[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

check the threads for an answer. There are mods out there. Also, look at Webster's mod list, as he has one that decreases (reduces) aircraft traffic. Note, you are seeing a lot of planes, in part, due to time compression.

Absolutely, As there is no way to realistically play this game in real time, TC will make it seem like there are an inordinate amount of planes, however, I'm finding in 1.5 that (my experience anyway) I've been spotted!! Yes, Coming up the Makassar Strait after the Allies lose Borneo, I've come too close too often to Western Celebes. After that,... Wow, I was up to my eyeballs in Betty's, Zeros, and Catalina style search planes. These were definitely looking for me as some of the planes kept changing course, doing 180 degree turns, 90 degree turns, just to stay on my "reported" course. I do not know exactly when I was spotted but I thought this was a nice touch of realism. All those planes out looking for lil 'ol me!
Those two airbases on Borneo are very active.

Originally Posted by DudeTheMan

I just got this game a few days ago and I am enjoying it except for two things. The first thing I mentioned in my other post so I will not go over it here. The second thing is the fact that I am constantly beset by enemy bombers. I cannot move two inches on the map in the daylight without a bomber interrupting my progress. Maybe back in the day they had this many planes scouring the ocean. I am not really concerned about the realism I just want less planes. I have tried moving underwater during the day but the sub doesn't have enough battery power for that. So to get anywhere I have to drop underwater during the day and sit there and wait for night so I can move again. Seeing as the day/night cycle turns over extremely quickly, and the fact that it takes an extremely long time to cross the oceans, this makes for no end of irritation.

tldr: Is there a mod to significantly reduce the number of bomber planes that interrupt travel constantly?

DudeTheMan;
One, Welcome aboard!
I use two different mods to check the planes and reduce the number of aircraft if needed. If you search carefully you'll find that some of the mods specifically stop nightime searches which is acurate as no pilot would try to take his plane up at night on an erratic search course, that would spell disaster.
As 'Goin Down' said, Webster's 'Better Air Patrol's' is pretty good.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...d=473&act=down
I use this one and it doesn't over do it, that is, it'll keep it real.
There are a few more in the downloads section to check out.
Enjoy and Good Hunting!
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