jptiger 1 Posted February 1, 2013 hey guys. is it an idea to be able te set AI spacing in the formations. since in the stock game the spacing seems unrealistically small. (IRL you will be spotter quicker) cause depending on the mission (i.e IED/boobytrap thread) you want a large spacing of your units. so the options would be. formation menu. - set spacing...... -5m -7.5m -10m etc what do you think of the idea. sorry for bad grammar. jptiger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froggyluv 2130 Posted February 1, 2013 Yep. CoC mod had it years ago for OFP and maybe Arma 1. Was useful and not sure why it hasn't made it in to Vanilla. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orcinus 121 Posted February 2, 2013 Yeah, this is really needed IMHO. IED/booby traps? Heh, try incoming mortar round / your AA soldier fires a missile into a tree right in front of his nose / incoming OG7 or HEDP, etc., & watch half your team (& you, often) get wiped out... Someone -IIRC Sakura-Chan - dug out the the formation configs from the game 5-6 months ago (sorry, don't have the link). There were entries in the config that seemed a bit obscure - maybe these were spacing-related? There might be at least some scope for spacing - cf. "Column" vs. "File". Way beyond my scripting level however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmarkwick 261 Posted February 5, 2013 Yes exactly. Formation spacing should definitely be one of the things we can do via the command system. Step up & down by 2m increments or something like that :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalcraze 290 Posted February 5, 2013 That's overkill. 5m, 10, 20 should be good enough. 2 meter increments don't make a difference to a grenade or mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfTournesol 956 Posted February 5, 2013 Yes exactly. Formation spacing should definitely be one of the things we can do via the command system. Step up & down by 2m increments or something like that :) Indeed. That's hard to believe it wasn't already implemented. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmarkwick 261 Posted February 6, 2013 That's overkill. 5m, 10, 20 should be good enough.2 meter increments don't make a difference to a grenade or mine. Well that's 2m per unit, if you have 20 units that's 10 per side (wedge formation) and a 20m increase in total formation length per side for each increment. But anyway, 2m or something like that :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
