steph1258

Hi, Not really a helpful answer (sorry...) but I have encountered a similar problem with B-17s box formation on one of my self made mission. My bombers perform weirdly and cannot keep their assigned altitude, position and it often results in collisions with devastating effects... Using RedKite tutorial, I set up a combat box of 4 4-ship elements in close Combat Box (30x30m iirc), with a target assigned for carpet bombing. The aim is to intercept them with 4xFW-190 A8 before that happens. All elements have a different assignment in the group (i.e no-one trying to occupy the same space), they are all created with the same initial altitude of 20kft and speed of 130kt and all have the same bombload of 12 bombs. I just changed the skill on some bombers inside each element so that all gunners don't wipe the FW out on the first pass. ​​​​​​ The problem begins as soon as we sight the bombers, they perform aggressive manoeuvers as described in your post above and they often collide into one another, ruining the whole mission. I tried fixing the problem by making their bomb run into a straight line, thinking my turns were too sharp for them to keep up with (I read >20° was too much). That did not solve anything and even in a straight line they just wobble aggressively around their assigned position (with unrealistic accelerations) and boom! down they go. In my mission, even with the Leader still alive, the group does not behave like a «normal» bomber box and all planes behave weirdly, and at random. I submitted a ticket, thinking this was a bug but the answer was to post in the forum, so I hope that my answer will spark the interest of someone so that we can kill that (those?) gremlins. I'm doing this on my phone so can't post any .miz file for now but will do tomorrow, among with a short video to show the whole thing if I can upload that. Sorry, not the helpful answer you might have expected but hopefully some ED/ME wizard will see this and give a hand! Cheers! Steph

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