09.08.2009, 21:48
Snail Wrote:I have noticed many times that AI fails to bail out from a damaged planes:
1) sometimes when elevator is damaged and plane goes straight down.
2) when aileron is damaged or shot off - pilot tries to recover but enters a spin and dies. Always.
A few observations:
In 4.08 & 4.09 ai pilots have a bigger tendancy to "ride her in" as opposed to bailing. I've noticed no change in this behavior after installing the ai mod. After installing the mod I've seen ai bail from aircraft that have broken up and/or on fire. I one occasion I saw an ai bail from 109K4 after I peppered him with a mustang during a high speed pass. As I passed him I looked over my shoulder and saw him pop the canopy. What makes this relevant is that the aircraft was visiually undamaged. No smoke missing parts, nothing. I must have hit the control cables.
Personally, I don' think its particularly unrealistic that many ai don't bail. G-forces, jamed canopies, wounds, as well as the thought process that maybe they can ditch instead of bailing. Of course maybe I'm rationalizing too much here. :wink: