my B17's wont attack

[deilthedog]

without trying to sound rude if you read my post i said the bombers fly port attack form the same base no problem. this means its not a supply or fatigue problem. i had them on ground attack for 5 turns and they would'nt budge but when i changed them to port attack guess what, 40 bombers sortied straight away. the supply was something like 48000 and required was about 12000 as they didnt fly for 5 turns which also meant they had no fatigue.
why will they fly port attack and not ground attack?

[Erik Rutins]

Deil,

Just so you know, I confirmed this and posted it to the development forum days ago. While we may not know why it happened in your specific instance, I was able to get it to happen in another instance. It should be on the request list for investigation and future patching.

For what it's worth, I worked around it by using my medium bombers and fighter-bombers to work over the ground troops (they didn't resist the ground attack orders) while keeping the B-17s working the port/air facilities as you did. While it will kill fewer troops directly, the damage to supplies and support troops will eventually get rid of just as many indirectly.

Regards,

- Erik

[deilthedog]

no probs
thanx for the replies from yourself and michael

[1089]

I had the same situation, Luganville to Lunga. I had built up a base at Irau to level 4, so I could still bomb the ground forces there from San Cristobal, but none of the planes would fly from Luganville.

kp