fotogeo Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 hello i chose airforces to the custom senarios but they arent doing anything. are they waiting for an order to strike like the artillery? the enemy airforce is doing his jop well but mine is standing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 You have no control over air support. They do their own thing in their own time. (Even if thats shooting up your own troops) Cpl Carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Galanti Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 And they might not show up at all... Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 Sorry. You're SOL. You can't "Call" an airstrike in CM:BO. If you have one in your OOB, it will show up when it pleases, and shoot at what it wants. Sometimes, it doesn't even show up at all. Sometimes, it shows up and shoots at Tanks that have already been KOed (bad), or even friendlies (worse). It can even be driven off by AA fire before doing any damage if your opponent has a lot of AA assets. So air assets are pretty much a crap shoot in CM:BO. If you get lucky, those 500-lb. bombs can do a lot of damage very quickly. If you're unlucky, they don't even show up and those points are wasted. This is, incidentally, historically accurate. Coordination between tactical air assets and ground forces in the ETO was not very well organized. To my knowledge, the first coordinated system of communication and cooperation between tac air and front line troops was developed by the US Marines in the PTO late in the war - I think around the Phillipines invasion. The marines were the first to put forward air observers (actual pilots who were put in forward positions with radios to communicate with aircraft overhead) in the foxholes with front line troops. This innovation was largely out of necessity - moving artillery around Pacific islands' rough terrain was very difficult, so the Marines needed to find an alternative method of fire support. Cheers, YD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 Remember that aircraft only show up in clear weather, and even then they can decide not to appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 I just had a thought. If you and your opponent both pick FB's and they show up at the same time, will they dogfight? Is that modeled in the game? That would be a trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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