Override AI response

[Stonehouse]

Add the ability to override the AI changing flight path and attitude and speed due to external threats such as attacking aircraft and instead force them to follow the plotted flight plan as closely as damage permits. Perhaps if not too difficult allow a % damage level or if they can no longer follow the flight plan at which point they will jettison their stores and attempt to RTB and resume normal evade tactics to enemy attacks.

[Weta43]

Add the ability to override the AI changing flight path and attitude and speed due to external threats such as attacking aircraft and instead force them to follow the plotted flight plan as closely as damage permits.

Already exists under advanced action in the ME.

[Stonehouse]

Yes but it doesn't seem to stop them from manoeuvring when an enemy aircraft gets close. Screen shot below is a B52 and a Mig 15 with the B52 set for passive defence. B52 has a straight and level flight path plotted but always breaks to avoid the Migs attack. From the manual

 

Passive defense – utilize passive and active defense measures, but no defensive maneuvering against incoming threats.

Also I don't know if things like the tail guns on the B52 and Tu95 would be allowed to fire under this option. I think probably they would be since I assume they would be regarded as an active defence measure and if that is the case then that would be fine if the aircraft did not perform defensive maneuvering as the manual suggests. Perhaps it is an already logged bug? Or to stop the B52 performing breaks are other advanced options also required? eg ROE? That would seem to contradict the manual's description of the passive defence option?

 

Thanks,

Stonehouse

Edited June 21, 2016 by Stonehouse
screen shot removed for reuse

[Exorcet]

Try setting reaction to threat to no reaction. The actual names might be slightly different, but it is possible to have the AI ignore everything.

[Stonehouse]

Unfortunately no reaction is just that. They just don't react to anything even to use passive defences which is not what I am after. Thank you though.

 

<edit> Sorry this is getting more convoluted than I planned. Apologies Weta but it turns out what I posted first up is not actually available at this time. The passive defence option doesn't regard aircraft as an incoming threat to be passive towards and passive defence AI only ignore SAMs and I think perhaps aircraft launched missiles and therefore what I wished is still valid. I suppose it is an extension of the passive defence option so maybe a tick box to include aircraft or a drop down list of threat types to not react to is my imagining of what it might look like if it is built.

 

Thanks and sorry again for the back and forth.

Edited June 21, 2016 by Stonehouse