[BUG] Search then Engage in Zone causes strange behaviour

[Thorimus]

I have a 3-ship of Mig-29s set up to go intercept anyone in a zone using Fighter Sweep role with the "Search then Engage in Zone" advanced waypoint action.

Obviously this can't just work properly, because this is DCS.

 

Instead the Migs do some strange manoeuvres on their way to the zone, and only two of them make it there because the third gets distracted by... something? The ground? A passing schoolbus?

 

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[Grimes]

They still have their fighter sweep task that is assigned well before the search and engage in zone task. So it is likely the AI are in attack mode early on rather than flying to the WP where the task is assigned and then deciding to attack something. Just delete that extra task so all they have is search and engage in zone.

 

The forward "EWR" you have set as a Patriot might also be impacting their decision making as they might not realize it is just a radar with no launchers. Changing reaction to threat or changing the object type to an actual EWR might help that.