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AI formation?

For FSX, there is a file called "formationsetup.zip" probably downloadable from flightsim.com.
If FS9 then you will probably have to start making AFCAD2 overlay airports and special flightplans.
 
I meant like AI Flight Planner or something, where the AI are in formation and not relevant to the user aircraft
 
Hi,

That would mean you would have to make adapted AFCADs in FSX also.
You would have to make overlay airports and make sure the AI planes taxi the same distance from the parking spot to the (parallel invisible double or triple) runway start positions. The same for the arrival airport otherwise your AI's would all gather at the same point upon approach.
The AI flightplanner flightplans can be the same.
Alternatively, there are some FS9 red arrow planes that could be used as AI.
 
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There was a mission that Jim K did where he demonstrates the use of SIMVAR in a mission system extension -- not sure, maybe you have to use Jim's FSX Mission Editor.

Anyway in Jim's demo mission, you take off in a Mooney from West Cairo behind another airplane. Then the airplane will alternately (a) fly behind your player aircraft or (b) fly behind another AI aircraft.... depending on player input. So something like that can be done, I would say.

http://fsaddon.eu/wpfsaddon/fsaddon-products/mission_editor/

"It adds several commands to the FSX mission system allowing you to do much more."... including:

WPT : Set dynamic waypoints relative to the player or an AI

Ripcord
 
With AIFP write a plan that uses, say, 3 planes that leave the same airport at the same time, and have the same arrival airport. Go to the arrival airport near the arrival time( some miles towards the departure airport). You should see your planes flying very close together. May not be what you are looking for. It only works if you start FS at the arrival airport.

Bob
 
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