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Help and Support Forums => Help and Training => Topic started by: Trukk on April 16, 2007, 03:40:39 PM
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The C-47, LVT-2, and M-3 have the capability to drop supplies on a field to repair the field or shorten the downtime. These object supplies will repair all resupplyable objects in a one mile radius from the point where the supplies land. The supplies are selected as a loadout option in the hangar, and .25 perk points are awarded to the player who dropped the supplies for every object that's affected by the resupply.
This indicates that you can drop supplies anywhere on an airfield, but I was told that it had to be on the concrete pad. Anyone know which is correct?
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To my knowledge if your on land, including C-47, supplies must be dropped on concrete. In the air with C-47, anywhere above field, alt. 600 or above.
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Good question.
As for the concrete pad, any bit of the concrete would do and I must admit to always doing that and not just anywhere on the field. That is because I "land" immediately after
But think about the C47. when you drop from that you may not have your chute land on the concrete. So it seems logical that anywhere on the field will do. I will try it next time to see if it pays! - But stop your vehicle or aircraft on the concrete to avoid the "ditch" and reduced points from a proper landing.
So one way or another you usually end up on the concrete for full points!
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Also, FYI
With this latest version out, some of the field and town access roads (or paths) are no longer concrete, they are dirt or gravel. So if you land on one and tower out you'll get a ditch. Stands to reason if you drop your supplies on one they'll not count.
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Originally posted by LTARokit
Also, FYI
With this latest version out, some of the field and town access roads (or paths) are no longer concrete, they are dirt or gravel. So if you land on one and tower out you'll get a ditch. Stands to reason if you drop your supplies on one they'll not count.
Field supplies can be dropped anywhere on a base. They do resupply all appropriate items (ack, troops, ords, dar) within a 1 mile radius.This holds true for both C47 as well as M3 dropped supplies.
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Originally posted by Lusche
Field supplies can be dropped anywhere on a base. They do resupply all appropriate items (ack, troops, ords, dar) within a 1 mile radius.This holds true for both C47 as well as M3 dropped supplies.
I can vouch for this having just tried it with an M3 cargo dropped on grassed area! - But I did move and park on the runway before ending the "flight"
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Thanks guys!
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A question that's always come up (within squad)..........What about dropping supplies in town? Wasted or no?
BTW.....thanks for the input on dropping "Anywhere on base". we've always gone out of our way to make sure the drop was on concrete.
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Per the 'strategic targets' area in help file towns can not be resupplied.
Citys however can be resupplied with this note:
* Each drop of convoy or train supplies on damaged city targets reduces the 3 hour downtime by 30 minutes. Each drop of player supplies reduces the downtime by 15 minutes.
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Originally posted by fuzeman
Per the 'strategic targets' area in help file towns can not be resupplied.
Citys however can be resupplied with this note:
* Each drop of convoy or train supplies on damaged city targets reduces the 3 hour downtime by 30 minutes. Each drop of player supplies reduces the downtime by 15 minutes.
This is quite confusing...
I never have seen a city coming back up any faster than the 3h downtime, if left alone. And I did bomb cities a lot.
Also the help section explains the supply chain (Cites -> Strat Targets -> Fields), but fails to mention the source of supplies for AI convois resupplying the City. Because there aren't any.
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Just for clarification --
The "on concrete" issue IS important when landing. If you're off concrete, you get a "ditch". If you drop supplies, and then land, you'll get 25% more perk points for the same work.
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Supplies do not have to land on concrete. They only have to land within a 1 mile radius
of the damaged objects. The only thing that needs to be on concrete is your resupply
vehicle or airplane when u land.
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Supplies do not have to land on concrete. They only have to land within a 1 mile radius
of the damaged objects. The only thing that needs to be on concrete is your resupply
vehicle or airplane when u land.
IIRC it's 1 mile from the tower.
(Edit: and Lusche, you can resupply strat like City, Ammo etc. Great perks doing it.)
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IIRC it's 1 mile from the tower.
(Edit: and Lusche, you can resupply strat like City, Ammo etc. Great perks doing it.)
You noticed Dotcommi just resurrected a more than 1 year old thread? ;)
And no, cities can't be resupplied as I have recently learned. I have tested it myself in MA, only thing that you are able to resupply in a city are the ack guns.
Back on topic. I did a thorough test this evening to see why I did get perks, some others did too but others again did not. I used the MW arena, for the strat system doesn't really work in offline or 8-player mode.
I drove a T34 to a city (boring 30 minutes), then killed some buildings and acks, switched sides and started running goons for another extraordinary exciting 90mins
(...)
What you actually can resupply are the ack guns. Once the ack guns were all back up, I stopped receiving any more perks.
To be sure, I continued my runs, only to see that after the calculated time the city buildings were still down and continued to stay down for a total of 3H's
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Man..you guys are on top of things. Well ty for the correction on the distance. As long as I've got your attention, how much time does each resup knock off the repair time on objects such as ammo bnkrs and radar?
Edit: Nevermind; I found it in the "Help Menu Index". I think its 30min off repair time per supply box for ammo, barracks, radar, and fuel. The normal down time for these objects is 2 hours, so in theory, it should take 4 supply runs to get them up and running. Is that right guys? If not let me know.
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um i don't know about restoring every appropriate object.but one time i was tring to restore radar and a I parked right next to the radar tower(which was on fire)and i dropped my field supps right next to it and i was on concrete and nothing happened the radar didn't get back up.it took 3 resupping runs for it to work.
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You can drop the box anywhere on the airfield or in the town (to get field AcK up). You don't not have to be on paved part of the facility.
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And no, cities can't be resupplied as I have recently learned. I have tested it myself in MA, only thing that you are able to resupply in a city are the ack guns.
When was this changed?
Granted, I don't think i've tried it in 4-5 yrs.
Crud, now I gota go fly me a goon and check it out.
USED to be a great way to get perks. IIRC 15-30 ish per run.
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Can you resupply a base by upping at that base with supplies and dropping there, or do you have to launch from a separate field and then drop when you arrive at the field needing the supplies?
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Can you resupply a base by upping at that base with supplies and dropping there, or do you have to launch from a separate field and then drop when you arrive at the field needing the supplies?
They have to come from another field.
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IIRC it's 1 mile from the tower.
Field Supplies resupply whatever applicable objects are within a 1 mile radus of them.
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Just to add to this you dont have to end flight on concrete (in vehicle) if there is no enemy around, but make sure you make a complete stop before .ef
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And no, cities can't be resupplied as I have recently learned. I have tested it myself in MA, only thing that you are able to resupply in a city are the ack guns.
ding ding ding we have a winner. you can resupply a BASE TOWN and bring the ack back up in it NO BUILDINGS.
while doing a resupply on the base using a c47 m3 lvt 253 what ever you want to use you can drop them ANY WHERE ON BASE OR CLOSE TO BASE AS LONG AS ITS WITH IN 1 MILE OF BASE IT WILL RESUPPLY IT.
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while doing a resupply on the base using a c47 m3 lvt 253 what ever you want to use you can drop them ANY WHERE ON BASE OR CLOSE TO BASE AS LONG AS ITS WITH IN 1 MILE OF BASE IT WILL RESUPPLY IT.
Field Supplies resupply whatever applicable objects are within a 1 mile radus of them.
It doesn't resupply the "base" itself, it resupplies the objects that can be resupplied within a 1 mile radius of the supply drop.
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you can resupply a BASE TOWN and bring the ack back up in it
really? :eek:
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Good question.
As for the concrete pad, any bit of the concrete would do and I must admit to always doing that and not just anywhere on the field. That is because I "land" immediately after
But think about the C47. when you drop from that you may not have your chute land on the concrete. So it seems logical that anywhere on the field will do. I will try it next time to see if it pays! - But stop your vehicle or aircraft on the concrete to avoid the "ditch" and reduced points from a proper landing.
So one way or another you usually end up on the concrete for full points!
Ya if it lands on no concrete u got no go.