rikkles Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) Wingman always bingo fuels in the mission. In trying to keep formation, he alternates between speed brakes and afterburner, dramatically reducing his range. If you fly slow it improves his range, but never enough to have him able to return home. Also having him trail is slightly better than other formations it seems. It's probably nothing you can fix, but it's surprising that he's so inefficient even with external fuel tanks (which you don't have yourself). Edited April 16, 2019 by IronMike
Shimmergloom667 Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 That's DCS AI right there - the wingmen in every module are pretty clueless on how to keep formation without a weirdly binary throttle setting, IMHO. i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H
IronMike Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 Thank you, that is unfortunately a DCS issue. With AI it is highly recommend to fly at slower speeds, give them time to catch up and to avoid pushing them into ABs. They always fly with a higher speed setting, so player mil power often means AI in AB. Personally I am aming at speeds around 250kts IAS when cruising with the AI. Hope that helps. Other bugs in the mission have been resolved. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
rikkles Posted April 19, 2019 Author Posted April 19, 2019 I've never tried 250kts, I was generally at 350kts at half power. I'll try that next, to see if I can keep that idiot alive. The mission being pretty easy, this is a good challenge. Questions about the mission though: 1- There are two caution lights on, from the mission start: - WING SWEEP: I thought this should only happen from damage - CADC: Failure in the air data computer, what's that? 2 - CCRP doesn't work, the diamond marker always flashes and doesn't lock. Does that have anything to do with the caution lights? Looking at the mission in the editor, nothing is set to create failures so I'm a bit surprised as to how these happened.
Eldur Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 That's DCS AI right there - the wingmen in every module are pretty clueless on how to keep formation without a weirdly binary throttle setting, IMHO. They're just like most German bus drivers nowadays... Bad thing is that even Iceman does this... And that they're literally out of fuel just five minutes after take off.
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