Baffled by Boomerangs

[Gunner98]

Interesting one here I think.

I was using my Wirraways for Nav Search around the South of Oz and all was OK. When the Boomerang became available I thought I should upgrade and get a bit more range. Classic mistake for the Nav search task - the Wirraway is a Lt bomber and can be assigned the task. A Boomerang is a Fighter-Bomber and cannot do the Nav Search task [8|]. Grumble grumble - I screwed up -- but wait! The search arcs are still showing, and there is a button on the Air unit display to show the arcs:


It seems that the Boomerang has kept the same arcs that were assigned to the Wirraway. I don't think that it should - is this a code issue? I do not know if the planes are actualy flying the mission or not but the aircraft are showing fatigue so I think they are.

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[Gunner98]

The arcs:

[Gunner98]

The AC status

[USSAmerica]

That probably is a bug, Gunner. Might be worth posting in the beta patch thread.

[michaelm75au]

The upgrade doesn't clear the patrol levels for any incorrect mission types

[Gunner98]

Is that something that is hard coded into the program or is it something that should be changed? Perhaps its not worth the effort, it only happens rarely.

Tx

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[michaelm75au]

It is one of those additional things that should be cleared on upgrades. I have marked it down for the future.
Standing down and setting the patrol levels again would clear it, it I believe.

[Gunner98]

Thanks Michael

Yes standing down the airgroup or indeed adjusting the patrol levels resets the group to no search arcs.

Adjusting the patrol levels is a bit strange. The A/G in question was set to 70% search, 10% train and 20% rest. If you note in the screenshot above, there is no option to adjust patrol levels 'up' by 10%, only the max button is there. If you hit any of the max buttons, the group goes to 100% of whatever you hit, the minimize buttons don't seem to work. So it is all or nothing.

Stand down is the better option I think. On the other hand, when upgrading to an A/C which can normaly do searches - i.e. from a PBY-4 to PBY-5, the search arcs should remain as they were with the initial aircraft. Its only when switching types - as in this case, to a Ftr Bmbr that the reset is required.

Appreciate the support

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