beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason

Add toggle to air plants, "force bombers to hold fire/position"

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#6663 opened on Jan 13, 2026

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Description

Description

Next to the button to set only fighters to patrol, add a button to prevent bombers from attacking units without an input by the player. This is done generally with a combination of hold fire + hold position.

see: https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason/pull/6605#issuecomment-3735307677

Why?

This change sets a more reasonable default state, but also makes it easy to toggle that state. StatePrefs can override this as wanted to keep the original behavior and etc.

Players rarely want their bombers to autotarget random, mobile units. These are generally raiders inside of their own base.

They could want an air lab to spam bombers continuously. This change would enable toggling that behavior easily.

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Tech stack
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Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Lua programmingUnderstanding of game unit commands
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Review the linked PR #6605 and its discussion to understand the proposed change. Examine the air plant UI code and the existing patrol/fight toggle for fighters. Implement a similar toggle for bombers that forces hold fire and hold position commands.