Resupply

[jimson]

Be sure to either land or drop from high enough alt for supplies to deploy.

[Tyrannis]

Question: Is it possable to resupply our strats? and if so, do we use AF or GV supplies?

[Chilli]

I think that the strats will repair after the 7th box of supplies.  Other than that, each supply will shorten the repair time.  In the interest of having a week long setup, the down times and repair times were exagerated.  So basically until they are fully resupplied you are most likely not going to see any incremental improvement.  Since perk points are turned off, you have no verification of a successful delivery. 

For a more in depth discussion, you can read this.  Just take note that the 15 minute times listed in the help section have been greatly increased in this setup.

See Help Section here:  http://www.hitechcreations.com/Help-Section/Flight-Sim-Information/aces-high-help-gameplay.html#resup

[jimson]

I will try to confirm this, but I believe each load of airfield supplies will incrementally repair strats by a small percent.


EDIT:
I was having trouble getting this to work.

Hamhawk was able to successfully resupply strats by dropping them on a concrete pad from 1k.

I thought they would repair within a mile wherever they were dropped.

Apparently, they need to land on concrete, but yes, the strats will incrementally rebuild with field supplies.

Maybe he will pop in and give us a resupply lesson.

[Tyrannis]

Another question:

When dropping sups, is the sup box affected by The momentum of the plane the same way bombs are when dropped?

Like, if i drop a box right above the concrete tarmac, will the box float directly down to that spot like a brick? or when the parachute deploys, will the box slowly begin to drift off in the direction it was dropped due to momentum?

[Nathan60]

Another question:

When dropping sups, is the sup box affected by The momentum of the plane the same way bombs are when dropped?

Like, if i drop a box right above the concrete tarmac, will the box float directly down to that spot like a brick? or when the parachute deploys, will the box slowly begin to drift off in the direction it was dropped due to momentum?

there is  some forward momentum.

[Chilli]

Confirmed today.  Kurtz and I ran supplies for allies ammo factories.  The buildings were completely rebuilt and yet the percentage was still down to 35%.  Checked back @ 20 minutes later and the factory was 100% again.

Yayeah!

[Nathan60]

I will try to confirm this, but I believe each load of airfield supplies will incrementally repair strats by a small percent.


EDIT:
I was having trouble getting this to work.

Hamhawk was able to successfully resupply strats by dropping them on a concrete pad from 1k.

I thought they would repair within a mile wherever they were dropped.

Apparently, they need to land on concrete, but yes, the strats will incrementally rebuild with field supplies.

Maybe he will pop in and give us a resupply lesson.

I missed the 1st couple time but not by much and  the  buildings  re popped but the  % only went up by one  until I  dropped onto a  pad  then the buildings popped  and  the % jumped up. As we know in the MA it has to land on concrete if you changed the  settings maybe there is some  kinda glitch.  When I did get on the pad the % went from 21-60 something.

[trwagner1]

It looks like the resupply time takes a bit to reflect in the numbers on the clipboard.  The other night I probably dropped way more than what was needed on the refinery.  Also, I discovered I mis calculated the drop height based on the departure airfield alt.  big mistake.  from that point on, I ended up landing on the first run and dropping supplies at a stop so that I could get an altimeter reading.  Then, I always knew what height to come in at.

[captain1ma]

look at the base height, drop 800 over base height and you're good. if its a 1.2k base, drop at 2k, etc etc.

[ImADot]

look at the base height, drop 800 over base height and you're good. if its a 1.2k base, drop at 2k, etc etc.

But the strats don't have any alt info on the clipboard, and you can't really go by the nearest base.  You could overfly the strat to get an idea, or just climb another 400' if you think you're already high enough. 

[trwagner1]

Well, my original estimates were off.    It doesn't take that much more time to touch down, drop get alt, then take off again.  Once I always try to drop 1K above which gives me 200' to play with.

[captain1ma]

unless i catch you on the ground! 

[trwagner1]

unless i catch you on the ground! 

LOL, yea, I know!    

[icepac]

When I drive a m4 with rockets to enemy strats, I park along the train route and kill it as I shoot buildings down.

Regardless of the fact that I killed every single car of every single train, the first targets I destroyed are sometimes back up before I have expended all my ammo.