B538 1/3rd Mission Rule

[Kado]

Hey guys! I wanted to assign two helicopters (Sentry One, Sentry Two) to an ASuW Patrol (naval) at point RP-244. Even though I checked 1/3rd rule, they both took off. Then they hanged around until bingo fuel and both went back to their base, basicaly at the same time. This resulted in an hour with no patrol. My idea was that they would be alternating at their station. I am quite new to this game, but I am almost completely sure that I didn't make any player mistake. Savegame and screenshots are included in the attached zip file. Thanks for you effort, guys!

PS: Also, during this mission, I lost like two helicopters due to crash. They were on patrol. At one point, they called bingo fuel and headed back for their bases (at ships). However, they didn't make it and crashed like 1nm from their home ship. However, I didn't take any screenshot of that. [:(]

[ComDev]

Hi Kado,

What build was this, and what database?

Thanks [8D]

[Kado]

Hey Emsoy! It's the most recent one as far as I know - build 538 (RC2). I opened the scenario (SOS SOSUS from Red Episodes) in editor and it says "DB3000 Database Build 402 (1980-2015+)".

[Shemar]

Were the helicopters of the same type and loadout? I don't know if it is still the case but I think at some point the 1/3 rule only applied to exactly identical platforms.

[Kado]

Yeah, Shemar, that might actualy be the problem. They were definitely both ASW helicopters. And I am pretty sure that one of them was Helix and the other one was Hormone. It might also be that one was carrying depth charges and the other one torpedoes, but I think this wasn't the case.

[ComDev]

Ah yeah, the 1/3 rule applies per aircraft type. So if you have to types of aircraft (Helix and Hormone), they will have their own internal 1/3 rule. So in this case they both take off.

[Kado]

Okay, thank you very much for solving this riddle for me. So it is not a bug then. I tried to get as informed as possible before posting this, but apparently, this information eluded me. Thank you for all your effort!

[ComDev]

Its by design, yeah. Should probably make it configurable at one point though [8D]