AI bombers crash on take off from carrier

[1.JaVA_Sjonnie]

You should patch to 4.09m first before patching to 4.10.

[Wraith_V]

Originally Posted by 1.JaVA_Sjonnie

You should patch to 4.09m first before patching to 4.10.

Thanks, i though that i might have had to. but all the links are broken on the 4.09 official release thread, i've found a working one now

[Wraith_V]

Ok so i've now patched to 4.10m by installing the patches one after another, and the game loads up now.

But the AI bomber flight still keep crashing into their carrier on take off, this is what happens:

Mission Starts
5 AI bombers (TBF-1 Avengers) are staggered on the carrier the first one is on the left side of the carrier
AI bombers start their engines
First AI bomber takes off from the carrier successfully
Second AI bomber powers up his engine, releases chocks and swerves to the right, straight into the Aircraft Carriers control tower, he then blows up taking out the other 3 bombers still on the flight deck

Mission Description:
"Gentlemen! Lt.Reece will command a group of six FM-2s, your task is to escort TBF-1s to sector CB53"

I'm playing as a US Navy Fighter pilot Dynamic campaign that came with the game, flying an FM-2 at Tarawa 20 Nov 1943 and i'm not running any mods.

Its weird because I swear that i've escorted Avengers to a target before and not had this problem

[DKoor]

Shoot up the FMB (full miss builder) and edit your mission - set ordnance lower, fuel less, carrier faster.
They will all take off and you wont have a headache how to complete the mission.

I've done such things.
Yeah, for the whole career.

[Wraith_V]

Excellent! Thank you DKoor I upped the carriers speed to 60 km/h (from 30hm/h) and now they can take off without crashing, although the planes on the right still have their wings clip through the control tower :S.

Seems a bit silly for the game to generate a mission where the planes you're supposed to escort can't take off

[Juri_JS]

I noticed the same problem in the stock Pacific Dgen campaigns (in the Tarawa and Japan subcampaigns). On both maps the speed of the carriers is to slow. It is an old problem, unfortunatly it was never fixed because of the lack of support for Dgen.
The best way to fix it is to open the Japan1Red and TarawaRed template files (look in the DGen folder) in FMB and increase the speed of the carriers.