What is the reason aircraft cannot be given attack-move orders in RA (or engage units within range on their own initiative as in CnC:TD)? I've been pondering this and I find two likely explanations.
The first being that attack-move for aircraft would simply be overpowered. I can see this being the case easily considering the potential hinds and yaks would have to eviscerate swathes of infantry with their extreme rate of fire and then retreat automatically when out of ammunition, without requiring much - if any - skill from the player to inflict such heavy losses.
The second is that it may be a technical limitation. Aircraft follow separate movement rules and require special actions (landing and taking off to name a couple). Although I lack the programming knowledge to see for myself, it seems a reasonable assumption that attack-move doesn't behave as expected or intended with these special actions for the time being.
Perhaps it's a slice of both pies? Or even neither? I'm hoping that someone who knows better can enlighten me.
Also, on an entirely unrelated note, I'm looking for feedback on a map I put together in a fit of creativity. Does it suffer any of the pitfalls of rookie map creators (aside from lack of detail; I am generally awful at adding detail and so I opted to design around a wasteland-esque theme)? It seems odd there isn't a section on these forums for that (or did I just miss it entirely?).
Attack-Move and Aircraft
And An Unrelated Map Feedback Request
Excellent! I hope a build including that comes about soon, the one thing I dislike about aircraft currently is the amount of micro they require because of exactly that. At the same time I also hope they don't become unbalanced because of the increased autonomy.
Thanks for letting me (and everyone else too) know.
Thanks for letting me (and everyone else too) know.