Vehicles convoy stupid domino effect

[BaD CrC]

In the missions we are flying, we sometimes have to escort convoy and clear the path ahead of them from, for example, IEDs.

If the first vehicle of the convoy is blown up by an IED, the second behind will come close enough to be blown up by the explosion of the first vehicle. Then the third vehicle will come too close and be blown up by the explosion of the second vehicle....until you reach the last vehicle. So unless someone is jumping into a game commander or tactical commander position and manually steer away the vehicles from the ones burning, a single lost vehicle in a convoy will trigger a domino effect that will kill the entire convoy without any way through AI to avoid it.

It would be nice to be able to set a safety distance between vehicles on the road and not having them ended up bumper to bumper waiting to be blown up.

[TOViper]

In the missions we are flying, we sometimes have to escort convoy and clear the path ahead of them from, for example, IEDs.

If the first vehicle of the convoy is blown up by an IED, the second behind will come close enough to be blown up by the explosion of the first vehicle. Then the third vehicle will come too close and be blown up by the explosion of the second vehicle....until you reach the last vehicle. So unless someone is jumping into a game commander or tactical commander position and manually steer away the vehicles from the ones burning, a single lost vehicle in a convoy will trigger a domino effect that will kill the entire convoy without any way through AI to avoid it.

It would be nice to be able to set a safety distance between vehicles on the road and not having them ended up bumper to bumper waiting to be blown up.

 

LOL, funny effect.

 

Did you - as a workaround - try out Waypoint Actions like "Disperse under fire" with only 1 second delay? They might then go into the fields if they were on a street?

[BaD CrC]

Will try that. I don't know if one second is enough for them to disperse far enough from the blast. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Flappie]

I strongly agree about this annoying issue in need of a cure: I'm currently in the last part of the Combined Arms official campaign, and I've seen this a lot, among other clumsy AI behaviors.

 

 

 

It should be natural for an AI vehicle to flee the ticking bomb standing right in front of it.

[BIGNEWY]

Some scenarios require units to stay in formation, which is why the disperse under fire should be used if you want your units to spread out once engaged.

 

Thanks

[TOViper]

Some scenarios require units to stay in formation, which is why the disperse under fire should be used if you want your units to spread out once engaged.

 

Thanks

 

I think so too, since currently we have two choices available, which is good! :thumbup: