4.12 ai...

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Originally Posted by cambaz

I have some IA problems too in my single player Pilot Career before 4.11 AI was pretty good to compare to 4.12 because I am a luftwaffe Stuka pilot and when I take of and get in position back of the flight leader for formation flight others ( I am number 2 generally in formation ) other Stukas always collide with me number 3 always wants to take my place in formation and collides me in air and destroys me in mission on my way is there any way to correct this AI behavior ? if I change position and let him took my place and when I activate the autopilot my plane automatically heads to get in formation where #3 is flying and colliding again.

Post the mission, I didn't have problems in my mission.

Originally Posted by Treetop64

Yes, there has been a marked increase of collisions between AI machines since the new patch, especially in DCG missions where larger bomber formations can be formed, or any mission where there are large bomber formations. It's an event that occurs on virtually every mission when there are enough aircraft in the mission. Sometimes entire formations are eventually wiped out, just by collisions other over the course of the mission.

Some problems are result of new formation option in mission. Original code is somewhat strange but it sort of worked. In DCG, I suppose, there is a lot of situation when flights are attached to each other. In old patches you could have something like this happen.

a=first flight , b= second flight
1a  
        
            2a
                
                        3a
                               1b                        
                                      2b 4a

Above situation is obviously wrong but it works and there is no collision .
In 4.12 it happens often that 4a and 1b collide because wrong group formation is selected. It should be better in 4.12.1 but how many changes in formation code will be necessary is yet to be seen.