17.10.2008, 18:42
I just posted this at the DCG website - thought i would also post it here in the hope someone other than me might be having the same problem (or hopefully a fix) 8)
Basically the 2 flights don't fly in formation together - they both follow the waypoints as if seperate squadrons, the 'return to formation' command has no effect at all. The only way i have to keep the flights together is to either fly as leader and have the 2nd flight 'cover me' and they will fly top cover. Or to fly as leader of the 2nd flight and keep formation myself (this is all the same if i fly as anyone's wingman also). This is different from using dgen where the 3nd flight will hold at 4 o'clock or so and follow the leader from this position.
This becomes a problem when entering combat and having 1/2 the squadron several km away (sometimes they won't engage the enemy at all) and after combat when we have seperated they will either carry on their way along the waypoints, or head home.
I realise this is not an AI issue because in singe missions this is not the case - and as i said above nor in dgen so i can only imagine it is related to the way that the missions are generated by dcg. But i would think that if this were the case then many more people would have posted about it. Is this how they behave for you? anyone? any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks for your time
Basically the 2 flights don't fly in formation together - they both follow the waypoints as if seperate squadrons, the 'return to formation' command has no effect at all. The only way i have to keep the flights together is to either fly as leader and have the 2nd flight 'cover me' and they will fly top cover. Or to fly as leader of the 2nd flight and keep formation myself (this is all the same if i fly as anyone's wingman also). This is different from using dgen where the 3nd flight will hold at 4 o'clock or so and follow the leader from this position.
This becomes a problem when entering combat and having 1/2 the squadron several km away (sometimes they won't engage the enemy at all) and after combat when we have seperated they will either carry on their way along the waypoints, or head home.
I realise this is not an AI issue because in singe missions this is not the case - and as i said above nor in dgen so i can only imagine it is related to the way that the missions are generated by dcg. But i would think that if this were the case then many more people would have posted about it. Is this how they behave for you? anyone? any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks for your time