Air Defense Difficulty

[abr35 0]

Flying the ODS Redux of SF2:E and find air-to-ground attack missions to be extremely easy. There is almost never a SAM launched and only occasional flak over the target. Is this normal? If not is there a way to make air defenses more active? Victory seems a a bit automatic on most missions.

 

Thanks

[Wrench 9,429]

are you running Air Defense = Heavy in the options? (off the main game menu)

[abr35 0]

I do not have that option except on the single mission page. In the options there is only game difficulty and AI difficulty. 

[Wrench 9,429]

yeah, that's what I"m talking about. it's global

[TempestII 262]

20 hours ago, abr35 said:

Flying the ODS Redux of SF2:E and find air-to-ground attack missions to be extremely easy. There is almost never a SAM launched and only occasional flak over the target. Is this normal? If not is there a way to make air defenses more active? Victory seems a a bit automatic on most missions.

 

Thanks

Have you made sure that you've got IR SAMs like SA-7s, SA-9s and SA-13s in your GroundObject file? I haven't found radar guided SAMs much as a threat in ODS but I've certainly been shot down by SA-13s several times.