#666: Formation Targeting Bug

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#21

I thought this issue only affected HW2-style fighter/corvette squadrons? Am I wrong? Does it affect formations as well?

#22

That is why the topic of this thread says “Formation Wingmen Attack Bug” :wink:

#24

So, how was it fixed? Is it a secret?

#25

The link is in the first post, under “666 Fix”.

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#26

In attack\*.lua:

–Make sure strike group members face their flight direction while following the leader rather than face their target as the follow
strikeGroupFaceFlightDir = 1,

Don’t konw if set this to 0 can bring any change. or deleting those “PickNewTarget” sections?

Also we might could use another way to fix this. In HWRM2.0+, when fighters/corvettes are at evasive stance, they spread out from their formation and fight saperately, maybe we can apply this to all stance? I know this will bring significant changes to combat mechanisms, but breaking off formation is the basic form of modern air combat and it is far more efficient than formation attack.

#27

@HW_Lover strikeGroupFaceFlightDir = 0 would result in ships flying sideways/backwards while in formation which is not desired. Regardless of the “PickNewTarget” sections, ships have to pick a new target after their first target dies. Unfortunately they often pick separate targets leading to the 666 Bug. Evasive stance isn’t that much different from simply not using formations/squadrons to avoid the 666 Bug. You must have skimmed this thread a bit too fast though, as Trebic and I solved this way back in 2017!

See the “666 Fix” section in the first post.

#28

I’m aware of your solution, just tring to bring up more possibilities. Thanks for the response!

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