Possible intra-flight comm issue

[SoBad]

Stock KTO, no mods, current version

I created a 4-flight F16CM40 BAI mission. Panther 41, 42, 43, 44. Panther 42, 43, 44 identical loadout.

While over the S&D area dropping munitions, red air came in and I redirected the flight to Air-to-Air. During the skirmish, I lost Panther 42 & 43, leaving only Panther 44.

After the Air-to-Air action, I menu commed: “Flight, Weapons Free Air to Ground” so we could resume the BAI. I got no response. When I advised “2, Weapons Free Air to Ground” I got the following response: “Four, wilco”.

Later, I commed, “Flight, Rejoin” and got no response. But when I commed, “2, Rejoin”, I got: “Four, rejoining”.

So it seemed that when I lost 2 & 3, I lost the ability to address 4 as 'Flight" for anything, and he only responded to comms to “2”, but answered as “4”.

Just wondering if this is how it’s supposed to happen.

[SoBad]

@airtex2019 said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

Were they not greyed out, in your case? (You were actually able to issue comms to “flight”?) That may be a small bug. Hard to repro, obviously… but plausible.

I use VoiceAttack to issue intra-flight comms, so I didn’t notice. Now that you say that, I should have used the keyboard to check during the flight, but I didn’t think of it.

[Icarus]

Doesn’t 4 become 2 when 2and 3 are downed?

[SoBad]

@Icarus said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

Doesn’t 4 become 2 when 2and 3 are downed?

That’s my point. If 4 becomes 2, why does it answer as “4” on Wing Menu comms?

Another question, given the issue stated in my original post: If I have a 4-flight and only 1 of them gets shot down, will they still respond to Flight Menu comms?

[Icarus]

@SoBad They should respond. I have not had the issue of them not responding. But honestly, lately I have not lost any wingmen in SP.

[airtex2019]

@SoBad I think this is all by design… Panther44 takes on the role of your wingman.

Think: you hit ‘W’ to talk to your wingman … not ‘2’ to talk to Panther42.

On an ordinary 2-ship flight, the ‘element’ and ‘flight’ comms menus are greyed-out (disabled).

Were they not greyed out, in your case? (You were actually able to issue comms to “flight”?) That may be a small bug. Hard to repro, obviously… but plausible.

[Malc]

@SoBad said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

@Icarus said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

Doesn’t 4 become 2 when 2and 3 are downed?

That’s my point. If 4 becomes 2, why does it answer as “4” on Wing Menu comms?

Another question, given the issue stated in my original post: If I have a 4-flight and only 1 of them gets shot down, will they still respond to Flight Menu comms?

Cos he is briefed as Falcon4-4 he will remain as such for the entirety of the flight. We do the same in a human 4-ship. If real life 2 and 3 get downed, 4 becomes the wingman but remains callsign 4.

All the time you have enough flyers to act as element or flight, the commands will be responded to.

[Dee-Jay]

@Icarus said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

Doesn’t 4 become 2 when 2and 3 are downed?

Nope. Its callsing, D/L Ids, A-A Tac … doesn’t change. Fortunately

[LorikEolmin]

@Dee-Jay said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

@Icarus said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

Doesn’t 4 become 2 when 2and 3 are downed?

Nope. Its callsing, D/L Ids, A-A Tac … doesn’t change. Fortunately

A/A Tacans slide between flights when aircraft leave 3D. Maybe not intraflight, but definitely intrapackage last time I checked (nothing in the logs about it).
I’m not even sure D/L stick.

[SoBad]

@airtex2019 said in Possible intra-flight comm issue:

Were they not greyed out, in your case? (You were actually able to issue comms to “flight”?) That may be a small bug. Hard to repro, obviously… but plausible.

I use VoiceAttack to issue intra-flight comms, so I didn’t notice. Now that you say that, I should have used the keyboard to check during the flight, but I didn’t think of it.