Hurricane - Singapore: Not enough fuel!

Cadet_Flagello · #1 05-01-2012, 02:24 AM

Salute,

I am currently running the single player Singapore campaign for the RAF, flying a Hawker Hurricane. Settings are 'all realism' as I have some experience with the sim (particularly online).

In one mission I am asked to destroy some armored cars. It is a long flight and fuel is not enough, causing every plane to pancake before reaching the airbase. The "Mission Complete" does not come on, even after destroying the armored cars.

Is there something I am missing here?

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DD_crash · #2 05-01-2012, 07:43 AM

What power settings/prop pitch?

Igo kyu · #3 05-01-2012, 01:52 PM

I've had that.

I think these missions are scripted, not generated by the computer. I suspect that the missions may be historical, called for by some high ranking non-airforce person, who didn't understand what they were asking. I suggest skipping such missions.

pupo162 · #4 05-01-2012, 05:35 PM

unlike Igo kyu, i believe htis is just badly programed mission. or a bug. or both.

solution: skip it, if you cnat skip, take off circle the base, land, fast forward until mission sucesfull comes. eventually it will.

Cadet_Flagello · #5 05-01-2012, 10:33 PM

Salute,

Thanks guys for the answers, but how can I skip the mission in a dynamic campaign? I don't know.

So far I've flown about 14 (6 kills, various ground targets) in Singapore, and I love my sturdy Hurricane despite it's bad performance at sea-level turn'n'burn (not much of a boom n zoom pilot myself).

About the engine management. Prop-pitch, mixture, supercharger and power settings are irrelevant here, I've even let the AI do the mission by itself and it still pancakes. Infact the whole squadron cannot reach airbase.

I cannot equip Jettison tanks, and I've tried to remove bomb to reduce load but no success. Can anyone tell me how I should proceed for skipping or whatever? I can show you a video of the mission if you like.

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Edit: Pupo I will try your suggestion and tell you how it goes. Thanks pilots, watch your sixes!

Re-Edit: Pupo, circling worked thanks very much.

IceFire · #6 05-02-2012, 02:23 AM

Depending on your difficulty settings, just start the mission and then end it.

This is not a scripted mission. It's from the Singapore DGEN campaign and I found it to be one of the worst examples of a DGEN campaign...for just this reason. Several of the missions are on the edge or outside of the Hurricane's operational range. You may be able to squeak out the distance by reducing engine RPM (using prop pitch controls), keeping the radiator closed, etc. But... the AI will probably not make it no matter what.