Question about choosing Air Cav...

Warhero · #1 May 28th, 2016, 04:06 AM

I wanted try something "special" into my next 1968 Vietnam battle (I mean in Battle Generator). I had vision about this kind of situation: I play as VC (defending some hills). I wanted to choose Air Cav units for US (attacking). Well I was quite amazed as I noticed that there was not any Air Cav unit with copters in US Infantry picklist

... Only foot Air Cav units. If I'm in US side as attacker, I can choose them with copters too. I noticed this afterwards.

Hmm is this some kind of bug or made by purpose perhaps?

Warhero

Mobhack · #2 May 28th, 2016, 05:54 AM

The combined air+foot formations really are pretty useless. Except for the AI purchasing the things.

The USA OOB may have a helicopter unit that it occasionally buys, but I am not going to dig around in the pick list data files. Try some games with lots of points - AI does not usually buy helo transported stuff unless it has a lot of points available to spend.

If choosing your own, just buy the air cavalry grunts and some transport helo formations. The AI happily loads up vacant transport helos its given with what it has to hand gruntwise.

Warhero · #3 May 28th, 2016, 07:09 AM

Hey I got it finally working

! I noticed that only my VC side had air sorties "0". So I changed let's say 5 into both sides (I'm not sure if 1 could been enough). Then I chose my units and then US (I noticed that this time I had pobbility to choose air cav untis, chose 3 companies air cav this case). Before launching battle I had to change "purchase" and "deploy" as human. I loaded all inf into copters and started battle. AI sent all copters against my VC positions as it should

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Warhero

Warhero · #4 May 28th, 2016, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Warhero

Hey I got it finally working

! I noticed that only my VC side had air sorties "0". So I changed let's say 5 into both sides (I'm not sure if 1 could been enough). Then I chose my units and then US (I noticed that this time I had possibility to choose air cav untis, chose 3 companies air cav this case). Before launching battle I had to change "purchase" and "deploy" as human. I loaded all inf into copters and started battle. AI sent all copters against my VC positions as it should

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Warhero

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