Why does AI disengage from (dog)fights?

[Tiramisu]

I have observed many times that the aircraft AI changes its goal in the middle of a fight by either going to another waypoint or pursuing a far away bandit while there is still another bandit nearby. Maybe it is because the AI looses sight on that bandit, but it can even happen when the AI has AWACS support.

So what is the reason for this behaviour and how can you avoid it? I have tried out different AI settings, but nothing seemed to work with certainity.

[Exorcet]

Do you have a track showing this? I've only seen something like this when I forget to remove default tasking.

 

 

I know that Search and Engage covers ALL of a unit's route, so that even if you have a route with WP 1, 2, and landing 500 miles away and you set last waypoint to 2, the AI will engage fighters 500 miles away over its landing point.

[Tiramisu]

I am not sure if I understood you correctly. So when I have set the engage radius for CAP to 40 miles and if the there is a bandit less than 40 miles away from any of the waypoints of the AI's route, then the AI might engage him, even when the bandit is 500 miles away from the AI's current position?

[Exorcet]

I am not sure if I understood you correctly. So when I have set the engage radius for CAP to 40 miles and if the there is a bandit less than 40 miles away from any of the waypoints of the AI's route, then the AI might engage him, even when the bandit is 500 miles away from the AI's current position?

Yes. Not just the waypoints, but the lines between them. I didn't expect Search and Engage to work this way with the Last Waypoint option checked, but that only controls when the AI stops the S&E task completely.

 

 

If you want to limit the AI to only engage in a limited area, you need to use Search and Engage in Zone.

[Tiramisu]

Oh, thank you! I will try this out. Maybe I need some scripting for the engage zones to make the AI behavior more dynamic.