Tanker not refueling Ai during campaign.
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Howdy all,
I started a new campaign yesterday and took off on a rather boring 2hr HAVCAP mission to protect a tanker as not much else was on offer at the time, and it was also a late afternoon mission so I thought it would be a great chance to see a twilight transition on my new OLed with HDR
So i took off and arrived on station and it wasn’t long before a call came over the radio from an F-15 flight requesting fuel, then about 20 minutes later another two ship F-16 flight requested a top up and given the fact that the sun was starting to set I could now make out the silhouette of the Tanker and two approaching F-16’s.
Very little was happening at this point for me other then endlessly orbiting around between two steerpoints so I thought observing some planes take fuel would finally be something to atleast look at, and here is where things got interesting….
Lead F-16 approaches the boom to take fuel, 1minute passes, 3 minutes pass, 5 minutes pass, and at this point I’m thinking Damn… how low on fuel was this guy?
So out of curiosity I toggle the num8 key until I find the Tanker and it turns out the boom is raised and the F-16’s aren’t getting any fuel at all, he is just stuck in pre-contact position, and this is where he remained until he ran out of fuel completely and ejected, with the wingman doing the same thing a few minutes later!
Is this a known bug?
Furthermore I’ve also now done two air strikes on enemy airbases and despite leaving the place in a steaming pile of scrap, when I return to base I find my flight has been given a poor rating saying I have failed to inflict any damage (despite the event list saying otherwise)
I’m thinking I should give up on this campaign and start another? As something seems quite off here lol?!
Regards T/Space