Bomber formation problems - Need help

[Limaro]

Hi,

I am currently deperately trying to get a bomber group to work. I currently have three problems.

1. The very first group (B17-1), the leader of all, is also a set of three B17, (actually like all the other groups). However, it's the only one where the second and third plane are placed far behind the first, and they need many miles to catch up.

2. Just before the carpet bombing, the B17-5 and B17-7 are starting to fall behind without any noticable reason.

3. After the bombing many plances are crashing in each other.

Are there three tricks to fix this behaviours? I've attached the mission

B17Crash.miz

Edited January 30 by Limaro
Correction after answer

[Rudel_chw]

I have no practical experience with huge formations, but perhaps this tutorial can help:

 

 

[Limaro]

vor 47 Minuten schrieb Rudel_chw:

I have no practical experience with huge formations, but perhaps this tutorial can help:

 

 

Thanks, this showed the first issue. I accidently hat a trail formation in the default setup in my 0th waypoint.

This is solved.

Also I fixed the crashing. ONe group was only set to stay in formation until WP1.

However, some groups still fall back out of the formation just before the bombing. I "solved" that now by setting the waypoint where bombing starts not so farm from the bombing location itself.

Something confused me in that video. I previously saw the one from the grim reapers, and there they configure only the leader, telling that all settings are inherited from "slaves" of the formation. in that one now, he tells to improve performance to only set ROE for some groups. Did this change meanwhile?

[twistking]

45 minutes ago, Limaro said:

Thanks, this showed the first issue. I accidently hat a trail formation in the default setup in my 0th waypoint.

This is solved.

Also I fixed the crashing. ONe group was only set to stay in formation until WP1.

However, some groups still fall back out of the formation just before the bombing. I "solved" that now by setting the waypoint where bombing starts not so farm from the bombing location itself.

Something confused me in that video. I previously saw the one from the grim reapers, and there they configure only the leader, telling that all settings are inherited from "slaves" of the formation. in that one now, he tells to improve performance to only set ROE for some groups. Did this change meanwhile?

I don't think anything is inherited except the parameters of the formation bombing. I'm not entirely sure though.

Another tip for formations is to be aware of aircraft performance. Make sure that the formation leader cruises with engine power comfortably below 100%, so other aircraft can catch up easily. It also helps to spawn formations a little bit higher than their first waypoint: The descend (if not too steep!!!) can help stragglers to catch up.

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, Limaro said:

I previously saw the one from the grim reapers, and there they configure only the leader, telling that all settings are inherited from "slaves" of the formation. in that one now, he tells to improve performance to only set ROE for some groups. Did this change meanwhile?

 

Hi, I dont really know, but I trust @Reflected tutorials a great deal more than those of Grim Reapers