How To Make Aircraft Perform Their Tasks.

[FlankerMan]

Hello, everybody! I thought this would be the right place to put this, because it's related to the missions I like making. Anyways, I know how to give aircraft tasks, waypoints, and all that stuff, and if I give them something like 'Fighter Sweep', 'Anti-Ship Strike' or 'CAS', they will engage the bandits, ships, or ground targets. But I've found that if I give them 'CAP', 'Escort', or 'Intercept', they don't go out and find the targets until they themselves have been engaged. Likewise, if I give them 'Ground Attack' or 'Pinpoint Strike' they don't do anything, just fly over the target, following their waypoints as usual, and don't shoot them. Finally, I've noticed that 'SEAD' aircraft only go after the 'Patriot STR' (I know there's more to the name, but I can't remember it; it's the lowest one down on the list). I haven't done a huge amount of experimenting, but with the small amount that I have done, I've found out that they won't even go for EWR systems. Do any of you know how to get these guys to do their jobs? I'd like to not be escorting them for nothing. ;)

[feefifofum]

You can either use the Advanced Waypoint Actions, which will be performed when a flight reaches that waypoint, or the Triggered Actions tab which can be activated via an AI TASK PUSH trigger, to make aircraft perform more specific tasks or designate particular targets.

[BlacleyCole]

Can you make the client aircraft fly through ai

[feefifofum]

Using a 3rd party scripting environment, yes; MOOSE has a class called AI BALANCER that does this exact thing.

Check out FlightControl's YouTube channel for a ton of examples and tutorial videos.