Some questions about HPS Midway and aircraft control

[Compass Rose]

A few questions:

If a ship has been spotted by an aircraft on a search mission, is there a way to get another plane on a search mission to head to that ship an monitor it as well? Would you modify mission to patrol and set target and the ship?

Is there a way to prioritize targets for your CAP? Last night I had all the F4Fs up for an incoming strike in the wake tutorial, and they all went after the escorting A6M2s and left the strike alone. Do I have to manually set them to intercept the bomber flights?

If you have manually intercepted a flight, can you get the flight that did the intercept back on mission or are they manual from that point on? I am thinking perhaps going to modify mission and setting up the patrol mission again? I will try that one tonight when I get home. I am wondering because I had patrol chase down a search plane and after that I was unable to get them to go back to patrolling.

Gary McClellan who was one of the Scenario Designers for Midway asked me to relay this information to you.

If a ship has been spotted by an aircraft on a search mission, is there a way to get another plane on a search mission to head to that ship an monitor it as well? Would you modify mission to patrol and set target and the ship?

1) You can manually vector that airplane towards the contact. I'd then suggest giving it a new Search Mission, so that the AI will automatically have it loiter properly.


Is there a way to prioritize targets for your CAP? Last night I had all the F4Fs up for an incoming strike in the wake tutorial, and they all went after the escorting A6M2s and left the strike alone. Do I have to manually set them to intercept the bomber flights?

2) To my knowledge, you'll need to do it manually.

If you have manually intercepted a flight, can you get the flight that did the intercept back on mission or are they manual from that point on? I am thinking perhaps going to modify mission and setting up the patrol mission again? I will try that one tonight when I get home. I am wondering because I had patrol chase down a search plane and after that I was unable to get them to go back to patrolling.

3) You should be able to assign them a new mission. Choose the aircraft you want on the map, and then assign them a mission through the dialogue.