Question about last mission (spoiler!)

[dlder]

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Can the Yak-40 be forced to land?

I've tried flying past at a very high speed, shooting in front of the plane and then shooting the wing, damaging the aircraft. But it never seemed to change course trying to land...

So I shot one engine and finally it lowered it's landing gears and flew to the direction of Vaziani's outer marker (it seemed).

But alas, it crashed and blew up.

 

So is there a way for it to survive? Because I only got a score of 80, so it seems something else could've been done?

Thanks by the way: finally a totally different campaign then the usual "at / going to war" campaigns. Really digged it (even though the 1st low flying mission past all the power lines was a bit much^^

[Laivynas]

В 22.10.2023 в 15:30, dlder сказал:

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Can the Yak-40 be forced to land?

I've tried flying past at a very high speed, shooting in front of the plane and then shooting the wing, damaging the aircraft. But it never seemed to change course trying to land...

So I shot one engine and finally it lowered it's landing gears and flew to the direction of Vaziani's outer marker (it seemed).

But alas, it crashed and blew up.

 

So is there a way for it to survive? Because I only got a score of 80, so it seems something else could've been done?

Thanks by the way: finally a totally different campaign then the usual "at / going to war" campaigns. Really digged it (even though the 1st low flying mission past all the power lines was a bit much^^

Hi!

Initially it should be possible to get other ending than just blowing up Yak.

Will check if something has been unexpectedly broken.

Glad to know You like campaign. 

[Laivynas]

В 22.10.2023 в 15:30, dlder сказал:

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Can the Yak-40 be forced to land?

I've tried flying past at a very high speed, shooting in front of the plane and then shooting the wing, damaging the aircraft. But it never seemed to change course trying to land...

So I shot one engine and finally it lowered it's landing gears and flew to the direction of Vaziani's outer marker (it seemed).

But alas, it crashed and blew up.

 

So is there a way for it to survive? Because I only got a score of 80, so it seems something else could've been done?

Thanks by the way: finally a totally different campaign then the usual "at / going to war" campaigns. Really digged it (even though the 1st low flying mission past all the power lines was a bit much^^

Hello again!

Sorry for being a bit slow on investigation, but good news are here.

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Despite all troubles with AI it is possible to get alternative (more positive) campaign ending even without mission fixes. Anyway fixes are done, but will arrive not in a short term.

How to get alternative ending.

Just slightly damage Yak until You get triggered message "Yak-40 damaged."

That's it. From now on don't damage him. Just take Your time and give him an opportunity to land.

 

PS. The trick was in multiple AI behavior changes that were made since campaign release. At some point AI started to abandon "battlefield" without visible signs like turning on navigation lights. Sorry for that.