Bad response AI flight members to given commands

[Animal66]

Hi al,

 

A couple of days ago I have posted the folowing in the in the A-10C Operation Piercing Fury Campaign section but got zero response and I am sure that there are members who can help me out.

 

The problem is that my AI co pilots respons very bad to given commands. Piercing Fury is my first campain where this occurs but also in other missions my AI flightmember(s) respont quite bad. I am aware that the build in AI has its limitations and can react sometimes in an unexpected way. This is accepted and I try to make the best out of it.

 

I use Voice Attack and Vaicom Pro for commands. If a command isn't clear, then I use the F-buttons.

The problem shouldn't be related to the radio, no easy comms, using the correct radios with correct frequencies. Would this be wrong, then I won't get any response at all.

I understand that my AI teammembers must "see" the enemy, otherwise they response my command with a "negative".

 

So let's take mission 12 "Juggernaut Pt.1 as an example where my flight of 4 have to destroy 6 convoys, each equiped with air defences. At the moment my flight tells me that they have seen targets, and then especcially air defences, I want them to start with taking out air defences with missiles from the east. Voice Commands understands perfectly when I say: Flight, Engage Airdefences with Missiles from the East. DCS repeats this and adds "At my SPI", so I'll take care that my SPI is on one of the air defence verhicles and my TAD shows right top SPI ON. I get no response from my flight, so I have tried all other possbilities, e.g. instead of Flight I choose Wingman and Second Element, and instead of using Voice Command I use the F-buttons. No response.

 

The only response that always works is Engage Ground Targets. The problem with this is that at least one will be ejecting within 1 minute and the other two won't survive the attack till the end. This also happened within other missions but there I was able to fisinsh the job by myself and got 85% instead of 100%. Mission 12 cannot be done without support of your team, even after adapting the weapons configuration and other settings in the mission editor. 

 

Am I doing something wrong, or is this simply how it works?

 

Stay safe!

 

Animal66