Kirill - to use indirect fire you pick a hex that is out of LOS of the indirect fire weapon and then use the Control key + right click on target hex or you use the artillery dialog and just fire on a unit. If its out of LOS it will use the Indirect fire formula.
I divided up the Russians into indirect fire sections as they had 4 guns per battery (for the most part). Where there was just 2 howitzers for the French or other nations I did NOT divide up the batteries in order to keep down the amount of units.
In a future title I am doing I took the French howitzers and combined them into a 4 gun section.
Also: Indirect fire weapons must still have a LOS to the target in order to perform Opportunity fire during an opponent's turn. I checked this out to be sure today. I moved French units out of LOS of a Russian licorne section I had unlimbered (yes, it was unlimbered!) many times but they never were fired on. Thus there is no fear of moving around the map out of LOS of an indirect fire weapon and wondering if they are going to fire on you. If this does happen in your games please report it directly to Rich Hamilton at the HPS Support email!
Hope that helps.
Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come)
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