Ground Attack Ai Still Not Working Very Well

[ShamrockOneFive]

On ground attack missions (with IL-2s, FW190s, La-5s, Ju87s) I've found the AI to be severely lacking. On approach to the target if left alone they will pretend to line up on something but then they either fail to attack or they just fly circles until you finish the objective. If you order them to attack they either do what I've already described or they do not respond to the radio call and fly circles. If its over a target of opportunity and I order them to attack the closest ground target they do not respond and fly circles or behind you.

 

I've been playing for a few days now with 1.0009 update so I was waiting to see if anything had changed from the last patch. No luck so far. AI wingmen seem practically useless in ground attacks at the moment.

 

Haven't tried level bombing yet.

[LukeFF]

 

 

Haven't tried level bombing yet.

 

Level bombing is working very well. No special commands need to be given to the AI to get them to drop their bombs. 

[LLv24_Zami]

Yeah, ground attack is still problem for AI in campaign. They just refuse to attack no matter what you do. If there are enemy fighters in action area they drop their ordnance immediately and start fighting planes instead bombing target. Or they just circle the area pointlessly and return home with full bomb load.

 

And they leave formation at action point without order from flight leader and start doing their own things. This is true with interception missions also, wingmen start racing towards target right away even it is not visible yet. They should stick in formation untill ordered to attack or come under attack. Otherwise AI does a pretty decent job most of the times.

 

Tried SYN_Haashashin airfield attack mission with autopilot on and AI attacked target with wingmen with no problems regardless of enemy planes in area. So maybe its something to do with with campaign mission structure.

[LLv24_Zami]

Strange, I did test many ground attack missions this evening and every time AI planes did engage ground targets without ordering. And they did pretty good job too.

Did they change something in the last update? I am a little confused, havent seen that before. But it was really nice to see AI waste those targets. 

 

It was also nice to see that AI sometimes missed the target. I dont think anyone can hit a target every bombing run with WW2 equipment, no even AI . Makes AI more human.