AI Flights - use of terrain?

[rkk01]

Have only used ME to build relatively simple SP missions…

… but playing around with SA map and want AI redfor strike packages to use terrain masking to keep out of radar detection for as long as possible

is there a preset for, say, terrain + xm, or is that way too ambitious???

[razo+r]

No. The best option you have is to set the waypoints as low as possible.

But be aware though, the AI likes to fly into the ground.

As an alternative, you could turn them invisible until a certain criteria is met then turn them visible again.

[Blackjack_UK]

3 hours ago, razo+r said:

No. The best option you have is to set the waypoints as low as possible.

But be aware though, the AI likes to fly into the ground.

As an alternative, you could turn them invisible until a certain criteria is met then turn them visible again.

Turning invisible could solve my problem. How do you do that, please?

[razo+r]

8 minutes ago, Blackjack_UK said:

Turning invisible could solve my problem. How do you do that, please?

Select waypoint, advanced waypoint settings, do task (or one of the 4 options), set invisible.

[rkk01]

8 hours ago, razo+r said:

No. The best option you have is to set the waypoints as low as possible.

But be aware though, the AI likes to fly into the ground.

As an alternative, you could turn them invisible until a certain criteria is met then turn them visible again.

Unfortunately, I suspected as much…

(especially the flying into the ground bit)

… but one of the standout features of the historical air strikes on this map were the extreme low level flight profiles

Edited December 8, 2023 by rkk01

[Blackjack_UK]

On 12/8/2023 at 5:14 PM, razo+r said:

Select waypoint, advanced waypoint settings, do task (or one of the 4 options), set invisible.

That could work...but can I link to a trigger zone instead (because it's actually a moving trigger zone I want to use)

[razo+r]

Yeah, you can assign conditions to the invisible task.

Like for example, if unit in (movable) zone, set flag, and at the invisible task, if flag X = true, turn on, if flag X not true, turn off. Or something like that.