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Is there a "hot key" to force a plane(s) to refuel?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:23 am
by SteveF2006
Also, if I set a group of aircraft to tanker and then send them on a long mission, does the AI know to refuel it's own units?
RE: Is there a "hot key" to force a plane(s) to refuel?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:58 am
by Warhorse64
IIRC, alt-R forces refueling for player-controlled units, but AI-controlled units don't use refuelling at all, even if there's a tanker with them.
RE: Is there a "hot key" to force a plane(s) to refuel?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:39 pm
by TonyE
The AI should tank on its own, what it won't do is understand that a tanker increases the range of the mission.
If a plane without tanking has 650nm radius, adding a tanker to that plane's group for AI use doesn't mean it will now attack a target 900nm away, the AI still treats it as 650nm radius. Now if that plane uses a bunch of fuel in a dogfight, that tanker could provide some benefit.
RE: Is there a "hot key" to force a plane(s) to refuel?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:11 pm
by Warhorse64
... except that the tanker would likely be the first kill ... [:(]