• SAM sites cover a large amount of the map and can fire in any of 'their' sectors (see SamSites.xml).
  They require control of the sector. They can be rendered inactive by damaging their control computer.
  
  It is now possible for the player to repair SAM sites he controls.
  Damaged SAM sites can be repaired by the player in the strategic map.
  They uncover any enemy heli in their sectors, but will only fire if staff (militia or mercs) is present.
  CTH depends on quality of the staff and range to the target.
• MAn-Portable-Air-Defense-Systems are infantry based missile launchers. They can only be used by mercs.
  They can only be used on targets in the same or adjacent sectors.
  CTH depends on weapon status, range and the user's cth with launchers.
  The launchers have to be armed in the inventory, it is not required to have them in the hands.
  The MANPADS in the trunk is the Strela-2, items #1736 & #1737. It currently uses placeholder pictures, until someone is willing to provide better ones.

Pretty! Is that active in RR? If so, did they (you?) add flying (movement always on height 1?)?

Helicopters are 'unlocked' once the AI is aware of the player using Skyrider's helicopter (indicated by a cutscene)

Flugente

Helicopters are 'unlocked' once the AI is aware of the player using Skyrider's helicopter (indicated by a cutscene)

This sounds a bit illogical for me, why Queen should avoid using helicopters only because player doesn't use them? Maybe she should start using helicopters anyway but later in the game, at progress 50% for example?
So the player can delay this by not using his own helicopter, but not disable it completely.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Settings related to placement of helicopters in maps
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; The base of the helicopters where they are refueled, repaired and based during missions
; Sector number is (x - 1) + (y - 1) * 16, example: Meduna Airfield - x = 3, y = 14 -> Sector number 210
; Valid from 0 to 255
ENEMYHELI_BASE = 210

; If the tileset of the helicopter base contains helicopter graphics, they can appear in the map when they are currently at the base.
; They can then be destroyed (for example by an infiltrating spy with C4).
; Up to two helicopter positions can be given

; Tiles in tactical where the helis should be parked. Use -1 to never show a heli
ENEMYHELI_BASE_PARKPOSITION_1			= 18475
ENEMYHELI_BASE_PARKPOSITION_2			= 18469

; heli teile index in the map tileset (see also HeliSites.xml). In changed maps, you will need at least a map editor to figure this one out
ENEMYHELI_BASE_PARK_TILEINDEX			= 1689

• ; helis are unlocked either by the Skyrider cutscene (skipping it won't help) or if game progress reaches this value.
  ENEMYHELI_DEFINITE_UNLOCK_AT_PROGRESS = 30
  

• The following settings were moved from JA2_Options.ini to Mod_Settings.ini:
  

  [ASD]
  ; supply sector (resources for the AI arrive here)
  ASD_SUPPLY_ARRIVAL_SECTOR_X = 3
  ASD_SUPPLY_ARRIVAL_SECTOR_Y = 14
  
  [Enemy Heli]
  ; enemy heli base and park positions
  ENEMYHELI_BASE_X = 3
  ENEMYHELI_BASE_Y = 14
  
  ; If the tileset of the helicopter base contains helicopter graphics, they can appear in the map when they are currently at the base. Use -1 to not use
  ENEMYHELI_BASE_PARKPOSITION_1			= 18475
  ENEMYHELI_BASE_PARKPOSITION_2			= 18469
  
  ; heli teile index in the map tileset (see also HeliSites.xml). In changed maps, you will need at least a map editor to figure this one out
  ENEMYHELI_BASE_PARK_TILEINDEX			= 1689
  

MANPADS do more damage than SAMs?!?!? What???

For balance reasons (there should to be an incentive to use MANPADS over SAMs), default MANPADS damage is a lot higher than SAM damage.

Flugente

For balance reasons (there should to be an incentive to use MANPADS over SAMs), default MANPADS damage is a lot higher than SAM damage.

For balance reasons (there should to be an incentive to use MANPADS over SAMs), default MANPADS damage is a lot higher than SAM damage.

• This option only appears in a sector with a damaged SAM site.
• On the repair(wo)man's portrait, the first number indicates the number of points they can repair in one hour, the second one is the number of points that are missing to 100.
• In order for repair to work , your merc needs the Technician (new trait system) or Electronics (old trait system) trait.
• As repairing this is hard, normal repair points are divided by 4 (original code was 10, which is bonkers).
• For those who don't know this, a SAM can be damaged by destroying the control console.
• If the console was destroyed, repairing the status over 20% will bring the console back.
• A SAM cannot function at all below 50% (was 80%). Though as most of the times player simply destroy the console, the status was always kinda binary...
• For those who don't know, SAM radius is influenced by status and hack status.

1. Increasing the enemy helicopters' carrying capacity from 6 to 10 would help make them more threatening. 6 guys against a sector full of militia or a couple high-level mercs is just an annoyance, not a threat, given they only appear later in the game. Since the airlifted enemies just pop out of nowhere I guess that should be easy to do? Obviously user-configured amount would be perfect (6-20).
   
   
2. Strelas are AFAIK tail-seekers, made to follow the IR signature of jet exhausts. Do they really work against helicopters? I don't think, but I honestly don't know. Anyway, if you want to keep Soviet hardware, I'd suggest to turn the MANPADS into 9K38 Igla, which AFAIK is capable of chasing an aircraft picture, and not only a heat signature.
   
   
3. Enemy helicopters are very discrete right now, you won't even notice them if you don't spot the red lines in the log. What about a faint helicopter noise if enemy helicopters are in the adjacent sectors? (Or just in your sector, I always have difficulties deciding what the distance between sectors is.)