Train cars disconnect when attacked

[JG7_X-Man]

Does anyone know how to prevent this? I wonder if lower the train's speed might help?

[Sketch]

I mean, what do you expect? When a train gets hit, don't you think the cars will get disconnected?

 

But I think your real question is, "Why doesn't AI attack the locomotive instead of the train cars?" Even in my mission, AI seems to attack the cars and totally misses the locomotive. Although I have not tried it with ace level AI or with the AI using rockets.

 

 

 

[JG7_X-Man]

3 hours ago, Sketch said:

I mean, what do you expect? When a train gets hit, don't you think the cars will get disconnected?

 

But I think your real question is, "Why doesn't AI attack the locomotive instead of the train cars?" Even in my mission, AI seems to attack the cars and totally misses the locomotive. Although I have not tried it with ace level AI or with the AI using rockets.

 

 

 

 

LOL true that! I have armed them with rockets and set skill to Ace but still no dice They just attack the cars and leave the engine to continue on. Now is some tests, when the engine is damaged and eventual stops, they rack it down and destroy it, but that very seldom happens. Which is why I was thinking reducing its speed - might increase the probability of a kill.

[IckyATLAS]

But this "bug" should have been fixed some time ago. It was in the published list of fixes for AI. Did I dream?

[Gingerwelsh]

It simply doesn't allow any lead for a moving train or ship, so therefore rockets or bombs will always land behind as with this ship doing 15 mph.

 

 

Stationary targets are hit squarely.

 

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[IckyATLAS]

On 3/14/2022 at 8:26 PM, Gingerwelsh said:

It simply doesn't allow any lead for a moving train or ship, so therefore rockets or bombs will always land behind as with this ship doing 15 mph.

 

 

Stationary targets are hit squarely.

 

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Indeed I have also experienced this effect. AI bombing or attacking mobile targets is not working well. It works only on fixed targets. I try to have the AI bomb a train that goes at 50 km/hr and it always misses. In real life it was difficult but here even the ACE and with an MCU Attack with High priority does not work. I think too that there is no lead. It will consider at a given instant the train as fixed and then bomb or fire the rockets.

Edited March 17, 2022 by IckyATLAS