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Mobhack March 25th, 2009 11:51 AM
Re: Aircraft Tunnel Vision
 
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Originally Posted by Imp (Post 682159)
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Maybe Don and Andy will shed some light on if the AI can turn off weapons.
I will save them the effort no it can't what it can do is pick the right target for the weapon. A plane armed with cannon is probably looking for armour to plink. Its bombload however might be far better suited to dropping on infantry so really the pilot wants to drop them on infantry.
You not the AI have the luxury of turning them off so they are not wasted assuming of course you survive for another pass.
It did not attack infantry by mistake it attacked them because it was a better target for the payload.
None of the above, naturally.

Planes can now strafe 30 degrees off-axis - have done for the last two releases or so.

Cannon and rockets can therefore be fired at something the bombs don't line up to - the plane can then fly on a bit and bomb if a valid target is directly in line of flight.

The Ai does not "reserve" any weapons.

Andy

Imp March 25th, 2009 01:00 PM
Re: Aircraft Tunnel Vision
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobhack (Post 682172)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Imp (Post 682159)
Quote:
Maybe Don and Andy will shed some light on if the AI can turn off weapons.
I will save them the effort no it can't what it can do is pick the right target for the weapon. A plane armed with cannon is probably looking for armour to plink. Its bombload however might be far better suited to dropping on infantry so really the pilot wants to drop them on infantry.
You not the AI have the luxury of turning them off so they are not wasted assuming of course you survive for another pass.
It did not attack infantry by mistake it attacked them because it was a better target for the payload.
None of the above, naturally.

Planes can now strafe 30 degrees off-axis - have done for the last two releases or so.

Cannon and rockets can therefore be fired at something the bombs don't line up to - the plane can then fly on a bit and bomb if a valid target is directly in line of flight.

The Ai does not "reserve" any weapons.

Andy
Yes realise that but my assumption was a plane armed with cannon & bombs of the high kill low pen variety would fire the cannon at armour then try & bomb infantry if close to it only using the bombs on the armour if nothing better is available. Have I misread things as its just observation so might have percieved it wrong.
I was not saying you need to switch weapons off just you have the luxury if so wish. More a MBT thing turning off standoff weapons because you want to drop the bomb payload.

Mobhack March 25th, 2009 01:03 PM
Re: Aircraft Tunnel Vision
 
Aircraft fire everything that bear - there is no distinction between cannon or bombs. A plane with "anti-personnel" bombs will just as happily drop on tanks, since they are still bombs.

Andy

Imp March 25th, 2009 01:13 PM
Re: Aircraft Tunnel Vision
 
Cheers


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