Designate target for enemy aircraft?

Sniper297 · 02-05-14, 05:37 PM

Okay, this should be simple, but probably isn't. I wanted to start the Manilla raid in the middle of an air attack, but regardless if the planes are started 20 or 30 klicks away they apparently won't attack docked ships. Set up a freighter and destroyer cruising slowly past the docks (and why the hell ain't the docks visible in the mission editor map?!) and set a Val diver bomber to elite with a 3x500kg loadout, waypoints flying right over the freighter and destroyer. The can opens fire and shoots down the Val, but the dummy doesn't even try to dive bomb from 1000 or 500 meters, he just cruises past both ships like he's on a sightseeing tour. Career starts on Dec 9th, the crew of the Val didn't get the word that the war started? Other planes in the same mission coming in later will automatically attack the first US ship they fly over, is there some sort of time delay? Is there a way to make an aircraft attack a specific target? Hard to imagine they would have left that out.

02-05-14, 05:37 PM	#1
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	Designate target for enemy aircraft? Okay, this should be simple, but probably isn't. I wanted to start the Manilla raid in the middle of an air attack, but regardless if the planes are started 20 or 30 klicks away they apparently won't attack docked ships. Set up a freighter and destroyer cruising slowly past the docks (and why the hell ain't the docks visible in the mission editor map?!) and set a Val diver bomber to elite with a 3x500kg loadout, waypoints flying right over the freighter and destroyer. The can opens fire and shoots down the Val, but the dummy doesn't even try to dive bomb from 1000 or 500 meters, he just cruises past both ships like he's on a sightseeing tour. Career starts on Dec 9th, the crew of the Val didn't get the word that the war started? Other planes in the same mission coming in later will automatically attack the first US ship they fly over, is there some sort of time delay? Is there a way to make an aircraft attack a specific target? Hard to imagine they would have left that out.