Help with Air Drops please

[Redmarkus5]

Hi,

I can't figure out how to air drop units. I have Soviet Paratroop brigades sitting in the same hex as an airbase with 16 Li-2 Transports with a load bearing of +5k but when I select the Air Transport option and click on a target hex nothing happens. I have tried every mouse click technique I can think of...

[Helpless]

Shift click on the hex with airbase and unit. This should should show unit lifting dialog. Choose air groups and right click on the hex to drop the unit.

[Redmarkus5]

Thanks - will try that again. Where is this in the manual? I re-read the air drop section several times but missed the shift-click bit.

[Colwyn]

ive done that too no change moral of air units are 50+ but doesn't work..

[Redmarkus5]

I have tried everything - no joy and no air drops.

How hard does it need to be? This is how I think it should work:

1. Select a valid paratroop unit.

2. If there are valid transports units within 5 hexes (i.e. a truck ride away on a weekly turn basis) the para unit gets a blue outline and the transport units come up in a list. You select a transport unit (or click cancel to make a normal move) and right-click on the destination hex.

3. If there are no valid transport units the para unit is outlined in red. You can then move it like any other combat unit.

[Joel Billings]

Please send a save to 2by3@2by3games.com and tell me what hex the para is in that should be able to airdrop. Does the unit have an average experience of at least 40?

[Redmarkus5]

Cheers Joel - email is on its way.

[Redmarkus5]

Success!!! Thanks for the help, Joel.

Things I was doing wrong - it's a long list:
1. Air doctrine required to fly threshold was set higher than the % of transports available. (If you adjust your doctrine to address this, remember to set it back after or you'll be sorry!)
2. I was going F9 first and THEN selecting the originating hex, instead of doing F1 > select hex > F9
3. I was doing a shift plus RIGHT click in the target hex instead of a SHIFT+LEFT-click (even though I didn’t actually have the selection set properly anyway)
4. Even when I got all of that figured, I wasn’t observing the sorties required vs. sorties available text at the bottom of the air unit selection pop-up. I had insufficient sorties available in many cases.

Anyway, I got it to work now. See Page 73 of the Ebook and follow every single step with care...