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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 11:19am
How making a AWACS or KC135 long task ?
Hello everybody,

I have some questions about how building turnings AWACS or KC135 for exemple (the bases only i mean).

Here : how i build a turning task : I put the AWACS on the map with altitude and velocity. Also, i put many turnings waypoints and i finish with the command toggle to first waypoint.
Is it good like that ?

Sorry for my stupid question because i just tried with Mirage 2000C and it's working !!!
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Originally posted by spike2071:
Originally posted by Kerozen1973:
Okay. For another situation then ? For example : AWACS takes off, go to orbit waypoint and in 3 hours ago, Awacs leaves his orbit waypoint and landing ? That's you mean ?

Yes, you can do that. If the AWACS has enough fuel, then you can have the STOP CONDITION be 3 hours. When 3 hours has passed, the AWACS will go to the next waypoint (which can be the landing waypoint).
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spike2071 Jan 14, 2023 @ 12:18pm 
Under Advanced Waypoint Actions -> Perform Task there is an option to Orbit. If you set that, then the plane will start to orbit when it reaches that specific waypoint. When you want it to stop orbiting, you can tell it to push to the next waypoint. You can also tell it to stop orbiting under the STOP CONDITION bar.

Your option is also fine, but requires more work.
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 12:45pm 
Okay. For another situation then ? For example : AWACS takes off, go to orbit waypoint and during 3 hours ago, Awacs leaves his orbit waypoint and landing ? That's you mean ?
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spike2071 Jan 14, 2023 @ 12:47pm 
Originally posted by Kerozen1973:
Okay. For another situation then ? For example : AWACS takes off, go to orbit waypoint and in 3 hours ago, Awacs leaves his orbit waypoint and landing ? That's you mean ?

Yes, you can do that. If the AWACS has enough fuel, then you can have the STOP CONDITION be 3 hours. When 3 hours has passed, the AWACS will go to the next waypoint (which can be the landing waypoint).
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 12:49pm 
Originally posted by spike2071:
Originally posted by Kerozen1973:
Okay. For another situation then ? For example : AWACS takes off, go to orbit waypoint and in 3 hours ago, Awacs leaves his orbit waypoint and landing ? That's you mean ?

Yes, you can do that. If the AWACS has enough fuel, then you can have the STOP CONDITION be 3 hours. When 3 hours has passed, the AWACS will go to the next waypoint (which can be the landing waypoint).
Okay. Then i use bingo fuel = RTB ?
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 12:54pm 
But how i do for my Mirages 2000 leave their orbits waypoint and go to refuel to KC135 ? i didn't look for but maybe there is a command for refueling ? Maybe i need to use triggers with conditions ? In fact it's working for CAP too...
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 1:12pm 
Originally posted by spike2071:
Originally posted by Kerozen1973:
Okay. For another situation then ? For example : AWACS takes off, go to orbit waypoint and in 3 hours ago, Awacs leaves his orbit waypoint and landing ? That's you mean ?

Yes, you can do that. If the AWACS has enough fuel, then you can have the STOP CONDITION be 3 hours. When 3 hours has passed, the AWACS will go to the next waypoint (which can be the landing waypoint).
Thank you for your reply i will look for myself now...
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 5:04pm 
Sorry again but i saw in another post of someone and his question was if we can give infinite fuel to ai planes ?
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 5:59pm 
Okay. I tried something and it's working well. I make taking off my AWACS and KC135 from Kobuleti and they pass over 2 waypoints to Tibilisi for refueling and repairing themselves. When they return to Kobuleti they make the same things (refueling and repairing) but i place a command returning to first waypoints then my Awacs and Kc135 don't stop to go and return from Kobuleti to Tibilisi... My task with my Mirage 2000 is to protect AWACS or KC135...
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spike2071 Jan 14, 2023 @ 6:54pm 
I don't think you can give AI infinite fuel. I wish you could.

You can order the Mirage to go Refuel. Under the Trigger Actions menu you can give the order to refuel. Or you can use the Advanced Waypoint Actions and set a Condition for it to trigger.

I'm not sure about your last issue. Are you using Orbit commands? I'd try using those instead of ordering them to return back to a previous waypoint.
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Kerozen1973 Jan 14, 2023 @ 7:35pm 
Originally posted by spike2071:
I don't think you can give AI infinite fuel. I wish you could.

You can order the Mirage to go Refuel. Under the Trigger Actions menu you can give the order to refuel. Or you can use the Advanced Waypoint Actions and set a Condition for it to trigger.

I'm not sure about your last issue. Are you using Orbit commands? I'd try using those instead of ordering them to return back to a previous waypoint.
About orbits I know to place them and giving command to refuel or RTB. Yes. And now I am trying with F-15, F-18, F-16, Su-27, Su-33 and Mig-29 too.
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