Rearming C47

[Chalenge]

Several people have said the C-47s used to be able to rearm. If so it isnt working anymore.

[RTHolmes]

awwww so you can only get 30 perks per supply run 

[Chalenge]

awwww so you can only get 30 perks per supply run 

Why do you even bother blathering on about your nonsense? This is an attempt to make a bug report. Just keep your tripe to yourself.

[RTHolmes]

 

edit: to be clear I didnt mean you personally I meant one can only get 30 perks. but thats sounds a bit ... pretentious you know

[Babalonian]

Oh ffs, we can't put you two ladies together anywhere.


http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,338589.0.html

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Something that I didn't get to test twice, I tried rearming field supplies in my C-47 at a different field than it originated from for the strats.  The strats are ringed by ~3-4 airfields at an even distance, so depending on which way you passed over the strats or which of the 5 centers you're focusing on, the closest one would change.  I didn't think twice after droping one package to fly stragiht ahead and to the closest field to resuply, only it didn't work. 

I honestly don't know if this is intentional to prevent a resuply exploit or if maybe I inadvertantly salvoed it out or left the bombay door open when I went AFK and my cat did a barrel roll on the keyboard.  I'm going to try it again, barring it wasn't my cat, it could be a little bug maybe.

[RTHolmes]

I have my handbag at the ready. bring it!

[Chalenge]

My point in my reply was to point out that the first reply in nearly any post is shear lunacy... without fail. Its high time that fad was reversed!

[RTHolmes]

thinking about this some more (seriously this time) - have we ever been able to rearm troops or supplies? 

I'm certain Ive never tried it, only because it would normally take twice as long compared to just landing and reupping another C47/M3/etc.

[RSLQK186]

Landed a C47 at a base my troops just captured and use the new rearm pad to get more troops>> on to next capture.
Done this more than once in the past.

[Chalenge]

It works for troops but not supplies. No one resupplies now and score potatos never will under this system.

[RSLQK186]

Landed a C47 at a base my troops just captured and use the new rearm pad to get more troops>> on to next capture.
Done this more than once in the past.

To be clear: In the past is several versions back.

[Chalenge]

Well in that case I dont know if troops work or not. One of my squaddies has done it "in the past" also.

[Ashley Pomeroy]

thinking about this some more (seriously this time) - have we ever been able to rearm troops or supplies? 

Here's the man himself from 2006:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,180013.msg2071640.html#msg2071640

"You can not get supplies at rearms. It is done this way because you can not rearm the base you took off from, and if you could reload supplies at rearm points you could just load them and then drop them at the base you landed at."

[Rob52240]

Tried resupping a CV the other day.  The crate fell through the deck.

[MachNix]

I'm fairly certain the ream pad gives you your old stuff back.  When loading field supplies from A2, the crate was "stenciled" with the filed number so you could use them anywhere other than A2.  If you dropped them off at A3 and used A3's rearm pad, the crate you got was actually your old crate with A2 still stenciled on the side.  You then could do what was mentioned above and repeatedly drop and rearm field supplies.  Therefore the workaround was to turn off the rearming of field supplies so you had to get a fresh plane that was loaded with a new crate of supplies stenciled with A3.  Even though it is more of a wish, it would be nice if the rearm pad would give you a new crate of supplies with the correct markings.