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[RC_Cyrin]

Hello, been struggling with this for a couple hours now. I am trying to make player flyable aircraft start from the carrier deck. I have set the takeoff and landing waypoints for the aircraft on the deck, but when the mission starts, the planes are starting in the water underneath the carrier. Any help would be much appreciated.

[RC_Cyrin]

Hello, been struggling with this for a couple hours now. I am trying to make player flyable aircraft start from the carrier deck. I have set the takeoff and landing waypoints for the aircraft on the deck, but when the mission starts, the planes are starting in the water underneath the carrier. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Zeus-cat]

Are you using the "set" button? You need to do this for both takeoff and landing waypoints.

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[RC_Cyrin]

I am using the set button, but when I do, it sends the plane over to an island base for some reason, and I have to move it back. Do i have to do something to set the carrier as a base or something?

[RC_Cyrin]

ok, figured it out, my dumb a** was just trying to place them on the deck, not the actual symbol for the carrier. One more question, though, what do I have to do to make it so the player can pick what plane they want to fly?

[WTE_Dukayn]

Just make sure you don't have 1 plane set to Player, and you can choose from any flyable plane in the mission unless you select AI Only in the flyables you don't want them to fly.

[RC_Cyrin]

so basically, if I want every players to be able to choose from every possible plane, then I have to set every possible plane in the mission, like placing them and such? As it stands right now,there is not a home base to select, and I can only choose from the F4U1-A, which is the only plane I have set on the map. They start on the carrier like they should, but they also start with 7 other planes on the deck. I had set 2 flights of Corsairs cause I thought I had to set as many planes as I was going to have players, but obviously this is not correct. When I try to actuallky play it multiplayer, I cant get past the main screen because there is no base to select.

[RC_Cyrin]

I think I have it figured out now.

[RC_Cyrin]

ok, I lied, I dont have it figured out. I am trying to make the carrier the home base, but whenever I select the carrier, go to object, select home base, then try to ctrl-left click on the carrier, it just sets a home base over on midway somewhere. How do I make the carrier the home base?

[RC_Cyrin]

lol, it's just me again. Figured out carriers have to be static to be a home base. Is there any way around this? I love the roll of the deck and trying to land on a carrier cruising at 28 knots, there has to be a way...