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Originally Posted by mark bonamer
bait,
next time, follow your instincts and reboot, then reload.
despite the best of marketing, development, etc, Microsoft operating system memory management is not what it should be after 30 years of experience.
mb |
Feeling fresh today, I did just that. I rebooted the machine, then ran Smart Game Booster, ended any non-essential processes, loaded SH4-FOTARSU, and started the patrol from scratch (in the office). This time I didn't mess around with replenishments. By the time I got to the passage between the Celebes and Sulu Seas I had used all but eight forward torpedoes. Passing through that channel I was almost run over by a IJN TF. They left the channel minus one Nagato BB and one Mogami CA, plus two escorts. I took a hit from one of the DD torpedoes, suffering 12% damage but no injuries to the crew. Turning back for base the next morning I scored two more merchants.
Rather that head over to Halmahera this time, I instead went straight back to Perth-Fremantle. Surprisingly, instead of getting beat up by the Admiral, he awarded me a Navy Cross for my 96,000+ tons.
I think you guys were exactly right. Memory leaks were definitely at play. Something else that I know Propbeanie is hopefully going to fix are the enemy air patrols. In that entire stretch between Bali-Lombok and the Luzon Strait, you cannot run in daylight on the surface for more than 10-20 minutes without being forced to dive. Judy's have x-ray vision at night, spotting you in the dark at ranges that defy logic. Bettys can't see you that far in broad daylight on a clear day. I will run on the surface at dawn until radar picks up the first plane, invariably heading straight for me. To avoid the constant harassment, I dive to 100 feet, set my speed to 1 knot to conserve battery, and stay there until about one hour after dark. It's a pain in the ass and maybe more suited to a U-boat in Biscay Bay after mid-1943.
So the volume of planes must have something to do with cluttering up things, but I think MB you are right. One would be wise to run a clean machine before each new patrol, and perhaps starting out from a Save game. Back to the planes, I question that real life skippers ever encountered that many air patrols hour after hour, day after day, and almost without exception heading dead at them. You can fake them out a bit by changing speeds after one of them spots you. If next time you surface and go faster the next plane will often pass behind you - go slower and it may well pass in front. I think the AI notes your speed and builds that into the algorithm for the next planned encounter. But that's just my theory.
One more thing - even though I loudly protested the limitation of 2048 TC, I am finding that exceeding that with any game complexity at all may lead to a CTD. So I'm trying to be a bit more patient and go with the current speed limit. Frankly, being humble doesn't suit me, but I'm starting to develop a taste for feathers, if you catch my drift!
