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Deep6
08-23-05, 11:55 PM
I ran into a massive Task Force and wanted to know if anyone else had run into it. I am off the African coast in Quadrant FN I beleive (can't remember the date). This Task Force consists of the following in order of appearance.

Hunt 1 Destroyer :(
Dido Cruiser :-?
CV Illustrious :)
2nd CV Illustrious :D
Nelson BB :o
Dido Cruiser
Fiji Cruiser
King George BB
2 Reveng BBs
2nd Nelson BB
and bringing up the rear are 4 Auxillary Cruisers
with 2 more Destroyers off on the edges

It is in 1941 and I am commanding an XXI (yeah, I know CHEATER) :rotfl: loaded full of T-1 steamers. I have this saved and have been playing around (so much fun taking on this force) and this last time I sent 1 CV to the bottom, a second CV limping off at 10 kt with its nose in the water (will have to track it down :yep: ), the first Nelson caught one in the forward ammo bunker and went up like the 4th of July, killed the King George, the 2nd Nelson took a couple torpedoes and crept along with a severe tilt but I caught up to it and finished it off and watched it roll over (my first roll over of a BB, very cool) , finally I launched a couple magnetics at 2 of the Auxillary Cruisers which promptly whent down.

Now to go find the crippled CV Illustrious. :rock:
kiwi_2005
08-24-05, 02:19 AM
How did u get the XXI, could the same be done if i wanted the IXD/2, i'll love to have this in 1940 :rock:
jonny211
08-24-05, 03:04 AM
You're lucky! I encountered mt first TF the other day and stalked it halfway back across the Atlantic only to find it comprised of 2 corvettes, a DD and a couple of cargo ships unless I missed the rest somehow.

Then the escorts drove me off.

Boohoo :D
Happy Times
08-24-05, 06:51 AM
What mods are you using??That sounds something of a record?The entire Home Fleet on the move :o
jasonb885
08-24-05, 09:48 AM
What mods are you using??That sounds something of a record?The entire Home Fleet on the move :o

Exactly.

There's no such force in the original game.
SmokinTep
08-24-05, 10:15 AM
:hmm:
Deep6
08-24-05, 05:32 PM
Here are the mods I am running which I think could involve this:

Improved Convoys
SH3 Map Convoys
Spy Sat

Not sure what over writes what, but the Spy Sat was the last one loaded using the Generic Mod Enabler.
jasonb885
08-24-05, 06:34 PM
Here are the mods I am running which I think could involve this:

Improved Convoys
SH3 Map Convoys
Spy Sat

Not sure what over writes what, but the Spy Sat was the last one loaded using the Generic Mod Enabler.

Oops.

Which version of IC are you running? ;)

:up:
Deep6
08-24-05, 07:27 PM
ImprovedConvoys-200507290058(1.4ready).7z
Happy Times
08-24-05, 07:58 PM
So Jason?What is the Home Fleet up to?Some big operation going on :hmm:
Deep6
08-24-05, 09:23 PM
How did u get the XXI, could the same be done if i wanted the IXD/2, i'll love to have this in 1940 :rock:

I edited the dates that it comes available. For the XXI I had to add the previous years.
jasonb885
08-24-05, 11:26 PM
So Jason?What is the Home Fleet up to?Some big operation going on :hmm:

Shouldn't be anything. I am not sure where it's coming from.

The latest IC has some experimental task forces, but I haven't released it yet. (You can download it, but I never announced it pending testing.)
JohnnyPotPie
08-25-05, 12:22 AM
worthless without pics!
Deep6
08-25-05, 06:08 PM
worthless without pics!

Here are some. I did not get the Aux Cruisers, but can if I need to.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2117/sh3img22820052253509845sp.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img22820052253509845sp.jpg)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2629/sh3img22820052254104064rc.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img22820052254104064rc.jpg)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9962/sh3img2282005225433127pf.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img2282005225433127pf.jpg)
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9739/sh3img22820052254216878kt.th.jpg (http://img234.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img22820052254216878kt.jpg)
http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/6918/sh3img22820052254414373jx.th.jpg (http://img319.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img22820052254414373jx.jpg)
jasonb885
08-25-05, 10:15 PM
I don't think it's anything I introduced with IC.
CCIP
08-25-05, 10:28 PM
Has to be in the RND layer though. I don't see anything like that in the SCR :hmm:
jasonb885
08-26-05, 08:12 AM
Has to be in the RND layer though. I don't see anything like that in the SCR :hmm:

Doesn't mean I added it.

:up:
jasonb885
08-26-05, 08:19 AM
Has to be in the RND layer though. I don't see anything like that in the SCR :hmm:

I looked. I didn't do it.

I don't know where it came from, but it wasn't IC.

The latest unreleased (but available) version has some experimental TFs with more cruisers and fewer BBs, but I have ColumnsNo=3 so I have no idea if it'll form up correctly or just out right crash.

I haven't had time to test it.
CCIP
08-26-05, 11:44 AM
Oh no, I wasn't accusing you of it at all :)

I think we all know too well that default SHIII's campaign holds many mysteries yet undiscovered (and, seriously, whoever visits the FN grid on a day-to-day-basis?)
Deep6
08-26-05, 11:48 AM
I looked again, it was in DH19.
CCIP
08-26-05, 11:54 AM
I looked again, it was in DH19.

Oh. Still weird though. But a lot of groups pass through there, so, who knows. :hmm:

I looked through the RND layer. There IS a chance something this size could appear, actually. But half the ships in task forces that size are generally 50% spawn probability, so the chances of something like this happening, are, well, VERY small.

I guess ya got lucky :up:
jasonb885
08-26-05, 03:12 PM
Sigh.

I said I've been through the RND and the combination he encountered does _not_ exist, but phpBB ate my post.

Anyway, it's _not_ in the stock RND or IC.
CCIP
08-26-05, 03:42 PM
oh. I was under the impression that there were groups of Generic ships of that size. Well, I don't know - that's your call.

Only one other theory I have: he actually saw two groups together. That, or there's something wacky with his campaign files. :hmm:
tycho102
08-26-05, 03:46 PM
I turned up my opportunity contacts to something like 9000. I've seen the "sub hunter" task forces listed on the nav-map, and they were always south of the equator. Never had the....pleasure of coming across one.

I do believe I'll be loading the improved convoys mod this weekend...
jasonb885
08-26-05, 04:15 PM
oh. I was under the impression that there were groups of Generic ships of that size. Well, I don't know - that's your call.

Only one other theory I have: he actually saw two groups together. That, or there's something wacky with his campaign files. :hmm:

You can't define groups as generic Type=, only Class=. You can have no Class= and get any destroyer that's valid if Type=4, for example.

But you cannot skip Type= and get any Class && Type. The game will crash.

What he saw is not possible in the regular game.