Still having low altitude issues in Dec 2024. Regardless of having the TF box checked or not, I often cannot get even Ace level a/c to fly below 1000' using either the alt slider or the manual alt text box. Seems hit or miss, sometimes a full reinstall from Steam fixes the issue.

And I have the same negative results with a modified Anonymous Heroics scenario, using the standard eqp file.

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I used the same Heavy Coastal ASM in my tests, with the same results. Will try again using regular artillery.

I've seen this with both the Taiwan 2016 and Anonymous Heroes scenarios. I tried adjusting the naval attrition divider, no change in results. Also tried changing the ASM unit icon--coastal artillery, missile artillery, even an air unit. In all cases it will see the enemy unit and attack, but never ...

I can't seem to get ASMs to do any damage to enemy ships or troops moving by sea transport. They will attack many times when the enemy moves in range, but never do damage. The TOALog doesn't seem to shed any light on it. I've even tried bumping the ASM attack strength up to extremely high values ...

<t> Is there any way to select a single unit in a stack as the target for planned air attack? I have not been able to find this capability; it seems that air attack is peanut-butter spread across the entire stack much the same as artillery. Scud targets the only exception I've seen, they get ...

I did a little more playtesting. The version 11153 CMO seems to work fine for aircraft formations; but the patched 11474 version does not. Maybe it will get repaired in a future patch?

One discovery -- in section 19.2 of the game manual is an anti-armor table that uses the nomenclature "Targeting+," "Targeting++," etc. Based on playtesting, this corresponds exactly to "Optics1," "Optics2," etc.

<t> Copy that, thanks. I also notice that the newer F-4s, the F-15E, F-111, and F-18 all have various levels of optics in the standard DB. And the F-111 has standoff weapons checked, which I believe reduces the vulnerability to AA weapons. I'll have to try some play-testing in various day/night ...

<t> Is there any definitive guidance on what Optics1 through 4 control? The manual is not specific, and so far I can't find anything definitive in the other download guidance or here in the Forum. I'm mainly interested in what they might do for aircraft attacking surface targets, as I'm in the ...

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<t> I can't find anywhere in either CMO or CMANO that fighters can be programmed to fly proper tactical formations such as line abreast, sensor trail, etc. The only discussions I've found in the manuals address ship formations, and for aircraft just how to designate a formation lead.<br/>
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<t> Thanks, that helps a bit. But what I'm really after is a way to specify target priority for air attacks. I don't see any way, for example, to target an SA-6 first then go after the remaining ground units on the hex. Or hit all the arty first, before wasting bombs on enemy trucks. Etc...<br ...

Does anyone know of a way for aircraft or artillery to target specific units in a stack? I can't find any options besides area bombing the entire hex, with damage getting spread across all enemy units in it.

<t> A TOAW IV newbie question that may apply to this thread -- does the DF value apply to both air-to-air combat and defense against anti-aircraft weapons? If so then in many cases it will need to be a compromise.<br/>
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Also -- while some modern SAMs are included in the game, there is no ...

<t> I notice that almost all aircraft in the game are given a shell weight of either 100kg or 250kg -- none appear to have anything higher. Since the new naval combat rules take shell weight into account for damage caused by a hit, this seems over simplified. For example, one of the advantages the ...