How to activate red fighter to engage?

[Panavia02]

Hello everyone,

 

how do I activate red fighter to engage while blue fighter passing trigger zone.

 

I want that red fighters AI Patrolling by flying their waypoints. Red AI do not engage until a blue fighter reaches the red trigger zone Area, the red fighter, auto engage blue player. I tried so many things. But no good results.

 

 

Please help.:(

[Zarma]

Change the ROE once the fighter is in the trigger zone.

[Wrecking Crew]

What Zarma said.

 

Start the red fighters with Advanced Waypoint Action Set Option ROE = Wep Hold.

Also, make a Triggered Action of Set Option ROE = Open Fire.

At an appropriate waypoint put the red fighters into an orbit. Use Racetrack to get them to cover a longer distance.

Using regular events:

When the blue does what you want then set a flag x, like when blue enters a zone.

On Condition flag x is true do Action AI Task Push of that Triggered Action from above.

For that Orbit use a Stop Condition of flag x is true.

 

So, when blue turns on flag x, the red fighters should stop orbiting and their ROE should go to Fire mode.

 

You may not need the ROE stuff, test it.

 

For the Orbit Stop Condition, I use this short script in the (checked) Condition (LUA Predicate) dialog box:

if trigger.misc.getUserFlag(11102) == 1 then 
return true
end

With this code I can use 5 digit flags which I like.

 

Alternatively, I think you could use Task = CAP for the red fighters and do an AI Task Push of Attack Group -- the blue fighter group. That way you could trigger this anywhere on the red's flight path.

 

WC

Edited October 21, 2015 by Wrecking Crew

[feefifofum]

In case you don't have enough ways to do this yet, you can also delete the default CAP task, and add SEARCH THEN ENGAGE GROUP as an advanced waypoint action with a start condition of flag is true: XXXX.

 

Create another trigger, when blue group enters red CAP zone, flag XXXX on.

 

With this method, you will have to create a separate advanced waypoint action and flag for each group you wish them to engage, but it should be nice and quick to set up if you only have a couple of potential encounters and will be sure to keep your red fighters focused on the relevant target. Sometimes they get excited and go bounding across the map after a distant tanker or AWACS (especially if they have AWACS support themselves) with the default CAP task.

Edited October 21, 2015 by feefifofum

[Panavia02]

Thanks for the info

 

Incase. I also wonder when blue player leaving the trigger zone of red i´d also like that red fighter returns back to his waypoint.

 

Any idea?

 

Maybe one of you guys have the time to post a sample miz.?

 

This could be interesting for a lot of pilots here.

[Wrecking Crew]

Panavia,

I just finished up a mission that used the Orbit logic I described above, but it was to escort a Red transport when the transport got to a zone. The mission is for someone else and it not released yet so I can't share that one.

If you look at my web site -- see my sig -- you can see the many released missions there, and a page with helpful ME resources.

Make a simple mission with the planes in it that you want, where you want. Upload it here and I'll take a look at it.

 

WC

[Panavia02]

Well.

I somehow made it work. But still not sure if its worth it.

 

Thanks for you´re offer.

 

I´ll have a look on you´re homepage later.