where are the bombers

[00konichiwa00]

I built lots of bombers and made them sleep, but can't seem to activate them now. I click on the city but there is no option for me to wake them up. what am I doing wrong?

I dislike very much that I can't send airplanes to any city. maybe not directly, but at least via other cities. like it is now I can not relocate bombers to where I want.

 

[snarzberry]

Go to the military overview if you can't locate a unit and want to activate it. There will be a list there of all your units, including ones that are sleeping.

 

[kwikill]

What do you mean "you can't relocate"? Air units DO have a rebase command, it has a limited range (slightly larger than it's attack range and IS improved by the +range promotion) and can only be rebased to your own cities or puppets.

Bombers (but not stealth bombers), fighters and atomic bombs can also be rebased to aircraft carriers within range.

 

[muhtesem insan]

if you're nuked they're gone.

 

[00konichiwa00]

What do you mean "you can't relocate"? Air units DO have a rebase command, it has a limited range (slightly larger than it's attack range and IS improved by the +range promotion) and can only be rebased to your own cities or puppets.

Bombers (but not stealth bombers), fighters and atomic bombs can also be rebased to aircraft carriers within range.

I ment that I it's limited how far I can move them, i.e. from one continent to another.

 

[00konichiwa00]

if you're nuked they're gone.

I wasn't nuked

 

[00konichiwa00]

Go to the military overview if you can't locate a unit and want to activate it. There will be a list there of all your units, including ones that are sleeping.

thank you

 

[RebelCapitalist]

Stealth bombers do re-base from one continent to another. But yes, regular ones have a limited range. Load em up on an aircraft carrier, bring the carrier close enough to the other continent to re-base and repeat.

Honestly, I find air play to be tiresome when you have multiple units. Watching each one take a lazy flight to and from the target. Yawn. Yes, I can turn off animations, but I like them.

Really need a select all -> rebase or something function. Going in and out of the military overview to select/move units isn't optimal.

 

[Soryn Arkayn]

I've also been frustrated by the limited re-basing range for certain Air units.

If I recall correctly, Civ5 originally didn't have the orange circles that indicated which cities were within re-basing range, so it was trial and error to find a city that was within range. The re-base circles are certainly helpful, but I'd prefer if there was a re-base radius indicator (like the radius indicator for bombing), in addition to the circles, so you can see how close or far you are from where you want to re-base your Air units (it's difficult to explain why this is preferable, but it would be better).

Someone mentioned the tediously long Air unit animations, and I agree. I don't want to turn off unit animations, but there should be a way to skip them or speed them up, ESPECIALLY for Air units. Maybe a simple mouse click or spacebar tap should speed up or skip the animation.

Also, being able to select multiple Air units and re-base them in the same place would be a welcome improvement. (Multiple selection in general would be great also.)

 

[Supr49er]

Look for a little number above the city. Click on it and it will open a list of the Air Units. Click obn them to select one for orders.

 

[LUCIUS VARENUS]

Use carriers if you have difficulty relocating long distances. Escort each Carrier with 2 Destroyers, 1 Submarine and 1 Battleship. If you lose need of the Carrier, you will not lose need of the Destroyers, Submarine and Battleship.

In the late game, maintaining sea fighting capability is important to allow the transfer of units to other continents unhindered. It is a terrible drain to lose embarked Modern Armor!

In the older versions the AI rarely used ships. Now in my late game, they have 5 destroyers on every coastline, and it's a pain in the ass when I want to bomb cities.