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Old 06-10-14, 10:03 AM   #2253
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Default Follow up to post 2232 - Adjusted init.aix

As a follow up to my post http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=2232, I adjusted my init.aix settings to match sober's as per his thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=3603. I did it because I had the thought in mind about attacking convoys on the surface as per what I read in Iron Coffins and wanted to try that out when the time came, and I also figured maybe it would reduce the airplane madness.

I did the Scapa Flow mission and found that nobody moved after my torpedos hit. Not a one. With two flaming capital ships, every escort just sat there. No search lights. No engine start ups. Nothing. Not even a "hey, did you hear something?" i was so excited about finally getting to do this mission, but it turned out to be anti-climatic. I don't know if it was because I used the reduced settings or that's just the way it was that day that I went in. In all fairness, I should go back to the original init.aix settings and try it again, although I don't think I will.

On the bright side, airplanes didn't immediately hone in on me later on in the ECW area. They would eventually catch sight of me, then fly in or circle, but I had a bit of time to dive at least. No bombs were dropped in any of those encounters that I know of. They were definitely more active than I can remember in previous versions, and this is good, but I did feel that I had more time to make decisions, dive and evade. Frankly, I can't understand why these adjusted init settings affected airplanes, because those two sections are related to merchants and non-merchants. Perhaps planes fall into the category of non-merchants, I don't know . Either way, I prefer it like this.

So for now, I'm thinking maybe of keeping these settings, then in 1941 or 1942, switch back to the higher settings to simulate the stepped up Allied defences for that time period, so that Happy Times can be Happy Times like it was in previous mod versions. I made an "init.aix adjustment mod", so it will be easy to revert to the old settings by disabling that later.

If anyone has any thoughts on all this, please feel free to pipe in.

Cheers!
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