coolts Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I just fired up BS for a quick blast before work this morning on a custom mission I made, [no 1 hour travel time only to be blown to bits when you eventually get there :)] Mindful of past mid air buffoonery I commanded my wingmen to “combat formation”, and gave them a minute to get their arses sorted out. I then executerda fairly sedate 50 dg banking turn (no Airwolf stuff), only to hear the ominous drone of engines from behind me then..WHUMP. [Take two] ...approaching the rebel base in “the other side” [campaign mission edited to take out the ½ hour trundle to get there]. As the Hinds approached, I order wingmen to “cruise”, (100m spread), then, “combat”, (200m spread), as the valley widened. I couldn’t get a good bead on the bandits so retreated, dispensing flares. Once at a safe distance I tried the ‘Airwolf turn*’, you know; Fast, then, pitch down and full rudder to pivot the tail round and face your enemy......WHUMP. Now, please ED. Either give me a new wingman command. Something along the lines of “GET THE BLOODY HELL OUT OF THE WAY WE ARE NOT STUCK IN A SUPERMARKET QUEUE”, or give the wingman AI more self preservation routines. Loving the game though. It’s the best flight sim since Falcon 3, [4 was far too buggy and green! – begin controversy :smilewink:] * I am unaware of the correct military name for this manouver. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7 9700k | 32gb DDR4 | Geforce 2080ti | TrackIR 5 | Rift S | HOTAS WARTHOG | CH PRO Pedals
mudpuppy Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I know what you mean, seems my wingie wants to knock me out of the air more than anyone else. I would be a great help if he would just do what I tell him to do, and quit flying up my b*tt:mad: AMD FX-8320 EIGHT CORE PROCESSOR 16 GB RAM RADEON RV 480 WINDOWS 10 64 BIT
Jigsaw Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 The wingman AI drives me nuts in the "Dusk" campaign mission. Because of the twilight we can't get a lock on targets with the Shkval, so I have to manually paint the targets until the missile hits. The wingman is incapable of doing so, so his whole Vikhr compliment is completely useless, in a mission with lots of targets that can only be eliminated safely from a distance (T-72s and BMP2s). So, when I'm out of my Vikhrs this leaves only guns and rockets... and this is the perfect recipe to get the wingman shot down, because he is unable to maintain a safe distance when ordered to attack. He just barges into the target zone as if there was no tomorrow. Well... as a result there also won't be for him. Sans a wingman I don't really stand a chance against the remaining targets.
coolts Posted April 3, 2009 Author Posted April 3, 2009 That’s why I can't lock on to anything in "Dusk", as soon as I get near the target area. I thought I was going mad. I even started locking on to electricity pylons en route, thinking, "yes, the Shkval is still working...”. Luckily, Russia has never been at war with Iceland to my knowledge. The KA 50 would be buggered in winter. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7 9700k | 32gb DDR4 | Geforce 2080ti | TrackIR 5 | Rift S | HOTAS WARTHOG | CH PRO Pedals
Frakin Toasters Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I've never ever had a wingman crash into me. I once crashed into him as a joke though. But i was once playing this one single player mission, and we got right up next to this target; a convoy which i had to destroy before it reached its destination. I ordered my wingman to attack it a million times but he kept just replying with "Unable". I was like, "Who's number one here me or you?"
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