FARP - Ground Crew Operations

[MeerCaT]

Am I right in thinking that to be able to perform 'ground crew' operations at a FARP, there must be present at least one of each ground unit corresponding to each 'ground crew' operation you wish to perform?

 

To refuel there must be a fuel truck.

To reload there must be an ammo truck.

To enable ground power there must be a GPU truck.

(What is the purpose of the 'Fuel and lubrication oil' truck?)

 

 

I have created a custom mission containing a FARP and at this FARP I have the following units and structures present:

 

• two different types of fuel truck.
  
• a 'Fuel and lubrication oil' truck
  
• a ground power unit truck
  
• a fuel storage unit
  
• an ammo storage unit
  
• a command bunker
  
• a number of infantry
  

I experience the following behaviour:

• Refuelling is possible
  
• Ground power is not possible
  
• Rearming is not possible
  
• [Repairs - not tested]
  

I am clearly missing the ammo truck so no suprise that I cannot rearm. What is this called within the unit list?

I could not find it within the encyclopedia either.

 

Any obvious reason for the lack of ground power?

 

 

Also, my FARP is assigned to country: USA.

But the USA do not appear to have any ground crew units. So instead I have had to select the country Georgia (an ally to USA in this mission) in order to access these units.

Is this right?

 

 

On a slight tangent, on the subject of 'units only available to particular countries' - this does not seem to allow for the concept of 'capturing' enemy units.

Seems a little restrictive to deny the ability for one country to use vehicles that originate from another country.

Or have I misunderstood something here?

[ajax]

I believe there is a small bug for western coalitions: the M818 truck must be present to rearm even though you have an ammo depot static structure.

[MeerCaT]

Amazing! Thank you Ajax.

 

What a very specific and obscure fix.

I guess this is a very well known fact amongst the mission building community, but extremely unlikely that anyone would discover this little secret for themselves without being told.

 

Thanks again.

(Is there a 'gotchas' page somewhere listing any other known quirks?)

[ajax]

You're welcome. I'm just passing along info I got right here on the forums.

[Grimes]

Per the BS2 Manual pg 512

 

Eastern forces:

1.

CP SKP-11 command post, FARP command post for radio communications

2.

GPU APA-50 or GPU APA-80 for electrical power

3.

ATMZ-5, ATZ-10, Transport URAL-375 or FARP Fuel Depot for refueling

4.

URAL-375 transport or FARP Ammo Dump for rearming

 

Western forces:

1.

M1025 HMMWV APC for radio communications

2.

M818 transport for electrical power

3.

M978 HEMTT tanker for refueling

4.

M818 transport for rearming

 

As far as I can tell Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and USA all have the required units. Most of the NATO countries have M818 transports or M1025 HMMWV. A few have the M978 HEMTT available.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Grimes