airfield question?

[shotgunneeley]

Quick question, is there a way to pull up a map on your notepad to the airfield that you are currently at because Im having a hard time taxiing around trying to find the right hangar and other important places that I should be at.

Also, is there a way to pull up a map to a particular enemy base that you were planning a route to bomb on? Im saying like an up close aeriel view of an enemy airfield to see buildings and other places to bomb.

[DoNKeY]

Yes, in fact there is.  First, bring up your clipboard (esc).  Then right click with your mouse on your map/clipboard.  A set of options will come up, one of them being "Clipboard Maps."  Under that there are options to view maps for VH's, small/medium/large airfields, ports, etc...  Even strat buildings.

Under the trainers tab, "Home" - "Game Info" - "Need Training" there is a section where you can find the printable version of all of those maps.

Good luck.

donkey

[Rolex]

First, you can start your flight directly from a runway. See this link: Link>>

Right click on map and select "Clipboard Maps" to see illustration of airfields and other areas.

[stephen waldron]

    Someone should mention to you these ClipBoard Maps are only generic pictures of bases.  They are NOT a picture of the "specific" base location you are going to hit.  So don't expect the "orientation" of the target base and the ClipBoard Map picture to be the same.  It probably won't be.
    Also you will on occassion run into a base that doesn't correspond to it's ClipBoard Map.  I made a bomb run on a PORT once, that had NO DOCKS.  It was laid out like a Medium AirBase instead.  I've only seen this once.. so it was probably an error of some kind.  But who knows ?

[Lusche]

    Someone should mention to you these ClipBoard Maps are only generic pictures of bases.  They are NOT a picture of the "specific" base location you are going to hit.  So don't expect the "orientation" of the target base and the ClipBoard Map picture to be the same.  It probably won't be.

Most probably it is oriented like your clipboard map shows, but it isnt guaranteed: There are one or two maps out there in which it isn't that way. The one that immediately comes to my mind is Compello, but i'm not sure if there is another one like that out there.

    Also you will on occassion run into a base that doesn't correspond to it's ClipBoard Map.  I made a bomb run on a PORT once, that had NO DOCKS.  It was laid out like a Medium AirBase instead.  I've only seen this once.. so it was probably an error of some kind.  But who knows ?

This only happens on the Ozkansas map - that's the only one where the designer deliberately chose to make some of the ports airfields at the same time. All other maps are "standard"

[fuzeman]

Don't forget that on the ground external, F3, view IS enabled to help your taxi-ing.
Next best thing to having a ground crew membber sitting on the wing directing you.