Probing the Editor...

[US87891]

As in all things computer, it’s not straight forward.
There are top level routines, second level routines, and third level routines.

Devices and Airplanes are top level routines because nothing else accesses and modifies them.
LCUs and Airgroups are second level because they depend on input from the Device and Airplane files.
Some Naval stuff is third level because it depends on Ship Class (in turn dependent on Nav Devices) and Ship stats (intro, sunk, etc..).
Just because you fiddle with an editor bit doesn’t mean it will port into your game. Sometimes it will if you understand the concept of writing new data into present memory.
Most of us who have been playing with this understand these things very well. Someone new, that has no experience with the editor/engine, needs to consult, if they are serious about development. Otherwise, hoo-pa.

Matt

[Leandros]

ORIGINAL:

http://www.uswarplanes.net/c45.html

Seems it can be compared with the Lockheed (212) Electra Junior as flown by the Dutch. Same engines, too. They used it as a bomber trainer, I Believe, and organized
it into a recce squadron when the war broke out, flown by the instructors of the squadron. It could carry 6-8 bombs on under-body racks.

Fred

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Though I don't believe the Expeditor was ever put into many squadrons, so you don't see it in the game much. As far as I can tell, the F-2 was only attached to a couple of HQ aircraft pools, which are not depicted in the game.

The Grumman Duck and Goose were ubiquitous utility aircraft in the USN and USMC, but they did not tend to operate within squadrons of that plane, so they are not in the OOB. If a pilot automagically appears at a frontline squadron, he was probably flown in on one of these hacks invisible within the game.

The C-54 was used throughout the Pacific as a VIP and special use aircraft. My father's unit had one they used extensively. But you don't see any in game until quite late because it wasn't until near the end of the war that there were any C-54 squadrons.

Bill

As ever, Bill is dead on the money..I used to think the Duck was used in groups, but they were simply a utility/odd job plane assigned to each naval squadron, used for errands..
As for the C45..the folks who really benefited from dedicated cargo squadrons (in WITP/AE)seem to have been the RAF in the far east.I suspect it would be natural to see India using them, but while I found pics of them in India, it is not clear if Indians were flying them in squadron strength as the Brits did.
I did find American squadrons using them in Australia.