Masurca wrote some code some time ago that tied some logical assumptions into the setting-specific WRA. I did try it, and it worked great IMHO. You could use this as a framework to build out your own rules etc.


Hi Mike -- glad this is working well for you! Note that the version you posted is a ...

The built-in Lua function os.date(format, time) is your friend here. It produces a readable date in a custom format from a epoch time in seconds (which is what ScenEdit_CurrentTime() returns).

Try the following in the Lua Script Editor:

local current_time = ScenEdit_CurrentTime()
local date_text ...

For example, can you simulate flooding a river as a way to defend an area?


You can do this by generating a no-nav zone where the flooding would be for the AI side, and activating it based on a trigger from a Special Action. (You could also destroy any units in the zone when it floods ...

Maybe add a dice roll for the AI Side for a little variability in WRA? For example one dice roll for probability of occurrence, then if this true add/subtract a random value from 0-15% from WRA for variabiilty and then one dice roll for the sign?


Hi morphin -- that's a great idea, thanks. I'll ...

Why 2/3s? What if your sensor range is longer than that and his sensor range is shorter than that? You can't shoot what you can't see. You might get an improvement in lethality with no decrease in survivability by closing shorter than that?


Great -- yes, the 2/3 assumption was the weakest part ...

Looks like a couple of issues.


Hey Mike -- I've updated the script in the original post. If you have some time, feel free to give it another go. I wasn't able to adjust the group WRA (I think this actually might be a CMO issue and will be reporting it), but the individual unit WRAs are adjusted ...

Looks like a couple of issues.
Load scenario. Jump to unit level WRA. Notice they've been adjusted via your script. The arrow WRA calculation is off. They still launch at max range (system default), so not sure if custom values are really working.


Hey Mike! Thanks for finding that issue ...

Right now, the Unit fields currentExhaustion and maxExhaustion can only be viewed, but not changed from Lua. Obviously there are many situations in scenario creation in which one would want to reset or change these values.

You can verify this by loading up the attached scenario file, and running ...

UPDATED 2/7/2023 -- with new model for estimating Decision Range

Hi everyone -- in response to a fairly silly forum thread elsewhere (no link, we don't need to dig that hole any deeper), I wondered aloud whether setting "WRA to NEZ" was the best default to produce lifelike BVR tactics across a ...

At some point a scenario is so huge that CMO is no longer a good tool for playing out scenarios of that scope...

There may be multiple ways to think about what is "most dangerous," and allowing the computer to choose that is delegating your decision making to a computer programmer...

There is ...

In real life, fighter pilots spend a lot of time being briefed. In this case, before the mission, they would be briefed on the most dangerous expected threat by their intelligence people, and plan around that. If the most dangerous threat was AA-10s, for example, they would probably assume every ...

It already does if you decide to use WRA that way. If, for a given threat, you decide that the MAR needs to be 15NM, for example, set the WRA to 20NM and the doctrine to "Shoot, crank and drag." Boom, you're done. MAR is taken into account. What else do you want to change?


What I’m pointing ...

You want to once again take player skill and knowledge out of the picture in favor of an imaginary superhuman "optimal" solution that makes the "best" decision in all cases.


Yes, you’ve figured it out! I hate skill and knowledge! Once again I’ve come to this forum to destroy it for good!

You ...

Since you have a radar, pilot proficiency shouldn't impact that.


Doesn't it go somewhat beyond that, though? The relevant ranges are fairly dynamic, and depend on relative differences in speed and altitude, what weapon the threat is using, and the timing and execution of the escape maneuver ...

Your bad tactics (closing within 21NM) undermined that advantage, allowing the MiG to defeat the F-22.
You're right, though, scenarios will in general require much more tweaking than just setting the AI to shoot at the no escape zone.


Yes exactly! I would argue, if there’s a concrete ...

My only gripe is that more and more testing by me revealed that the new missile system produces really whacky results that seriously affect the way the campaign and other scenarios play out.

I loaded up the save that you provided and ran it a few times. Sometimes I did see what you're reporting ...

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Yes. See the scripting for this scenario: https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 5#p4729485

There's an event handler that takes incoming damage and reduces or nullifies it, to simulate active protection systems in ground combat.

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Hi Micaz-- I'm the creator of IKE, so kindly mentioned by Mike. FYI, the most recent release had some new features requested by players in the Harpoon Discord , including variable turn-lengths to approximate the concepts of intermediate vs. tactical turns in Harpoon. You could definitely use it for ...