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FUBAR295 · 05-21-06, 03:36 PM

Wulfmann,

I understand what your getting at, but at present, I feel there are certain limitations that is within SHIII that prevents your narvana regardless of how you tweak, into your envisioned simulation toward realism. I admire your drive towards that end. Myself, I am not to terribly technically savy regarding the current programming of SHIII, though I do have some understanding of it. I leave the tinkering to others more talented in that aspect. I will PM you as I would like to try out your RND file and my way of tactics.

CB makes a very valid points to having realistic escort numbers. I also feel that the AI currently can not be altered correctly to avoid pinpoint drops. From my understanding it is either pinpoint drops or a very stupid AI with no real middle ground. No challenge with a dummied up AI, so I rather deal with the pinpoint drops and develope tactics to deal with it. The same issue was experienced with SHII, the uber Destroyers, but CB came up with a great file which made the escort behavior more realistic, but not perfect to what you have in mind. I believe Teddy Bar and crew will be looking looking at the escort behavior in the near future. Maybe their fix and your tweaking, you will come up with something close to what you envision.

Regarding your scenario, I am speaking of veteran Destroyer crews and using this tactic from 1939 to 1945 and 100% realism with NYGM TW. With three or more escorts on you, your chances of survival become slim but no impossible, more than three, it is very problematic, which I like as a mental work out, but try my very best to avoid. It is not a fool proof tactic by any means as I have indicated earlier and do not claim it to be, with a diminishing success rate as the war goes on. That is, I believe, what was built into SHIII by the developers. I see also, you have developed and or tried something simular. This formula of tactics works best for me and has been proven to be the most effective. It may be I have a better knack with it as opposed to others, I do not know. No offense taken, but you have no idea of how or what my game play entails or what I have encountered, I am not one to go about bragging. Yes, I have survived the mass gang up by escorts, which gives one a great deal of satisfaction. And, yes I have not survived those gang ups also to my great disappointment. I too have experimented with various other tactics with less than satisfactory results. What I do currently works the best for me given the current parameters within SHIII as I have it set up. And just maybe it may not work well or not at all with your tweaking, that I look forward to trying.

Good Hunting,
FUBAR

05-21-06, 03:36 PM	#7
FUBAR295 Krusty Krab Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decks awash in the North Atlantic Posts: 1,450 Downloads: 493 Uploads: 0	Wulfmann, I understand what your getting at, but at present, I feel there are certain limitations that is within SHIII that prevents your narvana regardless of how you tweak, into your envisioned simulation toward realism. I admire your drive towards that end. Myself, I am not to terribly technically savy regarding the current programming of SHIII, though I do have some understanding of it. I leave the tinkering to others more talented in that aspect. I will PM you as I would like to try out your RND file and my way of tactics. CB makes a very valid points to having realistic escort numbers. I also feel that the AI currently can not be altered correctly to avoid pinpoint drops. From my understanding it is either pinpoint drops or a very stupid AI with no real middle ground. No challenge with a dummied up AI, so I rather deal with the pinpoint drops and develope tactics to deal with it. The same issue was experienced with SHII, the uber Destroyers, but CB came up with a great file which made the escort behavior more realistic, but not perfect to what you have in mind. I believe Teddy Bar and crew will be looking looking at the escort behavior in the near future. Maybe their fix and your tweaking, you will come up with something close to what you envision. Regarding your scenario, I am speaking of veteran Destroyer crews and using this tactic from 1939 to 1945 and 100% realism with NYGM TW. With three or more escorts on you, your chances of survival become slim but no impossible, more than three, it is very problematic, which I like as a mental work out, but try my very best to avoid. It is not a fool proof tactic by any means as I have indicated earlier and do not claim it to be, with a diminishing success rate as the war goes on. That is, I believe, what was built into SHIII by the developers. I see also, you have developed and or tried something simular. This formula of tactics works best for me and has been proven to be the most effective. It may be I have a better knack with it as opposed to others, I do not know. No offense taken, but you have no idea of how or what my game play entails or what I have encountered, I am not one to go about bragging. Yes, I have survived the mass gang up by escorts, which gives one a great deal of satisfaction. And, yes I have not survived those gang ups also to my great disappointment. I too have experimented with various other tactics with less than satisfactory results. What I do currently works the best for me given the current parameters within SHIII as I have it set up. And just maybe it may not work well or not at all with your tweaking, that I look forward to trying. Good Hunting, FUBAR __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.