You have named all the desires of [almost] all of us who have messed up with the editor. Maybe this should be discussed on the editor forum
I have also thought on a mission with objetives based half random/half player movements.
The problems are various:
- time scale/acceleration: is very limited, so transiting to one point to another will take long.
- editor: it's long time since las time I used SC's editor, but the DW ones have some problems, like: it's not possible to create a dynamic group with dynamic locations: the game crashes.
Solution: create varios dynamic groups on different places and random boxes. Problem: the maps starts to be plenty of things...
- IA behaviour: as You said, very lacy, but very VERY improved with LwAmi mod; despite that, still has bugs that will force you to "simulate" somethings (like most airstrikes). problem: simulating things adds more stuff to the editor map...
- game stability: very long missions, specially the ones with a lot of triggers and plattforms makes the game a bit unstable. Solution: simulate the actions and then make the report to the player (specially usefull if the action takes place far).
i.e.: the result of a distant battle will make possible or not air escort. Better to "make" the battle that will require to use a CV, variuos escorts, planes, bombers... and the kill or attack triggers... create a fishboat with probability of inclusion of 50%: if appears: your side wins; if not, your side loses.
- and the most difficult thing: order and memory. If you go away and don't touch the mission for a while... when you return to it you will not remember what you were doing, why did you put that there... what things you did and what are not already done... solution: have a great memory, being very organized (I'm not neither of those) and not leave without, at least, finishing that speciffic part/goal/mission/whatever...
- antoher problem is testing the mission: the more dinamicly, the more difficult to test.
Moreover, if you test one thing after included a lot of changes, triggers, scrpits... maybe you will never know what is what worked bad...
But, if you are very patient, organized, and have a lot of spare time, go ahead, please, if will love to play it
