User Guide

MISSION OBJECT MENU
Right-clicking on a mission object’s icon enables the Mission Object menu. Some of the features
found in the Mission Object menu are also available from the Object Properties Panel pages for the
selected object.
Mission Object menu items that are not available for a specific object are grayed out and disabled.
For example,since a submarine does not have embarked aircraft, all options relating to aircraft are
unavailable.
The Mission Object menu provides a shortcut to add or delete platforms from formations, and
assign attached goals to the selected object.
■ The Add Inflight Aircraft and Add Air Station options are only available for ships with embarked
aircraft and land-based airport objects once aircraft have been added to the airport.
■ The Add Air Corridor menu item only applies to land-based airports.
■ The Flight Schedule menu item is only available on the Mission Object menu. Use the Flight
Schedule menu item to assign alert readiness conditions to aircraft embarked on a ship or for
aircraft located at an airport.
ADD TO FORMATION
Mission Object menu’s Add to Formation item is only available if there is a formation in the mission
you are creating.To add a platform to an existing formation, this menu option is the quickest
method.
To add an object to a formation:
1. Right-click the platform object to display the Mission Object menu.
2. Select Add to Formation.A menu appears displaying the names of formations to which you can
add the object. Once the object is added to the formation, a blue line links this object to the
formation leader on the Mission map.
NOTE: Once you add the platform to a formation, any tactics you may have previously assigned to
this platform are lost. Platforms in formation follow the formation leader and its assigned
tactic.
UNLINK FROM FORMATION
Use the Unlink from Formation option from the Mission Object menu to remove a platform object
from a formation.
To use this feature:
1. Right-click the platform icon to access the Mission Object menu.
2. Select Unlink From Formation. The Mission map no longer shows a blue link line attaching the
object to the formation leader.
3. On page one of the selected object’s Object Properties Panel, assign a new tactic to the object.
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