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Click an LOS button.
All counters on the board are hidden. Note that the following types of counters will still affect the LOS check even though hidden:
- SMOKE (including smoke from blazes and burning wrecks)
- Rubble
- OBA FFE
- vehicles and wrecks
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Click on the center dot of one of the hexes for which you want to check LOS.
This hex is considered the source or origin hex of the LOS.
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Drag your mouse cursor to the other hex for which you want to check LOS.
This hex is considered the target hex for the LOS check.
The thread snaps to the either the center dot of the hex, or to the nearest hex vertex.
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LOS is checked at the lowest level of the hex by default. If the source (origin) or target hex have additional levels, you can move the LOS thread to those levels using the following key combinations:
Table 1. LOS keyboard shortcuts. This table describes keyboard shortcuts used to adjust the level of the source (original) or target hex of a LOS check.
| Keystroke |
Moves... |
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| Up arrow |
the target location up. |
| Down arrow |
the target location down. |
| Ctrl+up arrow |
source location up. |
| Ctrl+down arrow |
source location up |
The LOS thread indicates the state of the line of sight
- Black: LOS is clear.
- Red: LOS is hindered.
- Blue: LOS is blocked.
A popup states the range between the source (origin) and target hexes.