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New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/1/2009 6:48:26 AM

Ryvan

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Are the parts I produce used to repair damaged airframes, or just build new ones?

Since the Axis isn't performing any night attacks currently, is there a way to force my night fighters to alert for daylight raids?

The manual says I can operate my fighters out of Bomber and Coastal Command airfields. The Axis gets no points for attacking these fields. Is there any drawback to me transferring my aircraft to these fields?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/1/2009 8:21:30 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Ryvan

Are the parts I produce used to repair damaged airframes, or just build new ones?
new ones

Since the Axis isn't performing any night attacks currently, is there a way to force my night fighters to alert for daylight raids?
they react as night fighters, you can use them for patrolling

The manual says I can operate my fighters out of Bomber and Coastal Command airfields. The Axis gets no points for attacking these fields. Is there any drawback to me transferring my aircraft to these fields?
there may be some slowdown on reaction, since they are not linked to the commanding sector field, but, pretty much, nope, part of the flaw of the attack plan

Thanks in advance for any help!

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/2/2009 10:20:01 PM

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Thanks!

Got 1 more for you. Is there any way to reassign interceptors after they've taken off?

What I mean is this. I detect 2 raids out over the channel. I launch my interceptors at both of them. After crossing into England, the raids are identified and 1 is a fighter sweep. My interceptors haven't reached them yet. I've found I can recall my interceptors, but once they are rtb, I cannot order them to do anything else. Is there a way to tell my interceptors to leave their current target and attempt to intercept a new target?

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/3/2009 1:16:44 AM

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1 note the raid numbers you want to no longer intercept
2 go into the Intercept list
3 a list of raids will appear

4 select the raid that you no longer want to intercept

5 the buttons <intercept>, <recall>, <recall all> are present on this window
6 selecting the <recall> displays all the air units current engaging this raid (this is the real list, rather than the numbers displayed in the intercept list) ie the intercept list may say 30 aircraft, but when you look at this "recall" this there is only one aircraft engaging, the rest are on their way back to base.

7 a list of your air units assigned to this raid will appear. select the patrol button (Note: this is a toggle switch ie select /deselect), not the recall button. you will notice that the characters PAT (short for patrol) will appear against the deselected unit on the right hand side of the list.
8 these units are now in partol mode
9 you can either:
back out to the raid list and select the raid you want to intercept (this is a good way of a fast disengagement of the current raid and maybe forcing your fighters to climb to a high altitude away from the disengaged unit) and assign the currently patroling aircraft to intercept
OR
use the partol move command to move the now patrolling aircraft closer to the enemy unit

when intercepting I don't assign the intercept from the ground, I try to move my fighters by patrol to within say 10 -15 miles of the target raid before ordering the interceptors to attack. (Note you should set the interceptor patrol height to say 5000ft higher that the raid they are going to intercept, this helps the get the initial bounce). This allow you to change you mind if other raids appear, as time goes by.

PS The reason i try to get close before attacking is that once your interceptor are within 50miles of their target AND they are in attack mode their fuel consumption doubles because they have changed from cruise speed to max speed, until they have to disingage and return to base. The 50mile thing is based on my experience with the old BtR game and i assume this has not been changed, Hard Sarge would be able to shed some light on this.

< Message edited by Wayn Reinbold -- 11/4/2009 1:50:08 AM >

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/3/2009 6:08:54 AM

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Wow, thanks for all that. Helps a ton!

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/3/2009 10:45:09 AM

Wayn Reinbold

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no problem

correction the 50 mile range going to combat speed was not something I deciphered, but was stated in the manual or maybe in this forum somewhere

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A further note.
Retargeting a raid (say a recon plane at 40,000ft and 100 miles away inland) is a good way of forceably disengaging a current dogfight, by climbing out and heading east or southeast. Otherwise you will notice, if you put the fighters into patrol mode they will just reingage what ever is closest.

This tactic of forceable disengaging seems to draw the fighters away from the bombers. Then I will send my heavy fighters into the bombers, and undo the forced disingagement, to continue the dogfight against the escort fight but away from the bomber formations. I hardly ever send my Fw 190s or Me109 against bombers, thy seem too fragile.

Although I have read that the Fw190F and Fw190G are good against bombers, so I will try them out because the cuurent game does not let you reequip these units (SG, and SKG) with normal fighters, as per the old BtR game.

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/3/2009 1:02:28 PM

Hard Sarge

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you will be able to change the Jabo/Trainer type aircraft, down the road, based on time and stockpile levels

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/3/2009 1:05:11 PM

Hard Sarge

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also, remember you can make your 109 and 190's into "heavy" fighters, if you want them to hit the bombers, try to keep them away from the allied fighters though

(A-5, is as is, the A-6 and on, can add extra cannons, most German fighters can also add rockets)

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/4/2009 1:46:58 AM

Wayn Reinbold

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Re my 11/3/2009 1:16:44 AM
step missing
"- select the raid that you no longer want to intercept"

- the buttons <intercept>, <recall>, <recall all> are present on this window
- selecting the <recall> displays all the air units current engaging this raid (this is the real list, rather than the numbers displayed in the intercept list) ie the intercept list may say 30 aircraft, but when you look at this "recall" this there is only one aircraft engaging, the rest are on their way back to base.

"- a list of your air units assigned to this raid will appear."

I will add this to my first response

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/4/2009 5:42:16 AM

Wayn Reinbold

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thx for that info

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/15/2009 5:27:39 PM

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Couple more questions:

If I move a squadron to a different airfield, and that squadron has aircraft that are in a non-flyable state, are those aircraft still transferred or are they lost?

Do WIA pilots ever return to action?

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RE: New Stupid Newbie Questions - 11/15/2009 5:34:12 PM

Hard Sarge

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Ryvan

Couple more questions:

If I move a squadron to a different airfield, and that squadron has aircraft that are in a non-flyable state, are those aircraft still transferred or are they lost?
they will be in repair (magic wings)

Do WIA pilots ever return to action?
yes, you should see a message saying they were wounded, if it happened during a crash, and it will say for how long

in the unit page, you can look at the honor rolls, it will also list the pilots who were WIA, and the date when (hassle is, it does not have how much longer they will be WIA, but over all 99 should be the longest they are out)