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What year am I starting out in 41 or 42?

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Originally Posted by clayp (Post 1409122)

What year am I starting out in 41 or 42?

41 :up:

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Originally Posted by Chubster (Post 1408993)

Find Vigan on the map, west side of Luzon. Zoom down till the black range bar reads 21.0nm. Enable tool helper and with your ruler put the start point on the dot for Vigan, draw a line 9nm long going West, (as you come out you will see the line go through 270 on the tool helper)

rig for silent running. Engines off.

Now just wait till the lead destroyers pass you by (Free cam too watch f12 if your using TMO)....as long as you are not moving and a re rigged for silent running they should not notice you. You should then see a line of 5 ships, the second one is a troop carrier....Come to periscope depth and take your pick

You may have to do a tiny bit of manoeuvring once you see them but that should get you close enough to sink a few...They head off in that direction and then loop back later.

Just tangled with this one, found them coming straight at me in the middle of the night. Dove, rigged for silent running and waited, doggone subchaser was passing me to the port and must have detected me cause it changed course and started towards me. I managed to get the transport before having to duck below the thermal. Man did it rain D.C.'s we managed to slip away to the north but still had 2 chasers looking for us, sneaky sob's came up to pd cause it was nice and quite with chasers heading south, one chaser was sitting quiet 230 yards off the starboard bow. Had to sneek back down and creep away for a bit longer till he finally gave up :nope:

Ok guys have started a new campaign out of Pearl on Dec 02 1941...Will actualy start tomorrow eyes are tired....:woot:

Clay do not start in Pearl. You want to start in Manila Dec. 8 1941.
All the action everybody is talking about is near there.

Head north out of Manila and go to the Lingayen Gulf. Just park in front of the gulf about a half mile and a convoy will come to you. Get one or two ships there and than head more north stay about half a mile off the coast and you will come across another convoy.

Magic

I cant get my Gato at Manila...Cant I go there from Pearl?...Cant even put a AAA gun on the Sargo....:down:

Well you can leave from Pearl but you won't get there for what I was talking about but there are plenty of other battles and invasion fleets in that region very soon after.

If I'm not mistaken what you want is to find something to shoot at and if possible to find some big action like invasion fleets. The place to do that is near Java and the Philippines. Check out this site, it list all the battles of WWII, when and were.

Pacific War Maps | Nihon Kaigun
Check out the Java Campaign, Java Navel Battles, these happen in Feb 42

Magic

Thanks dude...:yeah:..Dont you ever sleep or are you like me...:haha:

Well its Dec 11th 1941 and I'm sitting by Manila.....:hmmm:

Clay move north to the mouth of the Lingayen gulf and wait there about 2 or 3 miles outside it, a convoy will come from the north into the gulf.
It will get there on the night of the 11th.

Thanks dude...:yeah:..Dont you ever sleep or are you like me...:haha:

Sleep what's that, we don't have time to sleep, there is a war on you know. :yeah: :haha:

Magic

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Originally Posted by magic452 (Post 1409989)

YES SIR!!!!! uh where exactly is the gulf?....:oops:

I went back to the game and now it says its the 16th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's start all over again with a new career out of Manila Dec. 1941.
Pull out of the port and just head north.
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/t...c452/Luzon.jpg

Follow the lines I've drawn up to the Gulf.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/t...ngayenGulf.jpg

Go to the place I've marked with the X. About the A or Y in Lingayen Gulf.
On the night of Dec. 11 '41 a convoy will show up about there. They will come from the north and will pull into the Gulf and park there for some time, you want to get them before they get into the Gulf.

Magic

I'll leave you alone,think I'm getting on your nerves...Thanks for all the help....:yeah:

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Originally Posted by clayp (Post 1410169)

I'll leave you alone,think I'm getting on your nerves...

That's my Job :har:

Clayp I think I can honestly say everyone here is more than willing to help you with Anything you need. Please never think you are getting on anyone's nerve's :up:

I'll second that, more than happy to help Clay. You are one of my favorite people here and I want to see you enjoy the game.
I've got the time and nerves of steel, well tin foil as least.

Magic