How to place troops on transports?

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How to place troops on transports?

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I am building a scenario where China moves troops to the Philippines to hunt a terrorist cell that they claim originated there. The Philippines is not happy, and has asked for US help to fend them off. I have been able to put a US base on Philippine soil with some US infantry units based there, as well as an airfield with US planes. I have also built the Nimitz task force in the Pacific using the web as a guide. All that seemed to work well. I now want to put some troops on a few Chinese transports for a landing. I found the Bohai Jinzhu in the Chinese ship list. This ship claims to hold up to 1300 troops, which looks ideal for what I am trying to accomplish. Now I have a place picked out on the Chinese coast where I have built an airfield adjacent to an Army base where troops and aircraft are based. There is nothing on the map of the area to suggest any kind of dock or naval facility, so I need to know How I can get the Chinese troops onto the Bohai Jinzhu's. I tried looking for docks in the facility list - no joy. I already have a Chinese navy escort of frigates and destroyers waiting offshore to escort the transports to the landing sites. All hinges on me getting these troops on the ships. Help please?
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RE: How to place troops on transports?

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It is currently not possible to load/unload troops. Only way to simulate loading and unloading currently is creating event in the editor that will teleport unit(s) from somewhere on the map to predefined location (based on unit remains in area trigger).
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RE: How to place troops on transports?

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Thanks Delta IV

I think I will solve this dilemma by using the transports as if they had troops on board. Send them in a convoy with the frigates and destroyers. If they make it with a mile or 2 of the coastline I will edit the game and drop some Chinese troops inland as if they landed from the transports. I will determine how many troops to land based on how many transports make it that far.
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RE: How to place troops on transports?

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Adding troops to aircraft, ships etc. is on the list for the future though!

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