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Originally Posted by propbeanie
We'll see what we can see torpedobait, but a few questions: 1. Had you paused the game any, shelled-out to windows or run any other apps? 2. Had you Saved and reloaded a mission, or was this a continuous run from the Captain's Office? 3. What is the experience level of the radarman? Is it maybe a different character than the patrol before? 4. How high of TC were you using, if any? 5. Any other mods activated with FotRSU? 6. Had you taken any extra tubes for the radar units with you on this patrol? 
Balao boat, based at Pearl, on February 16, 1943, on the way home from patrol... The problem may well lie in the fact that in the UPC file, "UnitInterval= 1943-02-04, 1963-07-11", while in the Flotillas file we have "AvailabilityInterval= 1943-03-01, NULL". So we once again have a player splitting the seam of the FotRSU team's defense, and getting a Balao early, in spite of our best efforts to tighten up the dates everywhere...  This brings me to another set of questions: what was your mission assignment? What dates did you get the boat and then leave on patrol? Did you have a really good patrol before this one, in a Gar or Gato, and then given the Balao as a "reward"? Have you gotten back to port yet, and if so, were you retired by the navy? What happens is that you are driving the boat before it exists, therefore (maybe) the radar is wonky... Thanks!  |
1. Not that I recall, Sir;
2. Yes. Attacked a convoy in the rain and got nailed; reloaded a Save out of frustration before the boat sank;
3. All radio operators are Qualified as radio men; same crew there as in the preceding GAR Class boat;
4. TC was 2048; have never had a problem with aircraft detection at TC up to 8092, ever;
5. Yes, remove the own sub mark and 300' water clarity - been running them since FOTARSU Beta was first released;
6. Mission was to drop an Agent onto Hokkaido; had no space nor time before mission to load spare parts for a unit that had operated flawlessly since taking command;
OTHER: Received and accepted offer of a new boat after completing 4 successful patrols in the USS Gudgeon, ending at Brisbane; given USS Balao at Pearl on 12/3/42. Left Pearl on mission to deliver agent to Hokkaido on 3/13/43. Have not gotten back to port yet, and have NEVER been retired by the Navy since my early days in TMO-RSRDC.
My intention is to reload the Autosave game from 3/13/43 and rerun the entire patrol without breaks of any kind. I could also reload from the initial contact with the convoy that nearly killed me if you prefer.