Paratroop

[Brucato]

So I have an Elite Guard in a hex with some transports. The Elite Guard is parachute capable but I will be darned if I can figure out how to get him to load in one of the air transports in the hex. I read some older posts that both paratroop and transport need to be set to allow minister to give orders. I have done that and nothing happens. I am not sure if I need to give the paratrooper the order to load unit? Or do I give the air transport the order to load unit? I tried both ways nothing worked. I also tried ordering him to air transport and that didntt work either. Anyone know what i am doing wrong?

BTW I LOVE this game. Italy has almost conquered all of Greece. I will need probly another month of game time. Funny to watch Germany, my ally. He declared war on France and isnt finished conquering Poland. I think Poland ate up all his ground units cuz all he has is Artillery and AA, so he is invading France with hundreds of artillery lol. Does anyone else run into stuff like this? Sure has been a fun game and to be honest I think I enjoy it more than I did Hearts of Iron III. I dont have HoI IV.
But I DID buy AoC today for 5 bucks lol

[volton_1]

have paratrooper "Load Into" aircraft at an airfield or airbase

[Brucato]

I cant seem to get that to work. I have clicked on Load Into then the arrow that means to confirm the order. I would think it would either do it automatically or ask you to choose an aircraft to load into. Nothing happens......unless.....the two aircraft are transports for supply only and not troops. Italian SM79 and CA 111??? Oh I will go look and see if the guard is too big to fit??

[Brucato]

Yep that was the problem. And it was Ca 133 not 111. Both of those planes can carry 12 ton and my special forces guy is 38 ton. Not even splitting him, assumedly, would make him fit

[Maryondo]

Either split or get a bigger plane :D

[GIJoe597]

Do both, split the unit and split/merge the planes so they carry more.

One very important thing to be aware of. When looking at the Tech card for units the weight is for a empty unit. Once you deploy it, it draws a load of ammo and fuel which increases the weight.

Always check the weight while a unit is deployed to determine it "true" weight.

[Maryondo]

Hmm, how does splitting the planes help?

[GIJoe597]

You split a plane, then combine it with full version. Then split that, and again combine with a full version. Example, in my current game I have over-strength Boing 747 LCFs with a carry capacity of 3,885 tons.

This can really help with the early game capacities.

[Maryondo]

Interesting... that's something I have to check out, once ingame again... Thank you! :)

[GIJoe597]

You are welcome.