New War Patrol scenario

Bill Nichols · 04-17-07, 08:40 PM

My first mission for SH4: "Tang Rings the Bell"

Mission Briefing:

During five war patrols under the command of Richard H. O'Kane, the Balao class fleet submarine U.S.S. Tang was credited with sinking a total of 31 Japanese ships for a wartime total of 227,800 tons. The victim of a circular running torpedo during her fifth war patrol, only eight members of her crew, including O'Kane, survived to spend the rest of the war in Japanese captivity.

On June 8, 1944, Tang slid away from Pearl Harbor to begin her third war patrol. East China and Yellow Sea areas were her destination. And her patrol was destined to be one of the great convoy-smashers of the war. Officially credited with 10 sinkings for 39,100 tons, O'Kane and her company set a record. No other U.S. submarine sank as many ships during a single war patrol. No other, in one patrol, sank a greater merchant tonnage.

Can you do better?

This is a War Patrol (not 'Quick Mission') so goes in the /Data/SinglePatrols folder.

Because this is the sixth scenario in my SinglePatrols folder, the prefix to my mission's folder and files contained therein is "WP06". If you have a different number of war patrols in your SinglePatrols folder, you will have to rename my folder (and files) accordingly.

Note: If you do change the folder/file names, you will need to open the .tsr file with Notepad and change the reference to the graphic file (#WP06 - Tang Rings the Bell.tga#) to the new name.

http://www.subguru.com/SH4_missions/...s_the_Bell.rar

Many thanks to Binky1st for his guidance in creating the patrol objectives

Enjoy. Comments are most welcome.

Egan · 04-19-07, 04:15 PM

Great stuff Bill. I'm going to give it a go right now. It'll be nice to actually play a patrol instead of all the test scenarios I've been going through.

Bill Nichols · 04-19-07, 04:30 PM

Right now, you don't start in port but instead just before arriving at the patrol location. I do this because there is a convoy I created based on O'Kane's patrol report. Once I get the 'spawn units' function to work, I may change my scenario to start in port, and spawn the convoy when the player arrives on station.

Egan · 04-19-07, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

Once I get the 'spawn units' function to work, I may change my scenario to start in port, and spawn the convoy when the player arrives on station.

If you haven't read it yet, read my last post in the 'Objectives, triggers and events' thread. I finally got the 'Update instance' event to work after spending days on it. I've only tried it with a search plane just now, but I'm sure it should work with anything.

Chock · 04-20-07, 07:25 AM

According to the The Encyclopedia of American Submarines, Tang (SS-306) is credited with sinking 24 vessels for a total of 93,824 tons. Does anyone know if this is actually the correct figure?

ironkross · 04-20-07, 07:39 AM

I haven't done a single mission yet. But since I just ended my previous career in the Java Sea I'm starting over with this mission. Thanks.

Bill Nichols · 04-20-07, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chock

According to the The Encyclopedia of American Submarines, Tang (SS-306) is credited with sinking 24 vessels for a total of 93,824 tons. Does anyone know if this is actually the correct figure?

I'm researching this now. I suspect the larger number (31 ships for over 200,000 tons) is based on O'Kane's patrol reports, the lower number on post-war assessment.

04-17-07, 08:40 PM	#1
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	New War Patrol scenario My first mission for SH4: "Tang Rings the Bell" Mission Briefing: During five war patrols under the command of Richard H. O'Kane, the Balao class fleet submarine U.S.S. Tang was credited with sinking a total of 31 Japanese ships for a wartime total of 227,800 tons. The victim of a circular running torpedo during her fifth war patrol, only eight members of her crew, including O'Kane, survived to spend the rest of the war in Japanese captivity. On June 8, 1944, Tang slid away from Pearl Harbor to begin her third war patrol. East China and Yellow Sea areas were her destination. And her patrol was destined to be one of the great convoy-smashers of the war. Officially credited with 10 sinkings for 39,100 tons, O'Kane and her company set a record. No other U.S. submarine sank as many ships during a single war patrol. No other, in one patrol, sank a greater merchant tonnage. Can you do better? This is a War Patrol (not 'Quick Mission') so goes in the /Data/SinglePatrols folder. Because this is the sixth scenario in my SinglePatrols folder, the prefix to my mission's folder and files contained therein is "WP06". If you have a different number of war patrols in your SinglePatrols folder, you will have to rename my folder (and files) accordingly. Note: If you do change the folder/file names, you will need to open the .tsr file with Notepad and change the reference to the graphic file (#WP06 - Tang Rings the Bell.tga#) to the new name. http://www.subguru.com/SH4_missions/...s_the_Bell.rar Many thanks to Binky1st for his guidance in creating the patrol objectives Enjoy. Comments are most welcome. __________________ My Dangerous Waters website: Last edited by Bill Nichols; 04-20-07 at 06:29 AM.

04-19-07, 04:30 PM	#3
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Right now, you don't start in port but instead just before arriving at the patrol location. I do this because there is a convoy I created based on O'Kane's patrol report. Once I get the 'spawn units' function to work, I may change my scenario to start in port, and spawn the convoy when the player arrives on station. __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

04-20-07, 07:39 AM	#6
ironkross Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seneca, SC, USA Posts: 251 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I haven't done a single mission yet. But since I just ended my previous career in the Java Sea I'm starting over with this mission. Thanks. __________________ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

04-19-07, 04:15 PM	#2
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,019 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Great stuff Bill. I'm going to give it a go right now. It'll be nice to actually play a patrol instead of all the test scenarios I've been going through.

04-20-07, 07:25 AM	#5
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	According to the The Encyclopedia of American Submarines, Tang (SS-306) is credited with sinking 24 vessels for a total of 93,824 tons. Does anyone know if this is actually the correct figure?