Reiryc
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike Wood [B]Hello... Happy to hear you are enjoying the game. If the altitude is set to 100 feet, the aircraft will strafe the target at all times. Other than that, the following applies. Dive bombers and torpedo bombers attack at a specific, hard coded altitude. The altitude you enter is the altitude at they fly to and from the target. Dive bombers start at around 8,000 feet and dive to about 3,500 feet. If you set the altitude at any value other than 8,000 feet they will fly to the target at that altitude and then climb to 8,000 feet before they make the dive. Topedo bombers attack at about 150 feet to 350 feet, depending on model. The same principal applies to these. So, setting the altitude to 5,000 will cause them to fly at that altitude until they get to the target, at which time they will glide down to attack altitude. Fighter bombers will tend to behave like dive bombers. Fighter aircraft on sweep missions will dive to 100 feet and strafe. Level bombers will bomb from the level assigned. Fighter aircraft assigned to escort missions will fly at assigned altitude until enemy aircraft are spotted and then close to about the same altitude that the bombers are flying. Combat air-patrol will climb or dive to the altitude of the enemy bombers. Hope this helps... Michael Wood [/B][/QUOTE] This helps, but it begs the question, why does the altitude matter then? What combat advantages/disadvantages take place by sending bombers out at certain altitudes, or fighters, etc? Reiryc
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