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Originally Posted by propbeanie
Have you found then Art, that the SH4 game is rather "accurate" at the Moon and Sun phases and "times"? What I'm thinking of is if we drew those vertical lines on the game's Nav Chart (would it be easier to put that in the Campaign_LOC.mis file??), using that Blue Chalk font, the player could do the math themselves, using your little Help File add-in?... We'd have "aanker's Sun and Moon Phases Assistance Mod"... ??
"Do you have trouble attacking those Convoys? Is a dead-calm sea the least of your worries? Do the Momi dance like the Kaibokan on your head? Does it seem like the moon is always full when you're trying to do an attack, and you're seen from 9200 yards out? Well, load this puppy up, follow Art's directions, and never more have to find out at 0100 hours that it ain't a cool time to attack! Download now, and we'll throw in a free set of Ginsu knives!"
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Yes, the Moon phases are accurate; Full Moon, Gibbous, Quarter, etc and Moon-rise, Moon-set are also reasonably accurate using Local time, not Base time found by the 015d equals one hour method. It makes deciding to do a night surface attack and other tasks easier to resolve. Same with Sunrise - Sunset. I don't mind dead calm seas if the Sun is going to set soon.
If the chart says New Moon there is no moon, and despite how good the Japanese lookouts are, they have a harder time in the dark.
I
borrowed - stole the Tables from a mod that someone put together called,
'Combat Information Center'
Quote:
chapter 14: moon phases 1941 to 1945
dates and times of moon phases in the war years.
chapter 15: moon nautical almanac, rise and set times for the moon, during the war year 1941 to 1945
chapter 16: sun nautical almanac, rise and set times for the sun, during the war year 1941 to 1945
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and is the only part of the mod I used (I hope the author
greyrider is not disappointed ; )
greyrider posted this one mod and I never saw him post again.
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