Sorry if it's been posted before. This is not really a bug report, just an observation of amusing (yet logical) VTOL behavior. As far as I know, VTOLs can only float in air when they are 1) taking off 2) flying somewhere 3) landing. However, this savefile should show how VTOLs can stop and hang mid-air due to order conflict.
Here's the breakdown:
File starts at 27:05:15. Campaign, Gamma 9 (last mission, so spoilers ahead if you care). At this point, your camera should be at the map bottom, where you can see five Nexus VTOL rearming pads. At the leftmost one sits the last Nexus VTOL, waiting for the bombs to load (not visible, but it's there). Near the LZ you'll find my three VTOL B.Busters, who are also rearming (hotkey 5). They are ordered to attack the enemy VTOL.
At 27:05:35 group 5 sets off and flies south.
At 27:05:42, just after entering the middle "crater", group 5 freezes in air, seemingly for no reason. In truth, it's because their target set off too and they can't drop the busters anymore.
At 27:05:52 the Nexus VTOL appears out of the fog and flies towards the tank squad (hotkey 1). The Nexus VTOL drops its bombs successfully, but comes in range of Whirlwinds at LZ.
At 27:05:57 the bomber is destroyed. Group 5, having no target, snaps out of it and returns to their pads.
VTOLs can hover mid-air after all
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VTOLs can hover mid-air after all
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