Why are my wingmen so rubbish?

[Ram399]

If I could have just one AI change it would be a command which fully overrides the mission logic and forces my wingmen to aggressively engage any and all air targets. 
I don't care if they end up chasing a straggler half way to Berlin, I just want them to fight when I tell them and come back if I say so.

I've always focused more on SP, having put well over a thousand hours into the career mode, and at this point I'm just so tired of the repetitive song and dance it takes to get my flight to actually engage that I haven't touched the game in over a year.

[R33GZ]

39 minutes ago, Ram399 said:

If I could have just one AI change it would be a command which fully overrides the mission logic and forces my wingmen to aggressively engage any and all air targets. 
I don't care if they end up chasing a straggler half way to Berlin, I just want them to fight when I tell them and come back if I say so.

I've always focused more on SP, having put well over a thousand hours into the career mode, and at this point I'm just so tired of the repetitive song and dance it takes to get my flight to actually engage that I haven't touched the game in over a year.

Totally agree mate. It really is frustrating and a buzz kill. I think what makes it feel even worse is the fact there IS a command labeled 'attack nearest air target' that appears to do absolutely nothing

[Voxman]

I mostly play Patrick Wilson's add on, which is amazingly good, but I'm really getting fed up with the AI in this game.  I play mostly SP, not MP at this point.

 

Just flew a ground attack mission with my flight basically flying around in a circle while I did all the work. 

No matter which command I called out, attack Ground targets, patrol ground targets....there was no action taken by my wing.

 

Honestly instead of giving us more content, the AI component of this game should be top priority.

[LukeFF]

Guys, as always, if you are seeing problems with the AI, please, please, post the mission files in the Technical Issues part of the forum. The reports are passed along to the QA team and as recent developments with FC show, the team does read and respond to them. ?

[Crazy76]

 post the mission files  

sorry but I don't know where they are🤔

Hello, excuse my English (google translation); 
I hope to post in the right section. Career mode, 
Normandy airfields "Beaulieu" and Christchurch, 
during "bomber escort" missions the attitude of 
the AI wingmen is catastrophic! They collide and 
I can only return to base by taking back the controls 
(above the Channel I put myself on autopilot) and by 
flying alone otherwise I'm dead! 
I suspect that this is not easy to achieve and in advance 
I congratulate the programmers who I hope will solve this problem. 
Have a good day everyone and good luck.

 

Bonjour , excusez mon anglais (traduction google )  ; j'espère poster dans la bonne rubrique . Mode carrière ,Normandie terrains d'aviation "beaulieu "et  Christchurch , lors des missions "escorte de bombardiers "   l'attitude des ailiers IA est catastrophique ! Ils se percutent et je ne peux revenir a la base qu'en reprenant les commandes (au dessus de la Manche je me met en pilote automatique ) et en volant en solitaire sinon je suis mort ! Je me doute que cela n'est pas simple à réaliser et d'avance je félicite les programmateurs qui je l'espère résoudront ce problème .Bonne journée à tous et bonne continuation .

[jollyjack]

you'll find the mission files in ............\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\Missions

 

You could do a search for the name, then zip the *.mission, *.msnbin, *.eng files together and post them here.

[Jaegermeister]

3 hours ago, Crazy76 said:

 post the mission files  sorry but I don't know where they are🤔

 

 

Sous votre répertoire principal IL2, si vous copiez ces fichiers et les placez dans un fichier .zip, vous pouvez le publier pour que les développeurs puissent le consulter; 

(Under your main IL2 directory if you copy these files and put them in a .zip file you can post it for the devs to look at;)

 

data\missions\_gen.Mission

data\missions\_gen.msnbin

data\missions\_gen.rus

[Crazy76]

Hello, thank you for your information
I'm sending you the files, but "small" problem I think they are those from the last mission I carried out! 
Can you check anyway and if it works I can start missions again on the "Beaulieu" field which is the one 
where I had the most collisions and send you, this time, good files

 

Bonjour , merci pour votre information 
Je vous envoie les fichiers ,mais "petit" problème je pense que ce sont ceux de la dernière mission que j'ai effectué ! Pouvez vous vérifier quand même et si cela marche je peux recommencer des mission sur le terrain de "Beaulieu " qui est celui où j'ai eu le plus de collision et vous envoyer ,cette fois , de bon fichiers 

 

 

_gen.Mission.zip _gen.msnbin.zip _gen.rus.zip

[EAF19_Marsh]

On 1/16/2023 at 11:37 PM, Bloke75Bloke75 said:

What i've learned so far , from flying with / relying on AI wingmen , is think like this character  ( ie  yourself and your medals  !!  ? ) . 

You mean that they love it when a plan comes together?

[Jaegermeister]

6 hours ago, Crazy76 said:

Hello, thank you for your information
I'm sending you the files, but "small" problem I think they are those from the last mission I carried out! 
Can you check anyway and if it works I can start missions again on the "Beaulieu" field which is the one 
where I had the most collisions and send you, this time, good files

 

Bonjour , merci pour votre information 
Je vous envoie les fichiers ,mais "petit" problème je pense que ce sont ceux de la dernière mission que j'ai effectué ! Pouvez vous vérifier quand même et si cela marche je peux recommencer des mission sur le terrain de "Beaulieu " qui est celui où j'ai eu le plus de collision et vous envoyer ,cette fois , de bon fichiers 

 

 

_gen.Mission.zip 1.48 MB · 0 downloads _gen.msnbin.zip 914.85 kB · 0 downloads _gen.rus.zip 4.29 kB · 0 downloads

 

lisez attentivement ci-dessous

 

On 1/31/2024 at 11:42 AM, LukeFF said:

Guys, as always, if you are seeing problems with the AI, please, please, post the mission files in the Technical Issues part of the forum.