Increasing Carrier complement of aircraft

[Chris21wen]

Hmmm... apparently in the version I am playing (1.7.1124) that option to manually set the carrier group size does not exist, at least not in the size 4 port into which I just moved the Wasp's TF. However, the AI automatically put the excess aircraft into reserve on that ship so she can now operate normally.

I will keep my eye on further developments with this matter.

Being able to operate air missions has nothing to do with reserve ac, it's total aircraft that is important i.e. complement + reserves. As I said earlier the important figures upto 110% normal ops, upto 115% take off only above that upto 200% transfers only. All aircraft above the units complement should be reserve ac.

It's all about physical space and the ability to arm etc. Once the hangers are full you have to, invent ways to store more e.g. hanging from deck head. Once that's done the only option is to store them on deck, meaning they can take off but not land. Go even further and aircraft would be effectively crated.

[Chris21wen]

Hmmm... apparently in the version I am playing (1.7.1124) that option to manually set the carrier group size does not exist. .............

The moders have some way of preventing resizing happening, how I've no idea as the resize air unit instruction in the editor don't seem to affect carrier air units?

[RangerJoe]

Hmmm... apparently in the version I am playing (1.7.1124) that option to manually set the carrier group size does not exist, at least not in the size 4 port into which I just moved the Wasp's TF. However, the AI automatically put the excess aircraft into reserve on that ship so she can now operate normally.

I will keep my eye on further developments with this matter.

Check to see if there are any future automatic group size changes. If there are any, you still can't change them.

[Kull]

All of Wasp's native air units have text similar to what you see in the attachment. That means the unit sizes CANNOT be changed except in the indicated quantity and on the indicated date.

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[bradfordkay]

Thanks, Kull. It is irritating that the scenario has the ship set up to resize to a complement that puts her over the limit.

As soon as she went to sea those aircraft switched back from "reserve" to "operational".

Chris21Wen, when those aircraft were "in reserve" the total number of a/c shown on the Wasp's info page was in yellow, not red (the way it is once again after they went back to operational). I take that as meaning that she was considered by the game to be within 110% of max, and could operate normal missions.

I am going to have to send her down towards Fiji where I have VC-24, a carrier trained SBD squadron that can be split and allow me to swap the 36 SBDs of VB-72 for two sections of 12 each SBDs from VC-24. I can't have a fleet carrier on operations that can't fly missions. Luckily, the Chancellorsville (Wasp II) just arrived at Vava'u and is just waiting for the Bataan to catch up so they can join the fleet.

[btd64]

Hmmm... apparently in the version I am playing (1.7.1124) that option to manually set the carrier group size does not exist, at least not in the size 4 port into which I just moved the Wasp's TF. However, the AI automatically put the excess aircraft into reserve on that ship so she can now operate normally.

I will keep my eye on further developments with this matter.

You are working with 1124? When did you last update your game? The current official version is 1126a. The new beta is 1127....GP

[bradfordkay]

You are working with 1124? When did you last update your game? The current official version is 1126a. The new beta is 1127....GP

The funny thing is that I had downloaded 1126a but apparently forgot to install it. Just put me down as a well meaning older guy with memory issues.

[btd64]

You are working with 1124? When did you last update your game? The current official version is 1126a. The new beta is 1127....GP

The funny thing is that I had downloaded 1126a but apparently forgot to install it. Just put me down as a well meaning older guy with memory issues.

I hear ya....GP

[Kull]

Thanks, Kull. It is irritating that the scenario has the ship set up to resize to a complement that puts her over the limit.

As soon as she went to sea those aircraft switched back from "reserve" to "operational".

My solution was to fly the planes around from base-to base and then disband the resulting non-operational fragments. Eventually I got the unit as a whole down to a workable size. This method does the trick, but it also means you can't have reserves, at least for the unit selected for attrition.