I have tried a few missions in my first campaign and i have one problem: I am loosing the contact to my flightmembers very quickly, if i don´t keep my place in formation. When (as leader) i give the command "rejoin", i then get the answer "no flight members left". I understand, that they automatically choose another leader, when i am too far away, but it seems to me that the distance is very short to make that happen.
So for example when i am underway to my target area and i am a bit too fast or take a too quick turn, i loose control over the flight at once and my flightmembers go on to the target area alone without paying attention to me, even when i rejoin them. And even when the briefing said to control the area for 20 min, they return home instantly and i cant´t stop them. I catch them on their way back then sometimes, with an enemy following me above, but i cant´t make them fight, they don´t see the threat and follow their way home stubbornly.
In short, the ai members seem to have their own head and they dont´t stick to me as i am used to from other sims. Of course if it comes to combat, you can´t stay in formation, but this means everytime, that you can not call your wingman or your flight back, even when they are back in plain sight.
Am i doing something wrong? Most certainly....What are you doing to keep control over your flight? Thanks for any tips!