Gets worse. First problem is the start for the simulation, year and month, no day. Dial up 1941 - 12, it starts 12-01, 00:00, which is the player start time regardless of the actual starting date. First patrol out of Manila is usually 12-10, second 12-23, if the start time is 08:00 for both and the first in the simulation arrives at 12-01, 03:00, then it arrives in the game at 11:00 on the 10th and the 23rd. Wondered where all this Maru traffic was coming from at the beginning of a career, not in the two .mis files I'm playing with.
Checked out the 41a_Jap_Merchants.mis and it has several random spawns in Tokyo Bay on 12-1, the five spawn points in Manila Bay are set to start February 42. Note the merchies are entering Manila on the 12th, which is kinda weird by itself. However;
Here I am 2 1/2 hours after career start on the 10th, and here's a Japanese maru cruising in unescorted without a care in the world.
Basic game obviously still needs work.