V1.806 Aircraft Production Problem?

[wdolson]

I tinkered around a bit with CHS, added the C-54, replaced the LB30 with the transport version C-87 and some other things that aren't important here. Something very weird is going on with the US transport aircraft. I initially have C-47 replacement rate of 35, with an additional 75 being built in Los Angeles, which is CHS standard. PDU is on vs AI Japan.

The C-47 upgrades to the C-46 in the database, and I have one C-47 unit that upgrades to C-87s. The C-87 is set up to start in 9/42 with a replacement rate of 10 per month. The C-46 starts building in 10/42 with a replacement rate of 35 and the C-54 with a replacement rate of 10.

Starting in 9/42, the C-87s started building and I set the C-47 unit to upgrade to it and left it. By the time there were enough C-87s, the C-46 was in production too. I didn't watch it, but the C-87 squadron upgraded to C-87s and then to C-46s before I noticed. This ended C-87 production and they are no longer available.

It appears that C-47 production ended in 10/42 and the factory in Los Angeles says it is producing 75 C-54s now (no damage to the factory). I am now in mid-November 42 and C-54 production looks to be only 10 per month. I get one about every 3-4 days. I still don't have enough after 6 weeks to upgrade a squadron. C-46 production also appears to be slow with one every 2 days or so, which seems to be below the 35 in the database. I've been watching the pools and the C-47 pool does not appear to be growing at all.

The line of upgrade is C-47->C-46->C-54 and the C-87->C-46.

What causes one aircraft type to end production? I thought it happened when you upgraded the last unit using them. I still have C-47 units all over the map. Also, why isn't the transport factory in Los Angeles producing anything, even though it says it is? I had intended it to keep building C-47s, but now it isn't building anything as far as I can tell.

I don't know if this is a bug, or what.

Bill

[rtrapasso]

This probably should be addressed to the Scenario Design/Game Editor folk... i don't know much about the Editor - it is pretty much a separate product.

Sorry... [:(]