How do I add Air Wing to Carrier?

[Dracolithfiend]

I built a carrier and had several hundred naval bombers ready to join it but none of them did. How do I add them while it is in port?

[Dracolithfiend]

Also, how do I create a new Division template?

[Smash]

You need to research the carrier variant of an aircraft to be able to add it to a carrier.

To create a new division template bring up the one closest to what you want, click duplicate and then edit into what you want.

[KhanIndustries]

IIRC it pretty much works the same way as airfields, you create a new air wing. The only differences are 1) It has to be in port and 2) It must be the aircraft carrier variant of that aircraft.

Make sure that your not trying to put on the base version of the "naval bombers" (ie there are two version of naval bombers, ones for airfields and one for aircraft carriers). Each aircraft in the research tree has that little aircraft carrier icon, that is the version of that aircraft (that must be researched seperately) that is allowed to be loaded onto aircraft carriers.

I mention this only because I noticed in my game if you have plenty of aircraft carrier launched planes in storage (reserve) when the aircraft carrier is produced, it will auto load wings onto the carrier because I had to keep going back and changing the amounts (I like higher fighter ratios than the default).

[FréreAne]

Originally posted by Dracolithfiend:

I built a carrier and had several hundred naval bombers ready to join it but none of them did. How do I add them while it is in port?

Warning is to design type of flying squaqdrons on your carrier ( class ?) while you craft it .I find no other way for that once is built . But may be as your carrier is like a airport you can also process as if.

[Dracolithfiend]

So basically none of you have any idea how this is done? All my planes are indeed carrier planes and they arn't being added automatically.

[Dracolithfiend]

Also there is no way to create a totally new division template without copying an older one and going through every unit one by one?

[KhanIndustries]

Originally posted by Dracolithfiend:

So basically none of you have any idea how this is done? All my planes are indeed carrier planes and they arn't being added automatically.

It works just like an airfield.

1) Click on the airport icon next to the carrier
2) Click "create new air wing"
3) Select a plane from storage / reserve from the box that appears
4) Adjust the number of aircraft. Use caution of using the absolute max deck space as overcrowding penalty gives something like a -40% availablily penalty while on sortie.

[Dracolithfiend]

Nevermind I found the issue. I did not know you had a seperate research line for carrier planes. The way it is hidden is not intuitive at all.