# Does anyone thinking that the friendly NPC's fire range a way too short?

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157 "2018-12-31T13:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![vipches](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vipches/32/1856_2.png) [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/1 "2018-12-31T13:39:25Z")

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I don’t know is just me or anybody else, thinking that the friendly npc seems have a little range to firing weapons, like 9 or 10 tiles? by the time they can firing those weapons, the enemy such like zombie is already reach on the danger close distance, whichs make the friendly NPC automatically switch on a full-auto firing mode, and they’re shooting all over the places, last time I arm my NPC with RM55 rifle and 100 clips, and he waste half of the bullets by shooting the 5 zombie approaching him, I mean, the PC can shooting more than that 10 tiles, right?

Somehow, the hostility NPC dosn’t seems have such problem, they shooting normally at someone else.

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**Author:** ![Medi\_Ding](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/medi_ding/32/5091_2.png) [@Medi\_Ding](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Medi_Ding)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/2 "2018-12-31T19:11:57Z")

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Are you commanding them to only attack enemies that get too close?

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**Author:** ![vipches](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vipches/32/1856_2.png) [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/3 "2019-01-04T01:06:32Z")

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Nope, I commanding them on a fire at will mode, they attacking enemies whatever they please.

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**Author:** ![Hof1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hof1993/32/6251_2.png) [@Hof1993](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hof1993)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/4 "2019-01-04T02:55:53Z")

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What firearms are they using

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**Author:** ![ecchi\_squid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ecchi_squid/32/6386_2.png) [@ecchi\_squid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ecchi_squid)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/5 "2019-01-04T03:22:45Z")

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I think a bit more fine tuning of NPC behaviors wouldn’t be that bad. For example, I don’t like having to be adjacent to them to order them to fall back.

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**Author:** ![mlangsdorf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mlangsdorf/32/2462_2.png) [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/6 "2019-01-04T14:18:39Z")

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You can use the 'C’hat command to issue orders to NPCs in line of sight, up to 24 tiles away.

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**Author:** ![ecchi\_squid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ecchi_squid/32/6386_2.png) [@ecchi\_squid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ecchi_squid)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anyone-thinking-that-the-friendly-npcs-fire-range-a-way-too-short/18157/7 "2019-01-04T17:32:02Z")

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Still learning about hotkeys. Seems like there’s always something to learn in this game.