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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Does production of P-40 fighters (40 in stock) rise in AE to reflect the real increase in wartime production with the new factories brought online in the US?

e.g.

P-40 VARIANTS
1940 Hawk 81A-1 P-40 200
1940 Hawk 81A-1 Tomahawk Mk. I 140 Total: 00340

1941 Hawk 81A-2 P-40B 131
1941 Hawk 81A-2 Tomahawk Mk. IIA 110 Total: 00241

1941 Hawk 81A-3 P-40C 193
1941 Hawk 81A-3 Tomahawk Mk. IIB 930 Total: 01123

1940 Hawk 87A-2 P-40D 23
1941 Hawk 87A-3/B-2 P-40E 820
1941 Hawk 87A-1/-2 Kittyhawk Mk. I 560
1941 Hawk 87A-3/-4 Kittyhawk Mk. IA 1500 Total: 02903

1941 Hawk 87B-3 P-40F 1082
1942 Hawk 87 P-40K 948
1942 Hawk 87B-4 P-40L 600
1942 Hawk 87 P-40M 336
1942 Hawk 87 Kittyhawk Mk. II / IIA 330
1942 Hawk 87 Kittyhawk Mk. III 616 Total: 03912

1943 Hawk 87W P-40N 4632
1943 Hawk 87V Kittyhawk Mk. IV 588 Total: 05220

Grand Total: 13739

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ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Tunisian Campaign in early 42 ???

I am pretty sure it was late 42/early 43

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All P-40 variants and nation air forces have their separate production queue. You will be pressed for P-40Es early on as Allies, but production and variants pick up nicely in the third quarter of '42.

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ORIGINAL: Cathartes

All P-40 variants and nation air forces have their separate production queue.  You will be pressed for P-40Es early on as Allies, but production and variants pick up nicely in the third quarter of '42.

When you see the Southern Cross, For the first time
You understand now, Why you came this way

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ORIGINAL: Dili

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All P-40 variants and nation air forces have their separate production queue. You will be pressed for P-40Es early on as Allies, but production and variants pick up nicely in the third quarter of '42.

Does this mean that factories can increase prodution rate instead of damage tric?

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

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ORIGINAL: Cathartes

All P-40 variants and nation air forces have their separate production queue.  You will be pressed for P-40Es early on as Allies, but production and variants pick up nicely in the third quarter of '42.

Thank you Cathartes sounds great exactly what I was hoping for.

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Damage trick was in WitP, where you could simulate increase in on-map factory production by having the factories start as damaged. Is it possible for production/replacement to have different values based on month/year etc. ?

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ORIGINAL: Cathartes

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Damage trick was in WitP, where you could simulate increase in on-map factory production by having the factories start as damaged. Is it possible for production/replacement to have different values based on month/year etc. ?

I'm not familiar with this one honestly. I didn't think you could change Allied production in stock WITP.

In the editor you can set/modify production start and end times for each variant, in essence making your own mod, but to my knowledge you can't set it to increase for a few months and then decrease. TimTom can better elaborate if he chooses.

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It was used in CHS to simulate CONUS factory input increase, I don't think could be used for airplane factories though. So, if we don't have ability to modify Allied production by month, we probably can modify it by following way:

1. P-40E (1) model production from 12/41 to 3/42, ends 3/42
2. P-40E (2) model production starts 4/42 modified value, ends 8/42.
3. P-40E (3) model production, starts 9/42 modified value. ends... etc.


It's bit of work, but can circumvent the limitation by using different name for same model, if production number need adjustment.

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Yep. it is definitely not ideal. I'd prefer ability to input monthly figures. Or add on-map factories by date.

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ORIGINAL: Dili

Cheat question: can i put a squadron training in middle of China in Naval attack? Or it needs Sea like it should?

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ORIGINAL: doc smith

I apologize if this was answered earlier - 40+ pages are too intimidating a hurdle to getting an answer.

I've read enthusiastically the AARs of the game. One thing that has me puzzled, though, concerns weather and air strikes. I've seen air strikes against land or ship targets that take place during severe storms or similar hazardous weather. Is there no provision for aircraft to abort when the target hex is inhospitable due to weather?

I would think dive bombing a ship during severe storms problemmatical for even the most experienced pilots and likely to raise operational losses for groups making such attacks.

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ORIGINAL: vettim89

I know AE just went Gold. I know we have not even seen the game yet. I know it will take a lot of playing by non-AE team members to iron out some of the wrinkles.

But...................

Would you guys look at the AB stacking restrictions for the first patch? I think the restrictions on very large AB's is too much. The Allies especially get shafted because of the whole 4E thing. I know it would be simplest to just soften up the restrictions a but but I would really like to see is a step wise increase in AB stacking. By that I mean that once an AB gets to a certain level it represents significant investment by the owning side to expand beyond a crude forward base.

In RL, PM had seven fields, Guam had four major fields by the end of 1944 (same for Tinian and Saipan), Oahu had seven at the start of the war. Perhaps after say level 6, we could see a big jump in the stacking allotment? I know it would be hard but you could have a concomitment spike in the amount of engineer work need to go beyond level 5 AB. You already have that sort of thing in for forts. Just transport the code over to AB's.

Like I said, hate to grip before the game comes out, but this may be the only thing that really bugs me about AE that I have heard so far.

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ORIGINAL: vierstra

When I'm bearing down for a CV vs. CV conflict I am trying to optimize my alt. settings for each aircraft type. I have played around with this by saving and replaying CV battles. I think things went best when I put the TB's groups at 3k and 5k, the DB groups at 10k, 15k and 20k and the escorts at 10k, 15k and 20k. I know that performance varies by plane and alt. but could you suggest a good alt. combo? Also, do TB's always attack at 500ft even if their set alt. was say 10 or 20k on the ride to the target.

Thanks for the advice...