Helicopter ai suggestion

[desert onyx]

1. Helis hardly use guns as they move backwards to align the rockets. Suggestion, improve range for main gun.

2. Movement needs improvement. They reverse instead of turning for targets behind them (turning saves time for alignment of aim here), and they move back and forth while engaging an enemy.

3. allow helicopters to engage aircraft as they can carry aa missiles in real life.

4. allow the main gun to work against helicopters

[kindred widget]

1. done

[kindred widget]

I found the missiles not hitting tanks bug while doing #2!!!!

[kindred widget]

2. done
   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F6xk0PJdjQE

#3 I will save for when I do proper heli loadouts

[kindred widget]

For #4. Do you mean heli vs heli attacks? Same for jets?

[desert onyx]

Heli vs all aircraft (But I don't think heli can carry long range missiles)

So close range only

Oh sorry I read that as no 3

Yes, heli vs heli only.

[kindred widget]

ok tahnks

and yes they will get aim-9 (or equivalent) for close range only

[silent vine]

Many nato helis carry the aim92 which is an air to air stinger

And the soviets just strapped some r60s to the hind

[desert onyx]

@kindred widget forgot to say this, the helis which has a gunner like osprey and seahawk should have slightly longer range than the attack Heli guns. This will help in balancing the combat.

Or replace it with Gatling guns like a10

Yes this seems to be a better idea

[kindred widget]

ok will make their attacks do more damage

[desert onyx]

Won't that affect dogfight

[kindred widget]

I'll do it for missions only

Although the seahawk is super weak in dogfight

but it is an unfair fight 😄

[desert onyx]

Can you increase the rate of fire like a10 instead of damage? Because they both use Gatling guns