I don't know much about mission building myself but if you create a mission instead of using QC the skill level & aggressiveness of the AI pilots can be defined & varied from Rookie to Ace. This should give a more realistic feel to combat. For example; you could have an ace pilot leading a flight of rookies. It's a long time since I was involved in any of this but I believe the category= line in the [MISC_DATA] section of the DP defines the type of aircraft it is (fighter, bomber etc) & might affect the way it performs in AI.

PS. We went to a lot of time & trouble investigating all this before releasing the Fox Four Korean War campaigns. Cody Coyote's mission building tute was a great help. The online version is posted at my Lair.

Let me tell you one thing guys. To my surprise even to this day none of the Sims in the market have a perfect Ai. Most still have similar problems as CFS2 Ai has.

They do not have the restriction that the player have. Bomber some times act like fighters. Ai Bomber gunner are way too accruate and many more defeciencies and short commings.

But when you start flying in build campaigns and missions the Ai improves a little bit. Maybe because you get involved in the mission so much you do not notice the deficiencies that much any more.

But overall the Ai is not that horrible as previuosly believe. It does some things right.

What I would like see is for the Ai to be is little more realistic. Not impossible to defeat. More creative in its flying behavior and less predictable.

I would like it to fly according to the charateristic of each nations airforce its trying to mimic. In other words for example for the Japanese more acrobatic and for the US and the Germans more Boom and Zoom tatics when tactics make it possible.

I would like it to have the same limitations as the players plane. In other words more realistic but without making it impossible to defeat.

Aces and Veterans should bee pretty good shooters but not be expert marksman the never miss. They should miss but not as often as rockies.

I would like it to be as close to human pilots as possible and without beign unfair to any nations airforce.


James007

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If we're talking about QC I think there are two straight choices for AI aircraft. Bomber & Fighter. I don't know if the category in the DP file might affect this but missions are about the best you will get the AI aircraft to perform in Single Player. If you want realism I think most people would recommend fighting against real opponents in Multiplayer.