Ai Attack Avoidance

[nighteyes2017]

So what does this setting actually do in the mission editor?

[Kanelbolle]

If you hold the mouse cursor on the option, it will tell you what it does:

Edited February 21 by Kanelbolle

[nighteyes2017]

yeah i saw that, but that is not much information. That just calls for more questions than it answers. Like 'when does the AI avoid combat engagements?' This action was written for a reason. What is that reason? So far i have not encountered a situation where this action could have helped me out. How do i use this action exactly?

 

[Priest]

Anytime the AI isn't doing what you want, just use that option and it'll do what you want. 

[Lt.Turbo]

On 2/23/2025 at 1:18 PM, nighteyes2017 said:

yeah i saw that, but that is not much information. That just calls for more questions than it answers. Like 'when does the AI avoid combat engagements?' This action was written for a reason. What is that reason? So far i have not encountered a situation where this action could have helped me out. How do i use this action exactly?

 

The AI now considers (to the best of it's ability in DCS) it's chances of survival and success for engaging the enemy. If you have 2 AI MiG-23s going up against 4 F-15s, the MiG-23s might turn and run instead of engaging, even if their mission is CAP. You can use this feature to disable their limited self-preservation instincts and get them to die for the cause.

[nighteyes2017]

Many thx!. 

So based on that, it sounds like the better option for that action would be to have it always turned on by default, and have to option to turn it off. 

Guess ill update my templates to turn this option on.