Air Bases

[takacssteve]

It's 1922. Why am I expanding IJN air bases all over the world, when I have only 138 military aircraft? I can't even get aircraft to many of these bases because Japan doesn't even have an aircraft carrier!

I am also getting victory point credit (2x) for useless air bases.

I realize the game engine was designed for 1941, but is there not a way to stop the ability of expanding these airbases until a latter date?

[Bill Durrant]

First off there is an option at the start to decide whether bases automatically start expanding or not.

Second, if this was turned on go to each base and turn off the expand airfield button[:)]

[DuckofTindalos]

You can set an option before game start that disables facility expansion from the outset. I forget which screen it's on, but it's one of the game options screens accessible from the main menu.

And you don't need an aircraft carrier to transport land based aircraft; they can be loaded onto AK's, as long as the air unit doesn't belong to a restricted command HQ, like Home Defense Force.

[Helpless]

There is another aspect in easy base expansion. "Useless" expansion air bases' gives a lot of VPs. This is especially true for Alies. IMHO capability to build large air bases should be reduced.

[takacssteve]

Thank you for the note about aircraft cargo on AK's.

I was trying to make a point about unreasonable VP's for airbase improvements that probably would not have been considered in 1922-1926. Neither AI or human players should be allowed to do it.

[Helpless]

At least in PBEM there could be the house rule restricting to build that many high level airfileds without any usage.