Originally Posted by propbeanie
The CV "AirBase" seemingly usually only generates airplanes upon player detection, but I have encountered Zeroes out in the middle of nowhere, in advance of a Task Force, so they might do the same "search" algorithm of the regular AirBase also. But there is no CAP over groups... There should be. The AirBase is controlled by the AirStrike.cfg file, and they do send airplanes out at predetermined intervals. Again, there should be CAPs over AirBases, but there isn't. I have no idea how they decide on the planes to choose to send out, nor the direction to send them. There is the AirStrike probability though that generates them, and it runs the chance based upon the "Logic Steps" math. If your submarine happens to be spotted, that increases the odds of an airplane response, but directed more toward the player's position. But as with the guns, there is an "angle of error" factor that might send them out a few degrees off of your location, which sometimes puts them right on you. If you send a radio message, the HF/DF is imitated, and you have another response factor increase, etc.
As for "range"..; my impression is that when the say "radius", insinuating that an airplane goes out say 720nm and then returns, my impression is that they are going out more like 1440nm, on a suicide, "oh look, I am out of fuel, but I'll keep going" run... which is why we shortened the ranges in FotRSU considerably, and STILL there are areas with a lot of airplanes, even if the player's boat is never seen... Of course, real life was like that too...
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