Planes explode on runway!

[Captain_Avatar]

My wingman just spontaneously explode! I've set up mission where 4 IL2s take off from a grass strip. I'm at the head of the line about 100 meters from one end of the runway. As soon as the mission sarts I get messages from the three other planes they are bailing out. A quick look to the right rear shows a large fireball and lot of little pieces falling from the sky. What the heck! SO I changed the waypoint making the start of the mission in the air, 300 meters at 300kph and all 4 planes are present in an echelon right formation. Why are my planes forming an echelon right on the ground and exploding like that?

[Captain_Avatar]

My wingman just spontaneously explode! I've set up mission where 4 IL2s take off from a grass strip. I'm at the head of the line about 100 meters from one end of the runway. As soon as the mission sarts I get messages from the three other planes they are bailing out. A quick look to the right rear shows a large fireball and lot of little pieces falling from the sky. What the heck! SO I changed the waypoint making the start of the mission in the air, 300 meters at 300kph and all 4 planes are present in an echelon right formation. Why are my planes forming an echelon right on the ground and exploding like that?

[plumps_]

Maybe another flight spawns at the same position? That will make both flights explode.

Or you placed an object on the runway?

Or there is enemy artillery near that fires at the flight?

If this didn't help just copy and paste the text of the .mis file to this thread so everybody can test.

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[XyZspineZyX]

That happened to me too. I placed barrage ballons around the Axis base but failed to check which side they were from. As a result the AAA on the base shot at the barrage ballons which fell on 12 Stukas with full bomb loads. Needles to say, that day went to the VVS. Comrade Stalin has said medals to all the sabotuers. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

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[BP_Zip]

captain_avatar,

I've got some missions set up like you describe, so it is possible.

Check that first waypoint carefully. It should be a "takeoff" waypoint. When you first place it, it will likely snap to the nearest airfield. Drag it back to where you want the planes to take off.

I've got a couple of missions where LW fighters take off from roads, away from airfields, which is what took place in the war.

Zip

[Captain_Avatar]

Got it fixed now. At first I thought I had a 25mm AA gun too close to the airstrip, so I moved it further away. I also placed my first waypoint on one of the airfiled icons at the end of the runway. Now everything is fine http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif .

Oh yeah, in this mission I have a Romanian Storch take off in a pasture just as you are attacking the rail station. You have to bag him to score a successful mission. Is there a way to make an active aircraft sit still for a few minutes before it takes off? Otherwise it just magically appears moments before the engine starts and it begins to take off.