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I am having trouble with being able to get the reds to defend ground such as a stationary group of tanks etc. I set the defend ground target but the planes just arrive there and then fly off straight away. I have tried the mission in IL2 and the planes fly cap until they run out of juice and engage any blue planes that appear.hen I run it in FB it wont do the same thing, the red planes wont engage the blue planes and wont fly cap, any suggestions.??



Message Edited on 08/08/0303:31PM by mel5526

[XyZspineZyX]

I am having trouble with being able to get the reds to defend ground such as a stationary group of tanks etc. I set the defend ground target but the planes just arrive there and then fly off straight away. I have tried the mission in IL2 and the planes fly cap until they run out of juice and engage any blue planes that appear.hen I run it in FB it wont do the same thing, the red planes wont engage the blue planes and wont fly cap, any suggestions.??



Message Edited on 08/08/0303:31PM by mel5526

[XyZspineZyX]

I'm no mission building expert but make sure the planes are pure fighters and also make sure they're carrying the default loadout (no bombs/rockets).


"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once."

[Tully__]

Set the enemy aircraft as targets for the defending CAP.

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[XyZspineZyX]

Yup I understand the principal of setting the blue planes as targets but I made a mission for training purposes with the reds having to defend a set of tanks using AI only aircraft.

The blue side don't have any AI planes so there are no waypoints and hence no ability to set the blue planes as targets.

The mission will run as it is supposed to in the IL2 Mission builder but wont run in the FB mission builder.

Under the IL2 one the defending planes head for their last waypoint which is in the circle designating the defence ground and fly cap until they run out of juice and they then head home. Any blue plane coming near them is engaged.

In FB the same mission, the reds fly to the last waypoint and immediately disperse and head home. I made it so that I arrived at the area as Blue at the same time as the AI and they completely ignored me, even when I shot at them they just legged it.

Can't see why it works in IL2 and not in FB

Any thoughts.??