This is a multiplayer issue, so I am posting it here.
For ages we have noticed a frequent and annoying issue. If you are flying and you have set a friendly AI plane then when you watch on the map you see the friendly AI planes turn around and return to base as soon as they reach the front-line. It does not always happen, it seems to depend on the mission type.
Today I think that I have found the routine in the exe that causes this, and have made a fix.
I have compiled a multiplayer only exe with the fix, and host only tests are very promising
Here is a link:
Multiplayer only exe (May 20th 2020) Run the downloaded "May20EAWVersion.exe" file in your "UAW160 Multiplayer" folder and it will add the "May20MPNoRTB.exe" to your "EAW Versions" folder.
Obviously we need to test it at GameRanger