When flying escort missions with RNAS 1 in March 1917, after we meet up with the recon flight that we are to escort, the planes in my flight start zig zagging all over the place. It is freighting, worse than combat with the Huns! I try to stay out of their way but was actuall hit by another member of my flight. I have not seen this with other aircraft types? Is this the way it is supposed to be? I now just break formation an fly about 150 feet above the rest to stay out of their way.

there's another thread about just this earlier....try hitting the "split" key....seems to sort 'em out a bit and quit threatening to collide.....I'd assumed they were just trying to keep formation and doing a damn poor job of it .........it was suggested they were rocking wings to warn of an enemy....hope it's true....that would be awesome AI....but I haven't seen any bad chaps....yet....that's, of course, the one that riddles you with bullets! Is one riddled with holes or bullets....my Thesaurus is not at hand

Thanks gaw1. I am just going stay about 150 feet above the mess until contact with the Hun, when things seem safer.

This seems to happen periodically. Sometimes our flight will go above the escorted craft and will be fine. Other times we will go below or nearly at the same level and will start zigzagging as we try to not overshoot the recon, but also not try to collide with them. There have also been some missions where we get out in front of the recon and will do a massive chinese firedrill in the sky to try to all come back around and get in position again. I suspect it is a pathing bug when you get too many aircraft of different speed all trying to go through the same waypoint area in the sky and tha ai can't resolve it. It is fairly rare and I can't seem to spot any commonalities as to what triggers it, so I usually ignore it, but yeah, I have had a pilot killed by it when on autopilot. That's why it's good to use Robert Wiggin's backup utility or fly on "Pilot Always Lives", to avoid unusual situations like that...

RR

I have the same problem when flying the tripes.i tried reinstalling but it still happens.only with the tripes.i think there might be a glitch but not sure as it happens on most flights.

In my experience it's only the Tripe that has this issue. I avoid playing them in campaign mode.

Hi there

Next time you see one of these problems please collect up the log files and send them to support. The procedure for doing this is described in the FAQ under "Contacting Support".

thanks in advance .. rex

Thanks Everyone, I will send the log files at my first opportunity .

Encountered this problem too in my 1917 RNAS 10 campaign.

I've sent the requested files to support, but I'll have to stop this campaign until they fix it.

My fellow squadron members are killing themselves, eachother and me!

R

Thanks Russkly.

yes, thanks for the data.

This problem should be fixed in a coming release. But not the very next one.

.. rex

I experienced a variation on this last night. In my first flight with RNAS 1 in early Jan. 1917, we were on an escort mission.

The flight consisted of 5 Tripes, I was leading. Two Tripes - My wingman being one of them - Stuck to me like glue in the correct formation. The two others were swerving all over, sometimes going in front of me, then coming back and pulling right up to my tail. But there were no collisions.

It almost seemed that the two swervers had no throttle control and were on 100% throttle the entire time.

Have you tried using auto pilot? Usually that just keeps you in formation, doing what the other aircraft are doing. I generally use the auto pilot until I spot the enemy. But, I'm lazy that way.

There is an issue with the tripe and formation flying.

Even while using the auto pilot? If so, that really sucks.

It's fixed in the next patch.