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TwarVG -> Target Distribution Issues (4/3/2019 5:45:20 PM)
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I was wondering if there was a way, through the strike planner, to have targets be dropped from the target list once they've been attacked with a predetermined number of munitions or something similar? For me personally, it's the biggest barrier between myself and actually using the strike planner.
For a bit of context, I'm playing the 'Hit Hard, Hit Fast' scenario in the Shifting Sands campaign and the only reasonable way I can see myself carrying out the necessary number of strikes in such a short time span is to use a large number of land strike missions. In 1500 hours of playing I don't think I've ever successfully used the strike planner. It requires more micro than manually plotting strikes for generally poorer results, such as aircraft not flying at the correct altitude for their munitions release envelope. But with a scenario of this size, and using entirely unguided munitions, I would love to automate the huge multi-airbase strikes.
Now for hitting targets like tarmac spaces, I've set up the WRA for the necessary munitions, in this case 500kg bombs, to 1 round so that each target will receive 1 bomb. For a target like tarmac space, I don't expect to destroy it, and don't intend to, only to damage it but destroy the aircraft parked upon it. If my aircraft attack their targets simultaneously, this isn't an issue. 4 aircraft, carrying 2 bombs each, attacking 8 spaces, will drop a single bomb on each target, but only if their weapons are released simultaneously. This isn't always possible however due to the locations of the targets and the order in which aircraft are launched for example, and is certainly not something the strike planner automatically handles for you. The main issue is, if they attack in 2 separate waves of 2 aircraft each for example, the second wave will drop their bombs on the same 4 targets as the first because the targets weren't destroyed, only damaged and therefore considered fair game.
So what I was wondering is if there is a way to have a target dropped from the target list once it's WRA conditions, in this case 1 bomb, has been met to ensure that no other aircraft on that mission will target it? Regardless of whether it was hit and damaged, or missed completely. Or perhaps a way to pre-assign certain aircraft to certain targets which they will then attack as per their WRA settings. In this case for example, each aircraft could be assigned 2 specific tarmac spaces each, preferably in close proximity, within a larger parking area strike mission with a WRA of 1 round. Then they will only attack those targets and no others except for self defence against aircraft. Now I know this could all be done manually, but this is the exact sort of scenario that I feel the strike planner was made for, and I don't really have that much time or patience to micro well over 100 aircraft multiple times in such a short space of time for something the strike planner could theoretically handle on its own.
If a target distribution system isn't present or planned, I'd like to highly recommend one. I would definitely use the strike planner a lot more if I had greater ability to assign targets in the planning stages or ensure a way of preventing duplicate attacks. Thanks for reading, and my apologies if this is already very easy to set up and I've completely missed it.
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