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Von Vagner Pilot	posted 10-25- 08:27 PM ? IP: Logged
Bulldog2 Pilot	posted 10-26- 08:14 AM I'm with you. I have been building missions for a couple of days now trying to get down all the features such as setting waypoints for landing and escort ect. I have managed to do everything that I wanted except work out how to get a squad to follow it's designated Escort. I have found that you still need to set waypoints for the squad even if I start them from the same airfield. I then tried to set the way points to mirror that of the bombers for my Escort but they never stay with the bombers. I would love for someone to find a resolve for this as I am really interested in making great bombing missions with fighter cover. IP: Logged
Gustang Pilot	posted 10-26- 10:11 AM Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I'm pretty sure that 'escort' doesn't do anything (unless it's been changed in any way). In order to have a mission w/ cover, you'll need to time the aircraft, waypoints, etc. In other words, what you're trying to do is possible, it just takes more tweaking. For more info., you might want to try the 'search' function of this board- it's been covered a few times in the past. A note on bombing runs... make sure you give the ai plenty of room for the run. Another note: Slew mode is very helpful when creating missions- I think all you have to do is use the 's' key on the keyboard. [This message has been edited by Gustang (edited 10-26-2000).] IP: Logged
BULLET Pilot	posted 10-27- 05:07 AM After a year of screwing around with it I'm pretty positive it doesn't work. Mirror your bomber waypoints and try to match speed. You'll have to check speeds in game, cause I've noticed that it varies from a/c to a/c, and the alt. will also effect performance. You'll get it after a while. IP: Logged
Luny@work Cadet	posted 10-27- 10:29 AM One thing that can help the escort follow the bombers is to set it as doing a CAP at the same speed than the bombers all along the bomber path. ------------------ Luny=225th= who'd better work... IP: Logged

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