Where's Cap and Gown?

[BK6583]

You've done quite a few very useful 'how to' and 'here's how' posts - this sounds like a good one for you to tackle. I've been playing UV since September and this is the least understood and most frustrating part of UV for me.

[CapAndGown]

To what are you referring?

[pasternakski]

Originally posted by cap_and_gown
To what are you referring?

Apparently, how to find you. I agree that you are probably the best person to tackle that one - unless it's a case of "how can you be in two places at once when you're really not anywhere at all?"

[BK6583]

Cap and Gown, I thought I had replied to a post (CRSUTTON) but apparantly I must have clicked new topic by mistake. I was referring to crsutton's post regarding aircraft upgrade procedures. It sounded like a good topic for you to expand upon as I still don't completely understand how it works and just what a player has to do to make upgrades happen.

[Admiral DadMan]

BK6583,

You don't "make" upgrades happen.

18.7 Aircraft Upgrades:

Every day, during the supply operations phase, air units within their maximum range of either Truk (Japan) or Noumea/Brisbane (Allied) will check for possible upgrading. There must be sufficient new model planes in the replacement pool* to bring the upgrading unit up to its maximum ready aircraft level for the upgrade to occur. If these conditions are met, then the current planes in the unit are returned to the replacement pool and the unit is given new planes equal to the maximum ready aircraft level of the unit.

*The necessary amounts of new aircraft in the replacement pool to effect upgrades are 125% for IJN and 133% for the Allies (i.e. as Allied, if your squadron max is 36, then the new plane must have 48 in the pool to upgrade).

Hope this helps.

[BK6583]

Yes this helps a great deal - thank you. I still have the impression, however, that one does "make' upgrades happen (this was the part I just wasn't sure of) in that an aircraft squadron based at Lunga and out of max range of Nomea/Brisbane must be transferred by the owning player to a base within max range of Nomea/Brisbane to 'facilitate' the upgrade - correct? So if I understand this function, if that squadron remains based at Lunga until, say, Dec '43, it will conceivably finish the game with the same aircraft, won't it?

[Admiral DadMan]

You have it correct.