changed from -2.5 to -2.2

testing...

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plane sensor set at -2.2, dove when I spotted the planes with the obs scope, went to 150 feet and didn't get spotted although that PBY came close.

Did you check your enviormental settings? That will screw it up.

Also, i'm not 100% positive, but i think what dictates if a plane will attack or not, is if it has any bombs attached to it or not. If the game spawns a plane with no bombs, i suspect it will cruise right on by, and not make the slightest inclination it spotted you.

Also single missions are poor test beds for planes. For some reason they have never behaved in single missions exactly like they will in the campaign. I could be wrong in that though.

Yeah, planes must have bombs to attack. You can place dummy bombs, though (invisible, no splash, no damage), then they will hang around.

The bombs will just hang around? :D

I have found that setting the planes to elite seems to work better too. I don't know if that is just coincidence or not.

Peabody

how do I place dummy bombs ?

Invisible 3D model
No splash effect
No explosion effects.

.dat and .sim

And if you want you could make a 3D model that is not a bomb to place on the plane. But if your purpose is to get detected and bombed with MAD, then pick a plane with real bombs.

Some planes have a basic loadout that is unarmed. Adding dummies has them "attack" the sub, which insures that they will send a contact report at the very least.

Take MAD planes. The goal is not so much immediate prosecution, but to hold the sub down, AND keep some sense of his position. A lot of bombs (dummies) means multiple passes. Meanwhile, ASW assets can come (even other planes).

I'd tend to want MAD aircraft to fly patterns in specific areas, vs the "airstrike" paradigm seen (assigning them to airbases).

Then you can set the altitude they fly, etc. The goal would really be to altert nearby ASW assets (other groups would then be in their "en garde" status, constant-helming, etc).

bumpie !