[naz]

Hi Harvey

I havent done any great level of testing but am currently flying the Sqn 609 Desastersoft offline campaign and so am using some of the comms AI menu regularly.

To cut a long story short, most of the commands available in the menu seem to work some of the time.

I can get permission to take off (after momentarily hitting autopilot on the runway for the AI to register me and then quickly off again).

I can order my wingmen/flight into different formations and separations. Although I rarely bother. It only works when they are in formation with with you at the time.

I can order my wingmen/flight to attack enemy (this sometimes works, sometimes doesn't). Most usefully I can order them to attack the target in my view screen (works most of the time).

I can never get permission to land regardless of taking the time to let every other plane land first or not.

Ground Control will give me vectors to targets and to home base when I ask for it.

That's the AI Comms I use regularly from memory. I miss being able to tell the wingmen/flight to break, rejoin, and RTB as I was able in the original IL2 series. As much as I love this game, the fact the AI Comms is not at the level of 1946 (as a minimum) is unforgivable for mine.

As far as how to use it, I just hit the tab keys and then the number keys as outlined in the menu itself. It's pretty cumbersome in flight. I used to use VAC voice control in 1946 for Comms but have not set up a profile for Cliffs as yet (been waiting for the Comms system to be fixed - properly fleshed out before taking the time to do so...still waiting)

Hope this is of some help mate.
Cheers