8/9/2019 How to Use Aerospace Units on Ground Maps in
MegaMek
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Here are the basics of using aerospace units in MegaMek, mostly
for ground combat operations. Everything else you must find in the
Total Warfare book and its companion books.
-Your fighter must have velocity points to move. If it doesn't
have any starting velocity, you must accelerate first onthe map.
Each thrust point you have gives you 16 hexes.
-When you click on a hex, you will see several different
numbers. The number in the very upper right corner of the hexis
your turn number. When the turn indicator turns yellow, you can
turn one hexside, but it will cost you thrust points.When it turns
green you can turn for free. The big number in the center of thehex
that looks like "(#//#)" tells youhow many hexes you have traveled
out of how many hexes you must move. The number below that one
indicates the altitudelevel you are flying at.
-If you have no velocity, you will stall out. You need to spend
thrust points to gain velocity. If your aircraft has zero velocity
and is an aerospace fighter, a spheroid craft, or is a
conventionalfighter with V/STOL equipment, click on the "Hover"
button.
-There are buttons for you to click to adjust which altitude you
want your aerospace units to fly at. Your aerospace units can also
perform maneuvers.
-To attack targets, you must fly over them during the movement
phase. All units which are under the flight path are valid targets
for air-to-ground attacks.
-Strike attacks are straight forward. Just fly over an enemy
unit. In the attack phase, click on that unit to attack.
-Dive bombing is the same way. Fly over a hex, then right click
on that hex inthe attack phase, and dive bomb it (you must be
equipped with bombs, which can be done in the lobby by
double-clicking on the unit and going to the equipment ta
b). You cannot bomb and strike in the same turn.
-Level (or altitude) bombing is also possible. Just fly over a
row of hexes and drop a max of 2 bombs per hex. Thehexes must be
consecutive.
-When you're ready to fly off the map and make a go-around for
another strike, simply fly the aircraft to the border hexand click
on "Fly off" (you will find it when you click "More" a couple
times).
If you fly off the same turn you flyonto the map, you will not
be able to attack. To be able to fly off the map, the "(Unofficial)
Allow return flyovers" in the Advanced Aerospace Rules tab in the
game options must be selected.
-Aerospace units can take off and land. To use grounded
aerospace units on a map, set their starting altitude to zero in
the MegaMek lobby.
-'Mechs can be hot-dropped from dropships on the ground map, or
they, as well as other ground units, can be unloaded after the
dropship has landed.
*NOTE: The bot can use aerospace fighters on the ground map, but
cannot use them on the space map yet.
