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Originally Posted by Bleiente
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Yes i believe it would. Most;y it's a traffic mod, to bolster Lurker's great work in RSRD. I've went into RSRD traffic files via notepad and edited some convoys, upped the skill of escorts(esp in early war, so they are more difficult) Then I've added traffic to empty layers such as the "subhunter" files, so there are patrols around harbors and in certain areas, guarding places like Lombok Strait(which japanese patrolled heavily and Australia boats were forced to "dodge" them, quite exciting in the game when making a high speed dash on surface at night or trying to slip through submerged.Midget subs around Luzon and Southern Formosa in 1944(referenced in Fluckey's book)
I've also added things such as important convoys to their historical time and place, convoys missing from RSRDC such as the Take Ichi Convoy in April 1944.USS Jack and Gurnard caused so many losses, the convoy never made it to New Guinea to reinforce Japanese forces there.Working on early mid 1943 now, about to add the convoy that Wahoo destroyed in January 43 off Wewak( as well as the DD in the harbor.Plan to include orders to recon the harbor per history) Also added the big convoy Tang attacked off Nagasaki on June 24 1944. Added some key convoys the Barb engaged. Plant to put the USS Darter on the reef it grounded on and have a rescue mission or sorts. Plan to make the Narwhal's insertion of the Marine Raids at Makin a mission as well.
I've also added IJN submarines(plan to try and see if can get the AI torpedo mod to work with the "Jap Submarine" from TMO RSRD, would really add something.. Using some sources and going by year.I have every IJN sub lost arriving in the time and location so if player happens to be there, can engage them. Those intercepted because of ULTRA, would like to find out how to make the message appear at correct time and date so player is tipped off.
Still have some more work to do.
In the "troop convoy " layers that are empty, i've added a few troop convoys in each time period, they are rare but are there and heavily escorted usually by ijn sandards. The convoy that Trout engaged before being sunk by her escorts in Feb 1944 is featured.
I deleted the unescorted single merchants (except some coastal) after mid 1943, as Japanese finally adopted convoy system, unescorted merchants and tankers traveling alone in open seas is just silly, espthat late in the war.
Summer of 1944 home islands trafficon Southern Honshu begin traveling close to the beach(as Tang discovered when patrolling Area 5 in summer 1944) . So it gets challenging trying to pull off attacks on escorted ships in shallow waters, dodging patrols on sea and air, etc.
I'm sure could easily just add the revised traffic layers into your mod etc if youd like.