How is Air Support bonus modifier calculated?

[ecpgieicg]

How is Air Support bonus modifier from having CAS in the strategic area calculated? (The wiki has the formula for CAS damage but not support bonus.)

 

[Simon_9732495]

What I know:
As maximum attack bonus from air support you get 25% (Defines.NMilitary.AIR_SUPPORT_BASE = 0.25) without air doctrines.
With full battlefield support doctrine you get +40% thats (0.25*1.4 = 0.35) 35%

What I don't know:
How you get the maximum value.
(It could be getting the maximum number of CAS unintercepted and not countered by enemy AA into combat.)
(And I think the maximum CAS per combat is 3*enemy combat width.)

 

[ecpgieicg]

(It could be getting the maximum number of CAS unintercepted and not countered by enemy AA into combat.)
(And I think the maximum CAS per combat is 3*enemy combat width.)

I'll try to track in my games whether max air support is only attained when LAND_AIR_COMBAT_MAX_PLANES_PER_ENEMY_WIDTH is exceeded.


EDIT: On a second thought, that's not enough. I know the CAS that counts towards air support is modified by mission penalties such as weather and night. Only checking the max case is too small a step towards the whole formula.

 

[ecpgieicg]

What I know:
As maximum attack bonus from air support you get 25% (Defines.NMilitary.AIR_SUPPORT_BASE = 0.25) without air doctrines.
With full battlefield support doctrine you get +40% thats (0.25*1.4 = 0.35) 35%

What I don't know:
How you get the maximum value.
(It could be getting the maximum number of CAS unintercepted and not countered by enemy AA into combat.)
(And I think the maximum CAS per combat is 3*enemy combat width.)

I'll try to track in my games whether max air support is only attained when LAND_AIR_COMBAT_MAX_PLANES_PER_ENEMY_WIDTH is exceeded.


EDIT: On a second thought, that's not enough. I know the CAS that counts towards air support is modified by mission penalties such as weather and night. Only checking the max case is too small a step towards the whole formula.

So far, I do find a linear function from 0 to AIR_SUPPORT_BASE based on number of CAS planes participating / LAND_AIR_COMBAT_MAX_PLANES_PER_ENEMY_WIDTH * enemy combat width.

Example:

(The number is 0.10% x 200/270 off. Whether the 0.10% comes from interruption or something else, I don't know.)

I'll keep an eye out for weather, night, mission efficiency (don't seem to matter) and interception.

 

[bitmode]

(It could be getting the maximum number of CAS unintercepted and not countered by enemy AA into combat.)
(And I think the maximum CAS per combat is 3*enemy combat width.)

The code seems to agree with this. Full bonus when plane limit is filled and the planes' damage factor is not reduced (by AA, weather, night etc.)