User Guide
ADD ATTACHED GOAL
Goals can be attached to specific objects in a mission.
To add an attached goal:
1.
Right-click the object’s icon to activate the Mission Object menu.
2.
Select Add Attached Goal.You are prompted in the Description Bar to click the Mission map to
position the attached goal.A blue link line between the attached goal and the object is
established.
3.
Click the goal icon to select it and display its Object Properties Panel pages.
■ For a detailed discussion on the types of attached goals and how to customize attached goals,
see Mission Editor/Goals/Attached Goals on p. 190.
ADD INFLIGHT AIRCRAFT
The Add Inflight Aircraft menu option is only available if the object you have selected has embarked
aircraft or is a land-based airport with aircraft already assigned. For information on assigning
aircraft to an airport see Mission Editor/Object Properties Panel/Airport Properties on p.180.)
To add an inflight aircraft:
1.
Right-click the aircraft’s base object icon (ship or airport) to display the Mission Object menu.
2.
Select Add Inflight Aircraft.In the Description Bar below the Mission map you are prompted to
left-click the map to position the inflight aircraft.The inflight aircraft icon is placed on the
Mission map and a blue link line appears between the aircraft and its base.
3.
Click the inflight aircraft icon to select it.The Object Properties Panel has a Name field with a
selection of available aircraft to use for this station.The Object Properties Panel also has fields
allowing you to specify the speed, altitude,tactic and assign the weapons loadout for the
aircraft. For additional details on inflight aircraft, see Object Properties Panel, Inflight Aircraft
Properties p. 183.
ADD AIR STATION
The Add Air Station menu item from the Mission Object menu is only available to ships with
embarked aircraft or an airport after aircraft have been added.The primary difference between
adding an inflight aircraft and an air station is that the inflight aircraft option allows a single aircraft
to be placed while the air station can be assigned up to two aircraft.
To add an air station:
1.
Select the object that has aircraft assigned and right-click the selected icon to invoke the
Mission Object menu. Select Add Air Station.
2.
Click the Mission map to place the air station.
3.
Click the air station icon to select it. Options for this air station appear in the Object Properties
Panel.The panel has two fields that allow you to specify what aircraft you want assigned to this
station.
■ For complete instructions on setting air station properties see Mission Editor/Object Properties
Panels/Air Station Properties on p. 179.
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