All these years of playing FA, I was reluctant to select cluster bombs in missions with wingmen. The reason is that the AI wingmen were hesitant to drop cluster bombs on targets. They may make several passes before they drop, if ever at all.
So, a couple nights ago, I'd had enough. I tried a couple things, made some comparisons, and finally figured it out. Here:
;---------------- START OF PROJ_TYPE ----------------
dword $1234f <--- Ordnance Parameters
word 1 <--- Quantity of projectiles in Pod
byte 10
ptr si_names
word 0
byte $0
byte 3 <--- Guidance (0 = None; 1 = Laser Designator; 2 = Infrared; 3 = Active Radar; 4 = Passive Radar
byte $0
byte 0 <--- LookDown
byte 0 <--- Doppler Parameters, Speed Above
byte 0 <--- Doppler Parameters, Speed Below
byte 0 <--- Doppler Parameters, Min Range
byte 0 <--- All Aspect
word 8190 <--- Range Parameters, FOV Heading (45)
word 8190 <--- Range Parameters, FOV Pitch (45)
dword ^0 <--- Range Parameters, Min Range (0)
dword ^29268 <--- Range Parameters, Max Range (4.
dword $8011c180 <--- Range Parameters, Min Altitude (-1375)
dword $7fee3e80 <--- Range Parameters, Max Altitude (1375)
word 5460 <--- Track Parameters, FOV Heading (30)
word 5460 <--- Track Parameters, FOV Pitch (30)
dword ^3658 <--- Track Parameters, Min Range (.6)
dword ^24390 <--- Track Parameters, Max Range (4)
dword $8011c180 <--- Track Parameters, Min Altitude (-1375)
dword $7fee3e80 <--- Track Parameters, Max Altitude (1375)
byte 98 <--- Deception Modifiers, Chaff / Flare %
byte 98 <--- Deception Modifiers, ECM Jamming %
byte 12 <--- Type (12 = A-A; 20 = A-G; 4 = Gun; 40 = Anti-Ship;
0 = Unknown [use for cluster bombs]) byte 4
The Cluster Bombs were marked as Air to Ground. By changing it to Unknown, the AI now drops the cluster bombs the same as other dumb bombs, but the cluster bombs still retain all their characteristics. The Unknown option is not given in the toolkit for Cluster Bombs, so you'll need to make the change in the .JT file.
Speaking of which, the .JT layout has been updated with this new information.
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