Let's Talk 'Taxi to Takeoff' Feature (4.12)

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Taxi to Takeoff is one of the best new features in 4.12. Mission builders will love all the new possibilities.

Let's discuss one particular scenario and see if there are any issues we can possibly resolve. (I hesitate to use the term 'bug' at this point because it's a new feature and I can't say for sure if TD intended it to work this way.)

The simple scenario is one flight of four planes. I have them spawning into Stationary Aircraft near the runway and then taxiing to takeoff. (See screenshot 1 from the FMB) When playtested in the FMB, there are no problems.

So I then decide to make #4 the Player's plane. (See screenshot 2) Again, there are no problems when playtested in the FMB. The first three AI planes taxi to the runway perfectly. (See screenshots 3,4)

Now, the issue arises when I attempt to play the mission in Coop Mode. For this particular test, I took plane #4 again as my plane. When the mission started I thought everything looked good. I was spawned into plane #4 with the the other three planes to my left, as they should be. Then I noticed that the 3 AI planes were not starting their engines. ( I know there is a new 'Start Engines' commands, but since I am not the flight leader it does not come into play here.)

Anyway, I then spotted the real problem. The 3 AI planes had not spawned into the Stationary Aircraft as they did in the FMB test. They spawned at the end of the runway, and took off from there. (See screenshot 5)

So there is the issue. When playtested in the FMB, the mission appears fine but when played as a Coop, the AI planes do not spawn into their assigned Stationary Aircraft. Instead, they spawn on the runway.

I'm hoping that TD can clear this up and tell us if this is or isn't a possible bug.

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