The reason that bombers move to attack lone targets enroute to their actual order is that they have to move just to attack where as a passing vehicle doesn't. It simply spins its turret and fires - they use similar behaviour for firing iirc.
Black Liger wrote:
The tags i mentioned will give you a quick fix, but they won't attack anything unless instructed to do so. So i'd suggest modfifying the bombers to have hold fire and hold position only while they have a queue of commands. Once that is finished they are set back to fire at will and maneuver or whatever their starting values were.Therefore, it needs to depend what unit is selected what the orders do. For bombers, Fire at will should equal : GO through standing orders, then go do my own thing ONCE MY ORDER QUEUE is empty. This should be the case even on roam.
If planes are on patrol, or have finished their queue they should engage targets if they are set to fire at will. Planes should not engage targets when they have specific move and attack orders, however, as that could result in them dropping their payload shortly before they reach the actual target, and thus failing to attack it. If I set my planes to attack a lab also I don't want them spending their bombs on the solar collector that's a little bit in front of it. Also, if I have a swarm of freedom fighters and I set them to attack a com, I want them to attack the com, not the nearest targets they happen upon along their route. When patroling or idle are the appropriate times for planes to be choosing their own targets.
