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Deathblow · 04-26-06, 02:18 PM

How do I make an aircraft trail and loiter over the CVSG that its supposed to be protecting. For example, I've set up an E3-Hawkeye as an inflight aircraft for my Carrier to extend the radar coverage, and I would like it to just continue to loiter right over the carrier as it goes thru its maneuvers.

I try using the standard "boxes" but it usually gets the Hawkeye in trouble, because the box is usually too small and the CV will eventually move beyond it, resulting in suboptimal radar coverage by the hawkeye. I've also tried making an extensive box that the CV will never go beyond, but that also causes trouble because the hawkeye will go beyond the carriers AAW range too quickly and be at risk to be attacked.

The game doesn't really allow us to add the aircraft to a formation... Anyone got any tricks or ideas?

04-26-06, 02:18 PM	#1
Deathblow Captain Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 518 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How to make Aircraft Loiter How do I make an aircraft trail and loiter over the CVSG that its supposed to be protecting. For example, I've set up an E3-Hawkeye as an inflight aircraft for my Carrier to extend the radar coverage, and I would like it to just continue to loiter right over the carrier as it goes thru its maneuvers. I try using the standard "boxes" but it usually gets the Hawkeye in trouble, because the box is usually too small and the CV will eventually move beyond it, resulting in suboptimal radar coverage by the hawkeye. I've also tried making an extensive box that the CV will never go beyond, but that also causes trouble because the hawkeye will go beyond the carriers AAW range too quickly and be at risk to be attacked. The game doesn't really allow us to add the aircraft to a formation... Anyone got any tricks or ideas?