Scenario Edit - How to make aircraft land on neutral airfield

[LoboDoMar]

Hi!

I'm trying to simulate an emergency situation where an aircraft cannot return to base. Instead it diverts to another airfield belonging to a neutral side and I want to land there.
How could this be accomplished?

The aircraft shall fly to the neutral base and then land.

Thanks.
Walter

[Nukkxx]

In principle you can setup a ferry mission. You select a base and hit "create new mission". The lane willgo to he AB and land. But I never tried a ferry to a neutral AB. Let us know if it works.

[LoboDoMar]

Originally posted by Nukkxx:

In principle you can setup a ferry mission. You select a base and hit "create new mission". The lane willgo to he AB and land. But I never tried a ferry to a neutral AB. Let us know if it works.

From documentation:
"A Ferry Mission transfers an air unit from one location to another.
The destination for a Ferry Mission is always a Unit, Facility,
or Base that can house the unit to be ferried. This can include
friendly and neutral air facilities. Ferry missions are highly useful
for simulating civilian air traffic or “escape” missions like the
Iraqi Air Force’s flight to Iran in 1991."

This is perfect suggestion Nukkxx.

It worked flawlessly, but there are some requirements for it to work:
1. To work without issues, its important to have at least one airbase belonging to the side that host the ferry mission. (without this a message is thrown about a flight plan).
2. The target airbase can be neutral or friendly as documented.
3. Select God Eyes view to be able to select the target airbase. (I tried without this and had issues. Seems like the plane did not detect the airbase properly - it was too far).
4. Select the target airbase and hit New Mission.
5. Select Ferry, ok, add the aircraft and bam! It works!

Great suggestion! This will do just what I wanted! Thanks a lot!

[stilesw]

If you change the base to the same side as the ferry aircraft you can set up the ferry mission to that base. Then, change the base back to its original neutral side and the mission will work as you want it to do.

-Wayne Stiles
WarefareSims

[LoboDoMar]

Originally posted by stilesw:

If you change the base to the same side as the ferry aircraft you can set up the ferry mission to that base. Then, change the base back to its original neutral side and the mission will work as you want it to do.

-Wayne Stiles
WarefareSims

Thank you for the response! I think that would work too. Turns out its not necessary as I was able to use god's eye and select the target airbase without issues.

[Nukkxx]

Great suggestion! This will do just what I wanted! Thanks a lot!

You're welcome :-)

[SuperSeanics]

Originally posted by stilesw:

If you change the base to the same side as the ferry aircraft you can set up the ferry mission to that base. Then, change the base back to its original neutral side and the mission will work as you want it to do.

-Wayne Stiles
WarefareSims

I was not aware that you can change a unit's side and after seeing this post looked in app & the manual and did not find this defined. How can this be done?

[stilesw]

Hi SuperSeanics.

You have to do it using Lua code. Here is an example:
ScenEdit_SetUnitSide({side="Oldside", name="YourBase", newside="Newside"})

Change Oldside, YourBase and Newside to the applicable names in your scenario, execute the Lua code in the Lua Script Console and then set up the ferry mission.

Change the names back to their originals and the aircraft assigned to the ferry missions will work as if they were all on the same side. This will even work if the ferry destination is normally hostile to the player side but a hostile base’s aircraft will remain hostile and will be a problem for the aircraft assigned to the ferry mission.

-Wayne Stiles
WarfareSims