Suggestions for AI Improvements

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by majorfailure

But currently if in Il-2 all and any P-51 would leave their bombers pursuing a single enemy - and only return when that one is dead.

Oh, the old all chasing one of theirs, while the rest of theirs chase the player situation? I thought that had been sorted out?

You're right that's not realistic, you should have two planes at most chasing one plane, but it's not realistic for the allies to stick to the bombers either, the Germans tried that in the BoB and it wasn't particularly successful.

In real life the first German (flight) attacking the bombers would have a very bad day - and the other flights nice, yummy, juicy unprotected bombers. I bet the Allied squad leader ordering ALL of his planes after the first attacker getting the bombers slaughtered would not be squad leader the next day, but prisoner awaiting court martial.

That is a mistake, almost a bug, but IL*2 just can't deal with the numbers of planes in the real war.

AI should if numerically superior chase attackers, but only to a certain amount. If they are the only flight protecting, they should only do so once in a while (the worse the AI level, the more so).

What actually happened was patrols of fighters along the route of the bombers, if a squadron found an enemy formation they would engage the formation, and every free fighter for miles around would head for the combat.

They did have enormous numerical superiority.