reported AI fired AGM-84D - Inconsistent Behaviour Based on Task

[Northstar98]

Hi everyone,

I've discovered an inconsistency with AI-fired AGM-84Ds.

When "Attack Group" is used, the missiles always only strike the group leader, ignoring any other ships (even if those other ships have larger radar cross sections and are directly in the path of the missile - in the attack group track, you can see missiles overfly larger escorting ships on their way to the group lead). 

Even with a far tighter formation, the missiles only track the group lead, ignoring any other ships. This they do, even if other ships are obscuring the group lead. As if the missile magically knows where the group lead is and its seeker isn't being modeled.

 

However, when "Search then Engage Group" is used, the missiles more randomly target ships in the formation, leading to every vessel being hit at least once (with the escort ships, which are both larger and closer to the missile's flight path) having more missiles target them. This is more expected behavior of the Harpoon and seems to better replicate the Harpoon's seeker.

The bug here is that missiles fired by the AI using "Attack Group" should behave like they do when fired in "Search then Engage".

For anyone wondering why I wouldn't just use Search then Engage every time. Well, search then engage requires the firing unit to detect the target themselves, which the low-flying aircraft will only do at fairly close distances. By using Attack Group, I can replicate pre-planned targets (where the Harpoon is fired at a pre-planned waypoint) - allowing the launching platform to remain in EMCON and/or replicate targets transmitted to shooters by other AI aircraft.

AGM-84D_AttackGroup.trk AGM-84D_AttackGroup_TightForm.trk AGM-84D_SearchThenEngage.trk

Edited Monday at 09:56 AM by Northstar98

[BIGNEWY]

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