project-navigation
Personal tools

Author Topic: swapping aircraft between bases  (Read 4664 times)

Offline dfscott

  • Rookie
  • ***
  • Posts: 46
    • View Profile
swapping aircraft between bases
« on: July 07, 2010, 06:32:40 pm »
Is there any way to swap aircraft between two bases when all the hangers are full?  IOW, I have 2 small hangers filled with Stilletto 1 and 2 in Base A, and 2 small hangers filled with Stiletto 3 and 4 in Base B.  I want to move #1 to Base B and #2 to Base A.  Is there any way to manually launch an interceptor (without a UFO target) so that I can can have an available hanger to do a transfer?

Offline Sarin

  • Sergeant
  • *****
  • Posts: 339
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2010, 08:28:54 pm »
Every craft has homebase assigned, and occupies its hangar even when in air. While launching aircraft without target is possible, you can't use it to exchange homebases. There is as far as I know no way to directly exchange homebases.

Offline dfscott

  • Rookie
  • ***
  • Posts: 46
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2010, 11:09:35 pm »
Every craft has homebase assigned, and occupies its hangar even when in air. While launching aircraft without target is possible, you can't use it to exchange homebases. There is as far as I know no way to directly exchange homebases.

Ok, thanks for the info!

Offline Battlescared

  • Squad Leader
  • ****
  • Posts: 107
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2010, 01:20:14 am »
Sell it and buy it back in the new base.  I haven't tried it, but I don't see any difference in the buy/sell price, so that should effectively transfer it to the new base.

Offline geever

  • Project Coder
  • PHALANX Commander
  • ***
  • Posts: 2560
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2010, 01:45:28 am »
Sell it and buy it back in the new base.  I haven't tried it, but I don't see any difference in the buy/sell price, so that should effectively transfer it to the new base.

That would not work. Any items you put on would lose.

-geever

Offline erendor

  • Cannon Fodder
  • **
  • Posts: 3
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2010, 01:58:43 am »
That would not work. Any items you put on would lose.

-geever

Take them off first?

Offline geever

  • Project Coder
  • PHALANX Commander
  • ***
  • Posts: 2560
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2010, 02:15:18 am »
Take them off first?

Takes hours....

-geever

Offline geever

  • Project Coder
  • PHALANX Commander
  • ***
  • Posts: 2560
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2010, 02:16:36 am »
Sell it and buy it back in the new base.  I haven't tried it, but I don't see any difference in the buy/sell price, so that should effectively transfer it to the new base.

also selling is 90% of buying price

-geever

Offline dfscott

  • Rookie
  • ***
  • Posts: 46
    • View Profile
Re: swapping aircraft between bases
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2010, 02:46:35 am »
Yep - time is the issue. If I didn't care about the time involved, any of these workarounds would be fine, but I can't afford to tie up two of my four interceptors for that long.