[1706] TOS flight plan moves along with carrier

[Knightpawn]

It appears that if ones sets a patrol area with fixed reference points and the units are launched from a moving carrier the flight plan created will anchor on the carrier and will move along beyond the patrol area. I guess this is a limitation hard to fix as the flight plan will have to be recalculated constantly, but I am just reporting it.

For now I post a screen shot what clearly shows what I am talking about. I will try to locate an appropriate autosave if I can (I had set this mission 3 game hours before the time of the screenshot)

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[Raptorx7_slith]

Do you mean fixed as in they're anchored to the moving carrier using the reference point menu?

[Knightpawn]

Do you mean fixed as in they're anchored to the moving carrier using the reference point menu?

No, patrol area points are stable on the map. Sorry for the confusion. On the the other hand, the waypoints of the flight plan are anchored on the carrier (they move as it moves)

[Knightpawn]

Do you mean fixed as in they're anchored to the moving carrier using the reference point menu?

Check this attachment. It is at the time the plan was set. Execution is scheduled many hours later. Just order the carrier group move forward and see what happens to the flight plant of South SEAD in relation to the SEAD Patrol area

Indian Fury 3 - Socotra Scramble, 1994 (Socorta SEAD plan).zip

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[thewood1]

I reported this a couple years ago. The flight plan is generated based on patrol RPs that are tied to a moving unit. As the unit moves, the RPs move along with it. But the flight plan waypoints remain where they were originally generated at. With the exception of RTB RP that follows the base if its a carrier that is moving.

I have worked around it for years by adjusting my patrol zones.

[Knightpawn]

I reported this a couple years ago. The flight plan is generated based on patrol RPs that are tied to a moving unit. As the unit moves, the RPs move along with it. But the flight plan waypoints remain where they were originally generated at. With the exception of RTB RP that follows the base if its a carrier that is moving.

I have worked around it for years by adjusting my patrol zones.

If I understand correctly, this is the opposite of what I am reporting. In may case, the patrol zones RPs are not tied to any unit and as a result the patrol zone is fixed geographically. However the start of the flight plan is a carrier and as it advances it "pushes" with it the waypoints of the flight plan, thus the flight plan ends beyond the original patrol zone. I guess a work around is on or before the takeoff time to bring the carrier to a halt, do a recalculation of the flight plan then (so that the planes end in the desired patrol zone on the prescribed TOS) and wait for the mission to unfold.