Veracity Posted December 18, 2010 Posted December 18, 2010 Hello all. I was attempting to learn to use the SADL datalink with my AI wingman during an instant action mission (beta3). My tactical plan was to have him to hit the SAM at WP 5 while I ingress from a different direction and clear out the rest of the armor at that location. Unfortunately, if I order him to engage prior to him announcing "contact" (usually occurs around 2nm) he will reply with a negative or an unable. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong? I have my SPI set to the target area with my broadcast "on" via DMS Left Long, but he refuses to engage until he's made a visual identification. Can someone please clear up what I might be doing incorrectly? :joystick: Thanks very much.
WarriorX Posted December 18, 2010 Posted December 18, 2010 Welcome to the Forums Veracity. I have seen the same behavior from the AI. It seems that they need to get close enough to the target you want them to kill. You will know when this happens because usually they call out "Contact". After the Contact call you can successfully order them to kill something. I can get them to fly closer to a SPI by ordering them to "Fly to my SPI" or if the target you want them to kill is near a steerpoint you can give the wingman the command "Fly to my Steerpoint" These commands are under the Navigation Branch of the Comms Menu for Wingman. Now remember this is still a Beta that we are playing/testing, so this may be fixed or changed in the future. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Is that you John Wayne?.......Is this me?" Full Metal Jacket //My Mission Data Card//My Cold Start Checklist //Clearing a Hung Store Tutorial //CDU Offset//Asterisk Error Correction Procedure//JTAC UTM Coordinate Entry Tutorial//JTAC 9 Line Lat Long Coordinate Entry Tutorial
Veracity Posted December 18, 2010 Author Posted December 18, 2010 Thanks for the welcome and response WarriorX. I was operating under the premise that "contact" would occur the moment I datalinked my SPI to them but, unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. I would hope this is indeed, as you implied, simply a matter of the state of the current beta build. If not, I'm afraid AI wingmen will be permanently grounded back at the FOB, as their functional utility in the simulation, at least temporally, resides just slightly above the threshold of zero. I suppose I better refine my airmanship and reconcile my AI disappointment by logging some MP time. :) Thanks again.
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