04.05.2009, 15:01
I know exactly what issue you're talking about. I've figured out a few semi-hacks that most of the time let you retain control of your other flights.
Here's what I do. Right after takeoff, I issue order for all but my own flight to rejoin followed by cover me. If you just do rejoin, they proceed to their waypoint.
This works until you engage in the first fight. After that, rejoin/cover me does not seem to work anymore, at best it works half the time. So the other workaround I use is to issue return to base followed by Tab-8-1 which is "send fighters my way," which causes flights 2-4 to rejoin into your formation. Issuing return to base first is important though, otherwise they won't rejoin.
Another trick I figured is to organize your flight so that you're higher a rank than the leaders of all other flights, and have them, respectively, be of a higher rank pilot 3 in their flight; and similarly, pilot 3 should outrank his wingman (pilot 4). I use DCG, so sometimes I have to tweak flight order manually, not sure how DGEN does this.
Here's what I do. Right after takeoff, I issue order for all but my own flight to rejoin followed by cover me. If you just do rejoin, they proceed to their waypoint.
This works until you engage in the first fight. After that, rejoin/cover me does not seem to work anymore, at best it works half the time. So the other workaround I use is to issue return to base followed by Tab-8-1 which is "send fighters my way," which causes flights 2-4 to rejoin into your formation. Issuing return to base first is important though, otherwise they won't rejoin.
Another trick I figured is to organize your flight so that you're higher a rank than the leaders of all other flights, and have them, respectively, be of a higher rank pilot 3 in their flight; and similarly, pilot 3 should outrank his wingman (pilot 4). I use DCG, so sometimes I have to tweak flight order manually, not sure how DGEN does this.