missing info AI aircraft are not following directions

[CRUD]

My AI aircraft go off and do what they want rather than what they are ordered to do.  Doesn't seem to matter what I do with the ROE.  Wingmen don't stick with each other, it's not even a furball it's more like a clusterf*ck..  

 

Edited November 12, 2024 by CRUD

[antiload]

I too struggle with AI aircraft. They seem to have a built-in priority to-do-list based around the objective you give them. For example a SEAD mission, they will attack the first radar/SAM site they come to, then scour the map for other RADAR emitters. They will fly into threat rings without any fear. CAS is the same. I have managed to correct some of this AI behaviour but it's fiddley and difficult to remember how to set up the commands. I wish the AI action was simplified and would do what it says on the tin. I would be a lot less time consuming and you could go into a mission with a lot more confidence that your AI will preform to what you require from them.    

Edited November 12, 2024 by antiload

[JohnRedcorn]

The AI aircrafts have a predefined tasks which are spreaded between all waypoints. The predefined tasks are defined by the aircrafts group role (SEAD, CAS, e.t.c.).

If you want your aircraft friendly group to do more or less the things that you want them to do, then click on the aircraft group and in the bottom you will see a waypoint properties. There will be a tasks which have a "-" sign. Delete these tasks and then set your own tasks and behaviour for the group. Set ground targets on desired waypoint and aircrafts will attack only the ground targets that you sat. They will no longer fly somewhere to attack some SAM that you didn't even ment them to attack.

But in this case AI aircrafts will be a little dumb. They will attack ground targets by queue. On the start, first aircraft will perform ground strike until it get out of bombs, then the second one will start to attack and so on. As a result, they will spend a lot of fuel for nothing. So if you want them to attack the targets all at once. Create 4 groups of aircrafts, 1 aircraft in each group. Then make them follow after the first aircraft, so they will fly in formation. Then when they will get to the attack waypoint they will attack their targets all together. Just remember to set them in formation on the next waypoint.