Air Supply Drops

[peterw]

I'm playing three versions of Typhoon to get a better handle on game mechanics etc - Human vs Soviet AI, Human vs Axis AI and Human vs Human (both me!). In Turn 2 the Human vs Soviet AI I've been able to use the Air Transport facility (F9) to drop supplies to advanced Panzer Divs but when I try the same thing in Turn 2 of the Human vs Human game I just get a "Transport Aircraft unavailable" message. In both games I've got ready Ju52 units within range and I can't see anything else materially different between the two games. It also doesn't matter if I even choose an eligible target hex immediately next to the Ju52 airbase - in fact no airbase anywhere on the map is bordered in yellow when I press the F9 button in the Human vs Human game. Several bases get the yellow (available) border when I do the same thing in the Human vs Soviet AI game. Can anyone shed any light on this?

[Michael T]

I get weirdness with Air Supply as well. Sometimes I get the message 'no transport a/c available' or a very limited list of available a/c. Then I might do some completely unrelated action like a hasty attack somewhere else on the front then try the same Air Supply mission again, and hey presto suddenly half the Luftwaffe is ready to fly the mission. I have no idea why this happens.

[PMCN]

Check your % required to fly setting in the air doctrine.  If the % of ready transports is below that value you get the message that there are non-available to fly I think.

[peterw]

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I've found the problem however. All my Ju52 units were night mission enabled. Once I switched that off I was able to fly air drop missions OK. How they became night mission enabled in the first place is another matter...

[cookie monster]

As the Soviets my freshly assigned transports are coming in defaulted to night missions

Perhaps the same is happening to freshly assigned German transports