Preventing gun crews from running away

[JGr2/J34b_Matthias]

Any way to do this in the missions?

 

I want them to stand their ground and provide ambient fire all the way up until the gun is truly eliminated.  Its way too hard to tell if you're strafing a dead MG and completely wasting bullets or an active crewless MG with icons off.

 

I tried messing with the damage threshold and that did absolutely nothing.

 

OR is there a way to actually make the crew come back after a very short period of time and resume shooting?  That would be acceptable too.

Edited August 28, 2019 by J5_Matthias

[Thad]

Salutations,

 

No, not that I know of.  ?

[56RAF_Roblex]

I am pretty sure the crew *does* come back after a few minutes though I have never tried keeping the camera on an abandoned but healthy gun to check how long it takes.

[Yogiflight]

Usually, when they run away,I make the decision quite easy for them, if they should return to the gun.

[Retnek]

On 8/28/2019 at 11:01 AM, 56RAF_Roblex said:

I am pretty sure the crew *does* come back after a few minutes though I have never tried keeping the camera on an abandoned but healthy gun to check how long it takes.

Can confirm this - had some nasty surprise coming back to a "unprotected target" just to find 50% of the AA alive again. First I suspected the mission designers to use some vengefully re-spawning loops. Checking the mission-file confirmed there was no re-spawn. Just my sloppy shooting driving the crew away but leaving the gun intact. With light MGs one has to aim accurately, not always a good idea to conserve cannons ammo.