Number of Passengers

[FistofZen]

So here is the deal. I want to embark 7 soldiers, 5 get in and the last 2 just give up. I check the option if I can order them to embark the heli, but all I get is to tell the 5 guys to disembark. 20+ Passengers can fit in real life. The Huey is also limited to 5 soldiers.

[159_Archer]

I have tried experimenting with this in the last few days.

 

I find that you cannot have a group of more than 4 infantry to transport, but you can have multiple groups of 4 that will all load. I have loaded 4 groups each of 4 infantry into my Mi-8 and flown to no particular spot and disembarked all of them OK. They are all then controllable. So, If you want helo transportable infantry (not tried MANPADs as yet) make groups of 4 and you should be OK.

I admit I have not fully tested this in MP (hosting on another dedi) but will do so ASAP. I have found it possible to use AI helos to also move and deploy infantry -you need to enable the infantry to be transportable and allocate them to a helo which itself is enabled for transporting by having embark and disembark points made up.

[Zimmerdylan]

Hmm....That's really odd because I have loaded up to 6 soldiers into the Huey in one pickup. I don't really fly the Mi8 all that much and have not tried to pick up troops in it since it has been re-implemented. It would stand to reason that you could pick up at lest 6 at a time in the Mi8 since I've done it in the Huey.

The whole embark feature has been plagued with oddities from early on so I guess I'm not really surprised.

[159_Archer]

Hmm....That's really odd because I have loaded up to 6 soldiers into the Huey in one pickup.

 

What I get if I put -say- 6 infantry to load, is when I call them to load all run towards the helo, and 4 get on and the others always stop. The helo can then take off and UL them, but they don't respond when dropped-off.

Same with AI, I set it up for either a Huey of Hip to take 6 and 4 load, the others stay!

 

Interesting that you have no probs.

 

I wonder if it's something to do with weight or what-not? I have tried half-fuel and no armour (on Hip) and no different.

[FistofZen]

4 soliders max per group is just stupid. Thanks for the testing.

[Looney]

Tried loading and unloading in MP today.

 

Loaded 5 x platoon of 4 men each, no problem

 

Disembarking didn't happen, either it didn't trigger or I was doing something wrong, the radio menu kept stating the troops were onboard but they never debussed. Am I missing something?

[159_Archer]

Tried loading and unloading in MP today.

 

Loaded 5 x platoon of 4 men each, no problem

 

Disembarking didn't happen, either it didn't trigger or I was doing something wrong, the radio menu kept stating the troops were onboard but they never debussed. Am I missing something?

 

Doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong -if you loaded them OK it should be just a matter of landing somewhere and calling up on the menu to get them to unload.

 

You could perhaps try with 4 x 4 groups to see if 5 is a problem? I will try 5 myself later today if I get time.

 

EDITED. OK, I did try 5 groups of 4, and they load and unload OK. Although now I find the groups will not respond to control via F10 -and yes I have enabled 'pilots can control units' or whatever -I know they did respond as I have managed to do so in this same mission with these same troops every time I wanted to in previous usage -odd stuff...

Edited March 13, 2018 by 159_Archer