It is my suggestion that you should be able to assign wingmmen Underneath your wingmen. so, you could have a large V formation while only having to command 2-7 wingmen, because their wingmen simply follow them.
This would be useful in a fleet battle, like being in command of a cruiser, with battleships on your wings, and gunships on their wing; making an enormous fleet. this Idea was originally part of my Galactic Domination Idea, where you could Create stations and upgrade them according to your money and resources, and you would have to build your fleets to combat the enemy who would send fleets to attack you.
It would make an excellent Mod, at least.
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That does sound like a very good way to make large, easily controllable fleets. Great idea.
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I believe that it is a mod, however one can set wingmen and autons to 'escort' a targeted friendly. I think this one: http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=586 Its been a while since I last played, and I have a few mods that I play with, I am uncertain if this mod is what set up the abilities.
Currently the way it is set up when you hit c the order of your wingmen and autons resets every time you give an order to one. If you have three 1M autons it can be very confusing, and time consuming to hit a, b, c, d, e to find the one who is not currently assigned an order.
I think it is a mod, because I recall that one has to recall everyone (form up) to pass through a gate or you end up losing your members.
It would be nice to be able to set up your fleet do form one of several formations by hitting Q and then a letter or a number.
How that can be done I have no idea. I do not know if the game assigns a number to each wingman/auton as you get them/use them or something that would make it easy to order them to form a V formation or a T formation or something along those lines.
I still find that I just leave my wingmen/autons to guard a station and go fight on my own. I have lost way too many expensive autons due to friendly fire, and wingmen too. It seems that they all want to be in front of my vessel's weapons fire when we engage in battle.
Currently the way it is set up when you hit c the order of your wingmen and autons resets every time you give an order to one. If you have three 1M autons it can be very confusing, and time consuming to hit a, b, c, d, e to find the one who is not currently assigned an order.
I think it is a mod, because I recall that one has to recall everyone (form up) to pass through a gate or you end up losing your members.
It would be nice to be able to set up your fleet do form one of several formations by hitting Q and then a letter or a number.
How that can be done I have no idea. I do not know if the game assigns a number to each wingman/auton as you get them/use them or something that would make it easy to order them to form a V formation or a T formation or something along those lines.
I still find that I just leave my wingmen/autons to guard a station and go fight on my own. I have lost way too many expensive autons due to friendly fire, and wingmen too. It seems that they all want to be in front of my vessel's weapons fire when we engage in battle.