPCOM factions by default (so leave it blank even with modded factions)?

3. What does syncing the CQB module to OPCOM do? Does syncing it to OPCOM have any special function when that OPCOM is an Assymetric commander, for example? Should it ever be synced to OPCOM or should it only ever get synced to the civ/mil obj modules and never synced to anything else?

1 - sounds about right... sides won't be exactly equal but pretty close.

2 - no need for the factions override for vanilla units but I'm pretty sure you need to enter something in the faction field. If the module is synced you don't need to enter a faction.

3 - nothing.. or it breaks CQB.. have never tried to sync it to an OPCOM module
Sync is only used for Assym mode

@SavageCDN Hey thanks for clarifying!

Your answer to #2 is a little confusing. You said for vanilla I don't need to write anything in the factions line but then said I needed to write something. :)

I think I understand you now though. So basically if my goal is to have "equal" CQB numbers but only have the dominant side spawn, I'd use one unsynced CQB module only, set it to dominate, and write the factions in the factions line....

Vanilla being: BLU_F,OPF_F

Or changing it to a modded faction if it's a modded mission.

Does this sound ok?

That sounds right!! For #2 what I meant is no factions required if the module is synced to a placement module (it will use the factions from the placement module).

Hey thanks.

I was reading though the wiki the other day (I do this periodically when I'm bored at work) and after going back over the CQB entry, I was like oh my goodness I've been doing it wrong for a very very long time. I've been syncing it to OPCOM in Assymetric missions which clearly is not recommended. :(

CQB units actually do spawn that way but I can only imagine the adverse effects doing it wrong has been causing. I appreciate the clarification!

It might not do anything at all (sync to an OPCOM module) - in fact if you've been doing it all this time and things were still spawning then it's probably benign.

For future however I would avoid the sync

See Spyder's answer below

3. Only sync to OPCOM for asymm. It ensures CQB only takes place where asymm forces occupy.

http://alivemod.com/wiki/index.php/Insurgency

Got it.

And I take it I'd need a seperate CQB module for the non-assymetric side then if I wanted them to spawn CQB units too? Or will having just one synced to Asym OPCOM utilize the dominant override?

Test with debug on and see which spawns in an insurgent objective and in an insurgent free area.

@SpyderBlack723 Test with debug on and see which spawns in an insurgent objective and in an insurgent free area.

Unless any of you guys can see any reason why this isn't ok, I decided to test exactly this. I now have exactly one CQB module total in the mission which is synced to the Assym OPCOM. In the faction line I wrote: OPF_MTI_F,UK3CB_BAF_Faction_Navy_MTP and BLUFOR (3CB) spawns in BLUFOR held areas and OPFOR (Massi's/Davidoss's Taliban) spawns in OPFOR held areas.

So this seems to work just fine, at least it does with a quick couple minutes of teleporting.

Thanks!

^ Good to know thanks

If anyone gets a chance, I'd still love an "official" recommendation for how to have BLUFOR and OPFOR utilize CQB when OPFOR is an Assymetric commander.

Even though it *seems* ok having OPF_F,BLU_F in one CQB module synced to the Assymetric (OPF_F) Commander, it still *feels* wrong having BLU_F written in the module when it's synced to the opposing side's OPCOM.

And looking at some of AuTigerGrad's missions, he uses two (or more) CQB modules. One synced to the Assymetric commander, and another free standing one with the other side written in it. Both set to dominant.

I'm not saying the way I described it or the way he's doing it aren't both correct ways (I realize it's more of an ambient troops spawner than anything), it's just I don't think it's super obvious how to use it in an Assymetric situation, when syncing to an OPCOM is in play.

What I want to do is have an Assymetric mission where just the dominant faction utilizes CQB. Is the "correct" way to use one module (synced to the Assymetric OPCOM with both sides written in) or two modules (one synced to OPCOM and one free standing one for the other side)?