Cold Start prior to flight: Never done, all engines should be pre-warmed

[ATAG_Snapper]

Great post, Buzzsaw.

Over at the ATAG Server, "we" (meaning our mission designers, hardly "me" LOL) are looking at just what you've recommended based on the same logic. The Single Player/Quick Mission/Cross Country mission has a good spawning mode - engine ticking over, engine warmed up for immediate take off. This included the problematic Hurricanes which are proving extremely difficult to cold start otherwise.

Unfortunately, the Single Player spawn mode we desire does not transfer over to Multiplayer Server mode --at present, as our intrepid designers already have found. Work arounds are being investigated as a high priority -- we need those Hurricanes! (Actually, we have an "airstart" spawn mode for the Hurries at Eastchurch, but understandably the Hurricane squads desire a ground take off).

Your post above was far more detailed and polished compared to my presentation to the ATAG admins, using descriptors as "BoB pilots were awakened by their batmen at 3:30 a.m. and sat up in bed sipping their hot tea, listening to the erks starting and running up the Merlins in the distance." Luckily, the admins were way ahead of me and needed no convincing. LOL

[5./JG27.Farber]

Good post Buzzsaw!

Have you submitted it as a bug report? It would get my vote.

I think its important for Hurris to ground start aswell as all fighters, its part of the game and is a skill just like anything else!

Storm of War Campaigns has also had to add an airspawn Snapper, we just threw the one in near Ashford for red aircraft. Its a pain to have to go in and change all the spawns temporaily for something that should be so obvious especially when this has happened before.

[ElAurens]

It should just be a simple tick box in the GUI like in RoF. That way those that want the full frustrating cold start experience could have it. Better yet, make it an airfield option, that way you could have some fields with warmed up birds ready to scramble, and bases further back could have full cold starts.

[Catseye]

Super post Buzzsaw!

Absolutely spot on!!

[Feathered_IV]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

It should just be a simple tick box in the GUI like in RoF. That way those that want the full frustrating cold start experience could have it. Better yet, make it an airfield option, that way you could have some fields with warmed up birds ready to scramble, and bases further back could have full cold starts.

Excellent idea!

[bw_wolverine]

Very good post and deserving of a +1.

It would certainly make for some exciting scrambles!