Wingmen "unable"

It seems my wingmen are always "unable" when I share my SPI and order them to attack. I'm doing the Devils Cross campaign which is an old one. Maybe it's a bug. Otherwise I can't figure why.

Edit: I think this only affects the Devil's Cross campaign, the wingmen work fine in regular quick missions.

probably the old campaigns have bugs in them

this may be of some help, or it may not... in any case give it a try.

I wait for wingman to call targets before tasking them.

I'm not sure if this is still valid, but some patches ago the best way to get AI wingmen to attack was be be fairly close to the target before ordering them in. The minimum range was well below 10 nm IIRC.

I've had terrible wingmen performance in the past, but in the last couple of months they seemed to be doing mostly okay. I just can't tell whether AI was improved or it's just me guiding them more carefully.

In any case, when they screw up, it's usually like "Two, engage armor at my SPI with Maverick", "Two: Copy" and then "Two, RTB" or "Two, rejoin" without him ever engaging a single target.

I guess "Unable" points to important conditions not being met, but unfortunately I don't know what these condition are. I guess some of them are: out of requested ammo type and JTRS/SADL failure on player or AI aircraft. But it would be good if someone could confirm and expand this list. :thumbup:

In any case, when they screw up, it's usually like "Two, engage armor at my SPI with Maverick", "Two: Copy" and then "Two, RTB" or "Two, rejoin" without him ever engaging a single target.

This shits me to no end and can really ruin an otherwise perfect mission. Definitely agree we need to understand what triggers a successful AI command.

Will give getting closer to target before issuing command a go...

Having a hard time myself with this.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=122695

Sometimes my wingman is right on top of the air defence and still won't attack.

Speaking about wingmen - has anyone tried a training flight with his wingman but using training munitions (BDUs 33 or 50 etc.)? Would they still make their runs and attack their targets?

I have just found (thanks to kontiuka ) that the wingmen can get trapped in Gun mode, this maybe an effect.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=122695

(EDIT)

Bug Found and Reported

The problem is not in any "specific mission", It affects all missions. The Artificial Intelligence of the wingman has a problem switching from Gun attack to any other form of attack.

To re-produce the fault

Load up Any instant action mission, task the wingman to destroy a target with Gun, allow the wingman time to destroy the target and rejoin.

Then task the wingman to destroy a target with missile or bomb, the wingman will no longer be able to attack (fault condition achieved).

( Once I had a rare occasion where the wingman was still able to attack with a bomb at the next waypoint, I allowed him 1 pass with the bomb and then tasked him to complete the attack with Gun. After that the fault occurred. )

Temporary Workaround

Avoid telling the wingman to use the gun. All other directed attacks ( ie with missile, bombs, etc) should be ok, but once he is in gun mode, thats all he will use.

Fault Status

Nate (ED Testers Team) has taken a look at it for us.

He has Reproduced the fault in a simple track and reported it.

Hopefully a fix is on the way.