Posted by: Hawkeye
« on: January 21, 2012, 02:55:34 AM »
I belive, all you descriped applies to Task GROUPS, not Task FORCES.
To assign ships to TASK FORCES, you have to open the 4th tab "Naval Organization"
Easiest way I found is to select the Task Group you want to hand over to another Task Force, Select the Task Force in the large window on the lower left and hit "Add TG" (second button, second row center-right).
To make the TG realy belong to the TF, now hit either "Branch only" (second button, third row) or "Branch + Sub" (3rd button, 3rd row)
Note: You can create sub-TFs here too. Just select the TF and hit "Add". This will create a sub-group within the selected TF.
Your Battle Fleet Task Force might look something like this
Homefleet
-1st Battlefleet
-1st Battle Squadron
-1st Cruiser Squadron
-2nd Cruiser Squadron
-1st Destroyer Flotilla
-2nd Battlefleet
...and so on
While this might seem to be unnecessary micromanagement, it lets you split off one of those squadrons quite easily later on. Say, I want to dispatch the 2nd Cruiser Squadron. All I have to do is select it and hit "Branch only". Aurora creates a TG with all the ships of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron that will be named 2nd Cruiser Squadron