Giving AI aggressor planes some weapons

[atoll1]

For the F-16N/F-14 AGRS (Aggressor) is there a way to give (e.g., IR/SAHM) weapons when flown by AI as enemy?

 

(I’m not talking about the player flying the AGRS plane because one can set another plane, then in the loadout, switch to the AGRS and choose some ordnance).

 

I can’t seem to set them in the Nation file either as the Weapon editor doesn’t have the option for AGRS and fails to compile a weapon.dat file that includes AGRS as a Nation. Is there any other way to give the AGRS planes some missiles (other than setting them to Soviet/WarPac instead of AGRS) so they would be more of a challenge in ‘red flag’ missions?

 

Thanks in advance for any thoughts/suggestions!

[+Crusader]

Did you add the AGRS "nation" to your NATIONS.ini (in your FLIGHT folder, or extract from FLightData.CAT archive)

 

I have those two : (*** = next number in line)

 

 

[Nation***]

Name=USNA

DisplayName=USN Aggressor Enemy

Alignment=ENEMY

Mercenary=FALSE

PilotNameList=NamesUS.lst

RankList=RanksUSN.lst

CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst

Formation.Fighter=SovietFighter

Formation.Attack=SovietFighter

Formation.Bomber=SovietBomber

Formation.Transport=SovietBomber

Formation.Tank=USTank

Formation.MobileAD=USAD

PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT

GenderRatio=0

 

[Nation***]

Name=AGRS

DisplayName=Aggressors

Alignment=ENEMY

PlayerFlyable=TRUE

Mercenary=FALSE

PilotNameList=NamesUS.lst

RankList=RanksUSAF.lst

CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst

Formation.Fighter=USFighter

Formation.Attack=USFighter

Formation.Bomber=USBomber

Formation.Transport=USBomber

Formation.Tank=USTank

Formation.MobileAD=USAD

PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT

GenderRatio=0

CampaignWinMusic=

DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav

DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav

DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav

SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat

SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.cat

Medals=MedalsUSAF.ini

MedalTextFile=MedalsUSAF.str

[atoll1]

Yep, I added the AGRS (with the propoer nation #) to the Nations file. I didn't add the USNA one, though (I'll check again) I'm pretty sure I checked the plane weapon attachments and they only had AGRS listed. Meanwhile, my work-around has been to reassign the nation affiliation of the (formerly AGRS) aircraft to "Soviet". Hmmm...

[+allenjb42]

You need to make some aggressor weapons. I'm assuming you're using the latest weapons pack (if not then download and install it pronto)

 

Go into the weapons editor and copy the wepons you need - AIM-9's, AIM-7's etc. Then go into the copy weapons by double clicking on them - they should be at the bottom of your list - and change the nation of the weapons to AGRS. Then when you load up the game the aggressors should be flyingwith the appropriate weapons.

[atoll1]

Ahh...that explains it. Thanks - I'll try that.