AI pilots won't join formation during career missons

[Gretsch_Man]

As the post title says, AI pilots sometimes won't join formation in Luftwaffe career missons flown on the BoBP map. This started to happen after an AI update that addressed AI formation flight  behaviour some time ago. This has happened to me on various campaigns, flying different squadrons during different seasons within each campaign. I'm not sure but it looks like fighter bomber intercept missions, which are flown at low level (500m), seems to be especially "favoured" by the misbehaving AI.

 

What usually happens is that the last or second last plane of the flight, after take-off, first flies toward the formation, then, still within sight of it's airbase, turns back toward it's base, then start circling around.

 

Repeately restarting the mission or exchanging AI pilots usually won't help.

 

This can get VERY annoying!

 

Could anyone please look into this?

[rowdyb00t]

@Gretsch_Man

  Could you post a track and or mission file for the devs?

 

[Gretsch_Man]

17 hours ago, rowdyb00t said:

@Gretsch_Man

  Could you post a track and or mission file for the devs?

 

Do you mean one of those missonReport files inside the folder FlightLogs? Right now I don't remember which of those would be the right one, but I'll give it another shot next time.

[rowdyb00t]

6 minutes ago, Gretsch_Man said:

Do you mean one of those missonReport files inside the folder FlightLogs? Right now I don't remember which of those would be the right one, but I'll give it another shot next time.

  Yup. I posted this in the beta form so it can be looked at. I’ll try to recreate this too.  

[FlyingH]

It happens in RAF career mode too. Well not exactly as described, the leader turns into the second WP and flies for a few minutes then turns right and starts loitering, the 2 lastplanes are way behind or turn 180 and start cirkling. The leader keeps turning 2 - 4 turns then heads towards WP 3 and the 2 laggingeither picks up or just keep loitering. On one occation there was another stange thing, the mission was atacking a raiway junktion, we got there (I was flying as no8) did a few sweeps across the town and got hit by AAA so I turne home with my plane rather damaged. All of a sudden the whole flight disappeared! I got home and when the debrief came up the lot were KIA! Since tha mission I´m the flightleader and I´m the only one the do any damage to the enemy, where it is groundpounding or dogfighting! Flying the Tempest with No 3 Sqadron in SP.