Air Assets for KOVA x ATAK

CAS PERFORMANCE UPDATE - V1.3.3
Faster CAS status lookup. Update C130 Compatibility to 0.1.3.

AIR ASSETS brings friendly AI aviation control to the KOVA x ATAK tablet, with separate ROTARY WING and FIXED WING tabs.

ROTARY WING tasks friendly AI-crewed REAPER helicopters placed by the Game Master, with live aircraft map markers.

FIXED WING tasks N1C's USASOC AI A10 through CAS CORE, with HOG callsigns, map/Congo targets, attack runs, weapons and attack axes.

FEATURES

- Separate ROTARY WING and FIXED WING tabs.
- A-10 CAS with 1-10 passes, provider-specific weapon labels and selected-aircraft RTB.
- Separate CAS targets per HOG callsign; returning one aircraft does not cancel another's Air Assets mission.
- Realistic Flying / CAS CORE menu compatibility fix.
- Congo strike-point selection and attack direction derived from the final segment of a Congo route or air corridor.
- Selected-aircraft mission status and RTB.
- Send MOVE, LAND and HOVER orders by clicking the ATAK map.
- Build flight plans from visible Congo Tactical Graphics routes, with up to 24 ordered waypoints and optional pickup or landing zones at the endpoints.
- Route new orders around CTG Restricted Operations Zones. Planned detours are shown on the map.
- Keep an aircraft airborne in a racetrack-style HOLD over a map position or CTG point, with visible leg progress.
- Track the selected helicopter, locate it on the map, and see active plan and hold status.
- PARK a landed aircraft to stop its engine, START it again, or let the automatic idle shutdown save fuel after 60 seconds on the ground without orders.
- FAST ROPE, SUPPRESS and ESCORT through the required Realistic AI Helicopter Flying dependency.

HOW TO USE

1. Enable Air Assets and its required mods on both the server and clients. For local hosting, select Air Assets in Host Server > Mods.
2. As Game Master, place a REAPER-compatible helicopter with a friendly AI pilot in the pilot seat.
3. Open KOVA x ATAK > Settings > Systems > Air Assets > ROTARY WING. Select the aircraft, choose an order, then click its destination on the ATAK map. PLAN and HOLD offer route and airborne reserve controls.
4. For fixed-wing missions, place RWY START and RWY END more than 200 m apart along a clear runway and place friendly AI-crewed USASOC aircraft near RWY START. Open FIXED WING and use NEXT to select their HOG callsign. Choose CTG STRIKE POINT or MAP POINT, click CAS / RUNS to change passes, cycle the weapon, optionally choose CTG ATTACK AXIS, then SEND CAS. RTB recalls only the selected airborne aircraft.

REQUIRED MODS

- KOVA x ATAK
- KOVA x ATAK Plugin Core
- REAPER AI Helicopters
- Congo's Tactical Graphics
- Realistic AI Helicopter Flying
- USASOC AI A10 and its required aircraft dependencies
- USASOC CAS CORE
- USASOC Fixed Wing CORE

Update all dependencies on server and clients; remove old version pins.

OPTIONAL F-35 SUPPORT - V1.3.0

Install Air Assets - F35 Compatibility (87E7C1E7CB304ED6) on server and clients to add BOLT callsigns, F-35 weapons and RTB. Requires Air Assets 1.3.0 or later; the base addon does not require the F-35 aircraft chain.

For the PS5 setup that could not load the F-35 dependency chain, use main Air Assets alone. Disable the optional compatibility addon and any explicitly enabled F-35-only mods. The optional addon does not fix that upstream loading problem. Do not load the standalone Air Assets DEV publication together with the main addon.

OPTIONAL AIRLIFT AND GUNSHIP SUPPORT

Air Assets - C130 Compatibility (A94AAB53F19846E5), version 0.1.3 or later, adds the AIRLIFT page.
Air Assets - AC130 Compatibility (AB1429F869394AA2), version 1.0.0, adds Spookie in the GUNSHIP page with map/Congo targets, fire missions, overwatch, cease fire and RTB.
Both extensions require Air Assets 1.3.2 or later and their own upstream aircraft mods. Install optional addons on both server and clients. These aircraft dependencies are not required by base Air Assets.

CURRENT LIMITS

A Congo corridor defines an attack direction from its final segment; fixed-wing aircraft do not follow every bend. Existing Game Master CAS points may take priority according to N1C's pilot logic. Fixed-wing restricted-zone checks use the player's visible Congo graphics and are not a server-enforced no-fire zone.

Workbench compilation and server integration checks passed. Complete multiplayer flight, weapons and landing validation remains pending.

Landing-site checks look for nearby clear ground but cannot guarantee the entire approach or prevent every collision. Helicopter restricted-zone avoidance is calculated when an order is sent; after changing a CTG zone, resend the order. HOLD uses repeating REAPER move waypoints, so its exact path depends on the AI pilot.

Independent compatibility plugin by V-KING. KOVA x ATAK, REAPER, Realistic Flying, USASOC aircraft/CORE mods and Congo's Tactical Graphics remain the work of their respective creators.