Adding Aircraft Directly to an Airfield

Zoi · Post by **Zoi** » Wed 09 May 2012 4:43 pm

To avoid the playability limit I would like to add aircraft directly to airbases.
Is this posiblle?

Post by **IV/JG7_4Shades** » Wed 09 May 2012 10:37 pm

Hi Zoi,

Once the new flights are commissioned (e.g. through a supply point) you can transfer them to the airfield of choice simply by setting their positions (Start_X_Axis, Start_Y_Axis) in the ObjMissionData table equal to the landing point of the desired airbase.

Cheers,
4S

Zoi · Post by **Zoi** » Thu 10 May 2012 12:38 am

Wow I would never have figured that out. Thanks Shades!

Zoi · Post by **Zoi** » Sat 19 May 2012 1:30 am

What we were wanting to do is have a campaign that skips, some mission is 1940, 1941, and 1942. Could I build an sql file to bring new things onto the map in each year? I'm not sure what the mission name field would contain but could it be the template mission? Of course it would be nice to have the right date but I'm afraid that would cause problems as the missions are tracked in other tables.

Post by **IV/JG7_4Shades** » Sat 19 May 2012 4:55 am

Could I build an sql file to bring new things onto the map in each year?

Yes.

I'm not sure what the mission name field would contain but could it be the template mission?

Not recommended.

Why not put ALL objects from all years into the template and initialize the campaign. Then go through the ObjMissionData and simply change the Mission_Name field for the later units to "1941" or "1942" as required. Those units will disappear from the campaign because the Mission_Name field is invalid. When you want to re-introduce them, just change the Mission_Name field back to a valid mission name. You may have to do something similar for any of the relevant units in the Combined_Unit_Status and Ship_Damage_Status tables.

When you want to skip forward a year, you will need to do a clock advance (24 hours to repair industry and bridges), and then go through various tables to change the date:
Combined_Unit_Losses
Combined_Unit_Status
MissionData
ObjMissionData
Sector_Status
Sector_Weather (this could be tricky)
Ship_Damage_Status
Task_Forces

Cheers,
4S

Zoi · Post by **Zoi** » Sat 19 May 2012 6:02 am

Thanks Shades! I'm going to have to test this out. My goal is to make it easy for the planners and admin.

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Adding Aircraft Directly to an Airfield

Adding Aircraft Directly to an Airfield