[NO BUG] AI fighters won't engage Tomcat

[mytai01]

I made a mission on the Nevada map ( DCS World beta) with 2x fully armed AI Su-27 coming out of Creech going to a CAP station Northeast. My Tomcat is departing Groom Lake. I run an intercept of the Flankers, but they never attack. Even if I fly right next to them! All settings on the Flankers should have them very aggressive, but they're not. So, I changed my aircraft to the F/A-18. As soon as I raise my gear a missile flies off my rail. I thought, "that's weird," and I go F2 to see which missile launched off my plane just in time to see a Flanker zoom past me! Holy smokes! They're super aggressive now, but not against the Tomcat. Something is wrong here...

Edited April 13, 2019 by IronMike

[Deano87]

<does best russian accent>

 

Comrade! I cannot possibly shoot such a beautiful aircraft! :thumbup:

 

 

 

On a more serious note: Why not attach the mission so we can try it and see if we get the same result.

[Top Jockey]

Of course they won't engage the Tomcat - they're Iraqi...

[mytai01]

I went out of my way to engage them and they finally gave chase. I couldn't shake them, or turn around fast enough to shoot them in the face. Lesson: keep them in front, or die...

[shagrat]

You may want to try putting a red AWACS. They might not have recognized you as a threat.

Other option to enforce aggression is the advanced Waypoint action "attack in zone" where you can define a Zone from that waypoint, which is monitored by them and you can further define what target types they attack (focus on bombers e.g.).

[Top Jockey]

I went out of my way to engage them and they finally gave chase. I couldn't shake them, or turn around fast enough to shoot them in the face. Lesson: keep them in front, or die...

 

Have you ever flown the Instant Action mission "Dogfight" (the adversary is Flanker also) ?

[MurderOne]

I have created simple missions with an F-14 and a couple of (almost any "enemy" plane), set them in the ME to attack the F-14, and they simply do not.

[shagrat]

I have created simple missions with an F-14 and a couple of (almost any "enemy" plane), set them in the ME to attack the F-14, and they simply do not.

It would really help, if you would upload the MIZ file here so we can check what's going on.

[IronMike]

I cannot reproduce this. Even in our instant action missions we did not use the "engage" advanced trigger options, and they do engage 100%. Yes, a mission file would help, in the meantime I marked it as no bug. Thank you.

[shagrat]

I cannot reproduce this. Even in our instant action missions we did not use the "engage" advanced trigger options, and they do engage 100%. Yes, a mission file would help, in the meantime I marked it as no bug. Thank you.

Only reason I could think of, is the F-14 he flies is set to "invisible" in the ME, so AI can't "see" him.

But that would require a deliberate addition of that advanced waypoint action or scripts etc.