Rooster won't attack unless I do.

[Gunfreak]

I noticed that the rooster and wingmen won't attack ground targets unless I hit them first. 

In the mission with the brigdes there wasn't a problem, I missed the first bridge, by the time I droped my second bomb on the second brigade everyone else started to drop theirs. But on 4 and 5, when we are supposed to blow up a damn and a factroy, unless I hit the target with my bombs, they won't attack. I did mission 4 three times, first time I hit the dam, and everyone else hit it too and it blew up, second time I missed the dam, but no mater how many times I give order to rooster to attack, they refused. I did it a 3rd time, I hit the dam and it blew up after the others attacked it. 
On Mission 5 I jettesoned my bombs as I was in a MiG fight, after the MiGs had gone I tried to make rooster and my flight to attack the factory, and they refused. when I got back home, I saw all of them still carried bombs. They just refuse to attack, unless I hit the target?

[Reflected]

Your own flight or the other one?( F10 menu)

the other flight automatically rejoins if you fly too far away from them. 
 

For your own flight use the ‘engage primary’ command. 
 

Anyway, they will attack, they just take a very long time to fly away and set up for a long and slow run in. DCS AI. 
 

in mission 5 you’re not supposed to engage the migs, that’s what your escort is for.  Your priority is the factory. 

Edited December 4, 2021 by Reflected

[Gunfreak]

22 hours ago, Reflected said:

Your own flight or the other one?( F10 menu)

the other flight automatically rejoins if you fly too far away from them. 
 

For your own flight use the ‘engage primary’ command. 
 

Anyway, they will attack, they just take a very long time to fly away and set up for a long and slow run in. DCS AI. 
 

in mission 5 you’re not supposed to engage the migs, that’s what your escort is for.  Your priority is the factory. 

 

But I hear "break" over the com, after reports of migs on our tail. I need to break, so I break and I don't plan on fighting migs with two bombs on.

[Reflected]

You’re not the only flight in the air. Listen to the calsigns, not everything is for you.  Of course you can dogfight the migs, if you rtb the mission is a success. But that’s not your primary objective.