Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: CMDRMCTOAST

I have been pulling pilots out of the general reserve through the "request veteran" function. But rather than showing up in the pilot list for that formation, or in its reserve list, they just disappear. Where are they going? How do I know if I have successfully "requested a veteran?"

Sometimes it takes a day or two to show up..

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ORIGINAL: CMDRMCTOAST

You have to click a second time for the pilot to go from group reserve to general reserve

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ORIGINAL: cap_and_gown

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ORIGINAL: CMDRMCTOAST

You have to click a second time for the pilot to go from group reserve to general reserve

You can't do that with the 54 IF Chutai for some reason.

<edited - I had the number wrong, it is not 55 but 54.

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ORIGINAL: CMDRMCTOAST

I have been pulling pilots out of the general reserve through the "request veteran" function. But rather than showing up in the pilot list for that formation, or in its reserve list, they just disappear. Where are they going? How do I know if I have successfully "requested a veteran?"

Sometimes it takes a day or two to show up..

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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

My observations:

*If you request a pilot that is not currently available on the POOL pilot display (has an arrival date of 04/42 for example), then if you assign them to a group they will NOT appear on the GROUP pilot screen. You will still see them on the POOL pilot screen with an assignment changes from "Fighter Reserve" to "Akagi-1" for example, but if you go to Akagi-1 and look at the list of pilots, he won't be on there.

*The pilot will appear on the Group pilot screen when there is no longer any availability date on the POOL screen. The pilot will appear with a delay number of 1 to 6. When it gets to one, you can assign pilot to "Active".

I THINK this is how it works. It also means I have stopped allowing the AI to pick a pilot, and I assign all pilots manually.

If you wait long enough, all those pilots you think are missing, will start showing up for work at the airgroup pilot screen.

It would be helpful if others would confirm my understanding, because I am a bit hazy on it myself all around.

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ORIGINAL: pompack
Now for a more nebulous comment: Note that the delay in the General reserve list is in different units from the delay noted in the pilots list. One is in days and the other in either weeks or months (I think). maybe. Possilbly?

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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

My observations:

*If you request a pilot that is not currently available on the POOL pilot display (has an arrival date of 04/42 for example), then if you assign them to a group they will NOT appear on the GROUP pilot screen. You will still see them on the POOL pilot screen with an assignment changes from "Fighter Reserve" to "Akagi-1" for example, but if you go to Akagi-1 and look at the list of pilots, he won't be on there.

*The pilot will appear on the Group pilot screen when there is no longer any availability date on the POOL screen. The pilot will appear with a delay number of 1 to 6. When it gets to one, you can assign pilot to "Active".

I THINK this is how it works. It also means I have stopped allowing the AI to pick a pilot, and I assign all pilots manually.

If you wait long enough, all those pilots you think are missing, will start showing up for work at the airgroup pilot screen.

It would be helpful if others would confirm my understanding, because I am a bit hazy on it myself all around.

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ORIGINAL: cap_and_gown

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ORIGINAL: CMDRMCTOAST

You have to click a second time for the pilot to go from group reserve to general reserve

You can't do that with the 54 IF Chutai for some reason.

<edited - I had the number wrong, it is not 55 but 54.

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ORIGINAL: myros

Also when you request certain veterans that are not available right away they will dissapear from the pilots request screen and show up on the main pilots list (replacement pilots option from score screen), if you sort it by unit you will see the air unit listed and the pilot with an arrival month/year ... he will show up sometime during that listed month. He doesnt show in the air unit own pilots list until he has arrived in theatre.

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ORIGINAL: 88l71

So...I take it the next patch contains an "improvement" where we have to manually sight in each infantryman's rifle before a battle, and have to click a button to change the tracks on our AFV's too?

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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

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ORIGINAL: pompack
Now for a more nebulous comment: Note that the delay in the General reserve list is in different units from the delay noted in the pilots list. One is in days and the other in either weeks or months (I think). maybe. Possilbly?

The delay number in General Reserve I don't trust. Not sure why. Maybe it IS in weeks? I have noticed that when you assign a pilot to RESERVE, they always are available in same month or shortly thereafter, but that date can "roll" to the next month as well.

PS: My mother-in-law just got a Pom puppy. A very likeable pup and fun, but let's just say I won't be getting a Pom puppy anytime soon.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

Group Pilot pool delays:
The pilot lists accesed from the Group screen show only pilots with a delay of 1 to 6 days (it should really be 1-7 days and will be fixed next patch). The delay is shown in the last column.
[The rationale for the the limited delay view is that this is suppose to be a short term snapshot view of where pilots are. For long-term view, the old pilot lists are still available through the Pilot Replacement screen.
For some Allied groups, there can be a massive number of 'delayed' pilots for some groups. It seems sometimes that the list has every pilot who flew with some group mentioned.]

All transfer delays take the maximum of the pilot's normal delay or a value from following random number range;
(a) Transfer from GeneralR to a Group : 1 - 14 days
(b) Transfer from TRACOM to a Group : 1 - 7 days
(c) Transfer from Group to GeneralR : 1 -14 days
(d) Trasfer from Group to another Group : 1 -7 days
If the new delay is less than 7 days, then the pilot will show up the Group's Pilot list.

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ORIGINAL: cap_and_gown

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

Group Pilot pool delays:
The pilot lists accesed from the Group screen show only pilots with a delay of 1 to 6 days (it should really be 1-7 days and will be fixed next patch). The delay is shown in the last column.
[The rationale for the the limited delay view is that this is suppose to be a short term snapshot view of where pilots are. For long-term view, the old pilot lists are still available through the Pilot Replacement screen.
For some Allied groups, there can be a massive number of 'delayed' pilots for some groups. It seems sometimes that the list has every pilot who flew with some group mentioned.]

All transfer delays take the maximum of the pilot's normal delay or a value from following random number range;
(a) Transfer from GeneralR to a Group : 1 - 14 days
(b) Transfer from TRACOM to a Group : 1 - 7 days
(c) Transfer from Group to GeneralR : 1 -14 days
(d) Trasfer from Group to another Group : 1 -7 days
If the new delay is less than 7 days, then the pilot will show up the Group's Pilot list.

Thank you for this info. Now could you please make so that "if the new delay is less than 14 (not 7) days, then the pilot will show up in the Group's Pilot list." That way, as I transfer pilots around, I can see that I have successfully done it. As it is, I am drawing too many pilots into some formations because I forgot I had requested them and they do not show up on the pilot list.

Pretty Please?

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ORIGINAL: 88l71

So...I take it the next patch contains an "improvement" where we have to manually sight in each infantryman's rifle before a battle, and have to click a button to change the tracks on our AFV's too?

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ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget

Yes, and you will have to set up a production system in order to serve chow 3 times a day, plus a special rule for teatime for the British troops.