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AI attack Profiles ...

UncleTgt

UncleTgt

SOH-CM-2025
I've been musing whilst eating lunch at my work desk here.

I'm sure the experts out there can answer this ....

I know the a/c family influences attack behaviour, but does anyone know if ...

Pen's skipbombs work to change the attack profile used with ANY aircraft (fighter/ heavy bomber etc.)?

EG

You want to fly a PB4Y airfield strike at low level (they typically made their approach at 50 feet from way out), do you have to change the family in the dp, or will Pen's skipbombs work on a non-moving target (on land)?:kilroy:

OR

You want to create a different kamikaze profile. Would adding Pen's skipbomb loadount to, say the A6m5 kamikaze allow you to have different flights of kamikazes use diving attacks vs low level attacks?

If so, it is possible to add a low level kamikaze option to all sorts of JAP a/c dps ....
 
Here the fast and dirty of it UT;

The attack profile for the "Skip Bombs" is different because the "Skip Bomb" itself is a Torpedo Class Weapon. If it were still a Bomb Class Weapon your AI's would still be trying to Level(5) or Dive Bomb (4) moving targets.

On the Kamikaze low level attack, it might work. Try it.
 
:typing: OK, I tried making another loadout for the A6M5 kamikaze, "kamikaze_lo", with the original as "kamikaze_hi". I just replaced the US_2000lb bomb with the special DB_US 500lb bomb/torpedo.

Made sure the trigger & event were correct, made sure the waypoint was "attack with torpedoes"

All I get is instant engine fires as soon as the aircraft appears.

No change even if a/c family is changed from 10 to 6, 5 or 4.

I wonder if there is a significance in the loadout name used in the dp? Does it need to be called "torpedo ..."?

a/c using the original kamikaze loadout in the same test mission performed OK.

A test mission skip bombing showed the weapon performs as advertised.

I'm going to try some more options this weekend.

Any advice or hints gratefully accepted.
 
No, they catch light, stagger on for a few seconds then blow up, as soon as they appear.

To clarify the post above, the skip bomb works fine with the Mitchell - I've not tried it as a load on the kamikaze zero without the engine fire event & trigger - maybe that'll give me some more clues ...
 
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