Rotary wing aircraft showing incorrect range to bases
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:00 pm
I think this might be a new bug for the B1436 beta - it did not exist in the same scenario in B1405
I noticed when trying an old scenario in B1436 that helicopters were being reassigned to new bases and RTBing on take off.
Helo's in question were less than 300km from base (using the inbuilt distance from selection tool) but their flight info was showing them as being 3000+km away. This was causing the aircraft to immediately go BINGO fuel and divert. They were all diverting to ships or to single unit airfields - I think therefore that it is something to do with grouping units together to form bases.
It only seems to affect rotary wing aircraft. UAVs and jets are showing correct ranges.
I've recreated this in the attached save. if you reassign any of the helicopters or tiltrotors to any of the grouped bases they will show ranges to base that are incorrect by thousands of km. They will then divert to the single unit airfield or the carrier.
Some of the grouped bases are are Omani bases loaded from the import files, the other is a test grouping I made myself.
Jets and drones are not affected.
The single unit airfield and offshore carrier is not affected.
Save attached
I noticed when trying an old scenario in B1436 that helicopters were being reassigned to new bases and RTBing on take off.
Helo's in question were less than 300km from base (using the inbuilt distance from selection tool) but their flight info was showing them as being 3000+km away. This was causing the aircraft to immediately go BINGO fuel and divert. They were all diverting to ships or to single unit airfields - I think therefore that it is something to do with grouping units together to form bases.
It only seems to affect rotary wing aircraft. UAVs and jets are showing correct ranges.
I've recreated this in the attached save. if you reassign any of the helicopters or tiltrotors to any of the grouped bases they will show ranges to base that are incorrect by thousands of km. They will then divert to the single unit airfield or the carrier.
Some of the grouped bases are are Omani bases loaded from the import files, the other is a test grouping I made myself.
Jets and drones are not affected.
The single unit airfield and offshore carrier is not affected.
Save attached