Fog of war

Fog of war (abbr. FOW) describes the lag of visibility of certain entity on a singleplayer map or multiplayer mission. This causes by limited optical range or a wrong viewing angle of vehicles or units on the map under the player's controle.

Players of the same team are able to remove the fog of war for their allies and spot enemies for them on the map.

Singleplayer
In singleplayer, fog of war is disabled in most missions, by default. It could be enables in some missions to make the more balanced for the player if they would not be that if not.

Multiplayer
The multiplayer mode uses fog of war by default to hide units of eney players behind walls and covers to keep balance. Some units can hide themselves in fog of war sutomatically auch as snipers and other elite units. When a unit opens fire, it appears for all players on the map, even if it stands in fog of war zone, except of hidden units. Vehicles only discover that enviroment which their crew is able to see from indside the vehicle.