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Old 06-24-2008, 05:31 PM   #1
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Default Question About RSRDC and Shipping Lanes

Is RSRD based upon the shipping lanes and associated dates as shown on the map that came with the game?
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Old 06-24-2008, 06:58 PM   #2
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Is RSRD based upon the shipping lanes and associated dates as shown on the map that came with the game?

The map does not support the current shipping that are in RSRDC
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Old 06-24-2008, 07:14 PM   #3
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Your best bet would be to find one of the many charts that show the historical shipping lanes from that era. Lurker has done an excellent job of returning the shipping in the game to their historical routes. Several references have this type of map included.

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Old 06-24-2008, 07:48 PM   #4
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Is RSRD based upon the shipping lanes and associated dates as shown on the map that came with the game?

The map does not support the current shipping that are in RSRDC
Lurker........

Could you point us to a map?

US skippers had a pretty good idea of what was going on where........

Thanks,

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Old 06-24-2008, 08:52 PM   #5
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Here's one web site.
http://www.valoratsea.com/cmbtcht.htm
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Old 06-24-2008, 11:17 PM   #6
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rsrdc is one of the best mods out there but you HAVE to do your homework to take full advantage of it.

you will find the traffic in the right shipping lanes at the right dates but you need to pay close attention to the date and area or it will be hard to find targets.

the site captain dave gave you is good and google others to find out all you can. rsrdc was designed to be historically acurate so its not going to have ships where they arent recorded to have been.
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Old 06-25-2008, 09:11 AM   #7
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This is good. Like Gainiac though, I'd like to hear from Lurker what he used to base IJN shipping lanes on.
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Old 06-25-2008, 03:14 PM   #8
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Banjo, again, I know this isn't answering your question directly but I've found this chart to be invaluable. Perhaps it will be useful to you:

http://www.history.army.mil/books/ww...ages/p_047.jpg
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Old 06-25-2008, 03:20 PM   #9
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Virtual, Thanks, I actually have that one. It printed out a little small but I can live with that. Didn't know if it was a good one or not. I'll start using it a bunch.
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Old 06-25-2008, 03:32 PM   #10
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Banjo, I initially had the same problem you are with the printed chart being too small to be useful but then found this:
http://www.geocities.com/calumetciti...ps-how-to.html

These instructions walk you through how to print out this map to span six pages which makes it much more user friendly.

Happy hunting.
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Old 06-25-2008, 03:41 PM   #11
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Super! Thanks again.
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Old 06-25-2008, 11:26 PM   #12
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Banjo, again, I know this isn't answering your question directly but I've found this chart to be invaluable. Perhaps it will be useful to you:

http://www.history.army.mil/books/ww...ages/p_047.jpg
Nice map!
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Old 06-25-2008, 11:29 PM   #13
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This is good. Like Gainiac though, I'd like to hear from Lurker what he used to base IJN shipping lanes on.
Yeah...... I'm curious..........I'm almost done reading "Silent Victory", that book makes it seem like that the USN had a great deal of good radio intel the only problems being weapons performance and navigation inaccuracy.

That seemed to go away in '43 and then US wolfpacks started to evolve..........

Come on Lurker! Spill the beans!
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Old 06-26-2008, 07:34 PM   #14
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Banjo, again, I know this isn't answering your question directly but I've found this chart to be invaluable. Perhaps it will be useful to you:

http://www.history.army.mil/books/ww...ages/p_047.jpg
I would recommend you use this map
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Old 06-26-2008, 07:57 PM   #15
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Banjo, again, I know this isn't answering your question directly but I've found this chart to be invaluable. Perhaps it will be useful to you:

http://www.history.army.mil/books/ww...ages/p_047.jpg
I would recommend you use this map
It pretty much lines up with my 40+ patrols so far!
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