AI bug, Over the other side campaign

[Kirai]

My wingmen must be low on IQ. I flew the campaign mission "over the other side". When we reached the target area and we had everything under controll, one of my wingmen crashed into my tail and died, I had to make an emergency landing and recover. I flew back, the two wingmen alive meet me up halfway (they could have been waiting I think). We flew back to the target area, I used my datalink to pinpoint targets. All of a sudden wingman three repeatedly said; rejoin and took off followed by my second wingman. I told both of them to attack datalink target, they acknowledged but flew away in another direction. I guess that they where low on fuel. They said that they where under attack several times also. I looked at the replay and saw that they where not under attack, both of them crashed after a while because of empty fuel tanks. I mean if they new they where low on fuel I think they should say so and as a normal pilot fly back to base before the fuel runs out.

 

Well I finished the mission myself so its all good but this was rather irritating :/

[Nate--IRL--]

There is no AI in DCS. There is only AS, Artificial Stupidity. Treat it as such and you'll do ok.

 

Nate

[Kirai]

There is no AI in DCS. There is only AS, Artificial Stupidity. Treat it as such and you'll do ok.

 

Nate

 

I must agree with you on that. I love this sim and ED have done a lovely work on most of the things but this is one thing that could have been much better and it drags down the playability a bit in my own opinion.

[Latitude]

I had a similar problem last night with the 'Dusk' mission (a bit later on). To complete this mission you have to take out lots of armour at a enemy supply base. To make this work you appear to have to make full use of your wingman's capability. You do not have enough rockets etc. to complete this mission on your own. It's not easy to get him to folow instructions. The most annoying thing my wingman did (when things were going really well) was to send me a message saying he was 'breaking off contact' and he simply did that, flew away and left me to it. Without his help I was stuffed.

[Kirai]

I had a similar problem last night with the 'Dusk' mission (a bit later on). To complete this mission you have to take out lots of armour at a enemy supply base. To make this work you appear to have to make full use of your wingman's capability. You do not have enough rockets etc. to complete this mission on your own. It's not easy to get him to folow instructions. The most annoying thing my wingman did (when things were going really well) was to send me a message saying he was 'breaking off contact' and he simply did that, flew away and left me to it. Without his help I was stuffed.

 

Well he had the curtesy to tell you anyway, maybe he was low on fuel? I mean my wingmen didnt say anything, they just left, talking jibbrish and then crashed when fuel ran out.

[Itkovian]

There are 3 wingmen for this mission, and I believe that should be enough. If you use datalink and set up the proper target groups and assign them, it should be doable.

 

The problem I had is the last time I played it last night two of my wingmen couldn't make it above the mountain and were stuck there (didn't realise it until I got to the ingress point).

 

Mind you, that was moot since I got shot down by the incoming bandits (couldn't located the Hinds at all... looks like I need to turn on aircraft labels *grin*).

 

Edit: Ah, my apologies, the previous poster talking about using wingmen fully was talking about the Dusk mission.

 

Itkovian

[Kirai]

There are 3 wingmen for this mission, and I believe that should be enough. If you use datalink and set up the proper target groups and assign them, it should be doable.

 

The problem I had is the last time I played it last night two of my wingmen couldn't make it above the mountain and were stuck there (didn't realise it until I got to the ingress point).

 

Mind you, that was moot since I got shot down by the incoming bandits (couldn't located the Hinds at all... looks like I need to turn on aircraft labels *grin*).

 

Edit: Ah, my apologies, the previous poster talking about using wingmen fully was talking about the Dusk mission.

 

Itkovian

 

Yeah I know how to use my wingmen and how to set up datalink targets but sometimes it seems like me and my wingmen speaks a different language, they have to learn english better I guess ;)