[-)-MAILMAN-]

I've successfully used the cat' on Illustrious, although not tried the ship pack ones yet.

I guess the obvious things to check are:

• carrier mod enabled?
  
  catapults not disabled in .mis file?
  
  you did taxy to within 10 yds or so of the cat' and then reapply the chocks?

Sorry to state the obvious, but, as it works for me I can't think of anything else that might cause the problem.

I use the catapults all of the time. They are enabled. The only carrier that has a catapult showing on the flight deck, but the catapult does not work is the HMS Indomitable which was added to the ship pack in HSFX 4.O or 4.1.

You have two ways to enable catapults for the carriers.

1. You can put the text lines into each .mis file, but if you go back and edit the mission and save it the entries disappear and you have to add them into the .mis file again. This way lets you customize each individiual mission.

2. You can put the text lines into the {MODS} section of the config.ini file. This way makes all missions behave the same way regarging catapults. This is the method that I chose. Below is my entries in the config.ini file.

[Mods]
CatapultAllow=1
CatapultAllowAI=1
CatapultBoost=0
StandardDeckCVL=0
CatapultAI_CVE=1
CatapultAI_CVL=1
CatapultAI_EssexClass=1
CatapultAI_Illustrious=1
CatapultAI_GrafZep=1
WingsFoldedAI=1
FastLaunchAI=0



I cannot get HMS Indomitable's catapult to work using either method. I wonder if this is just an oversite on the part of the person who created this ship slot or if was done this way on purpose? I did try to add the line CatapultAI_IllustriousClass=1 and also tried CatapultAI_Indomitable=1, but neither worked.

Below are the carriers that I have actually successfully tested the catapults:

USS Essex
USS Intrepid
All three stock CVE
All three Ship Pack CVL
HMS Illustrious

I have not tested the Royal Navy CVE nor the German Carrier.