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Sniper297 · 04-24-19, 07:23 PM

Looking at the default PORPOISE class with Silent 3ditor, in the NSS_Porpoise.sim file, max range is 14,300 miles at 10 knots. All ahead 2/3rds rather than Standard gets you 10 knots.

I'm currently working on a couple mods, one to place refueling bases closer to Japan and the Philippines, the other with a forward base on a small island to start the Pearl Harbor career, eliminating that tedious boring dreary slog all the way across the Pacific. I know it's historic but I'm playing a game here, staring at a screen for 20 minutes constantly getting bumped out of time compression for radio messages is not my definition of entertainment.

Doing refueling bases is pretty simple, fire up the mission editor, open US_NavalBases.mis, click the tab for Land, American, NB Naval Base, drag and drop that on the map, give it a name. Get within 10 miles and you can refit, full fuel tanks and torpedoes. You can even drop one in the middle of Tokyo Bay if you want to go crazy. Just remember to click on Mission, Parameters, and check the box for "Ignore player submarines" on so you don't get that silly error when you save it.

As for ridiculous air attacks, that's even easier to mod yourself;

Data\Cfg\AirStrike.cfg can be edited with notepad or any text editor.

Maximum Aircraft Range=2000 ;[>0] in kilometers
Poor Airbase Modifier=0.2 ;[>0] Modifier for poor airbase (carrier) rating
Novice Airbase Modifier=0.35 ;[>0] Modifier for novice airbase (carrier) rating
Competent Airbase Modifier=0.5 ;[>0] Modifier for competent airbase (carrier) rating
Veteran Airbase Modifier=0.7 ;[>0] Modifier for veteran airbase (carrier) rating
Elite Airbase Modifier=1 ;[>0] Modifier for elite airbase (carrier) rating
Night Modifier=0.5 ;[>0] Modifier on strike probability at night
Default Air Strike Probability=10 ;[>0] Default

You can change the modifiers if desired, but a simple hack is to change that
Maximum Aircraft Range=2000
to
Maximum Aircraft Range=200

Which is a more reasonable distance from land to start worrying about air attacks. I suspect the creators were trying to capture the feeling of the U-boats trying to cross the Bay of Biscay in 1944 under constant harassment by Sunderlands, but the result was more aircraft than existed in the history of the world for that kind of coverage.

04-24-19, 07:23 PM	#9
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	Looking at the default PORPOISE class with Silent 3ditor, in the NSS_Porpoise.sim file, max range is 14,300 miles at 10 knots. All ahead 2/3rds rather than Standard gets you 10 knots. I'm currently working on a couple mods, one to place refueling bases closer to Japan and the Philippines, the other with a forward base on a small island to start the Pearl Harbor career, eliminating that tedious boring dreary slog all the way across the Pacific. I know it's historic but I'm playing a game here, staring at a screen for 20 minutes constantly getting bumped out of time compression for radio messages is not my definition of entertainment. Doing refueling bases is pretty simple, fire up the mission editor, open US_NavalBases.mis, click the tab for Land, American, NB Naval Base, drag and drop that on the map, give it a name. Get within 10 miles and you can refit, full fuel tanks and torpedoes. You can even drop one in the middle of Tokyo Bay if you want to go crazy. Just remember to click on Mission, Parameters, and check the box for "Ignore player submarines" on so you don't get that silly error when you save it. As for ridiculous air attacks, that's even easier to mod yourself; Data\Cfg\AirStrike.cfg can be edited with notepad or any text editor. Maximum Aircraft Range=2000 ;[>0] in kilometers Poor Airbase Modifier=0.2 ;[>0] Modifier for poor airbase (carrier) rating Novice Airbase Modifier=0.35 ;[>0] Modifier for novice airbase (carrier) rating Competent Airbase Modifier=0.5 ;[>0] Modifier for competent airbase (carrier) rating Veteran Airbase Modifier=0.7 ;[>0] Modifier for veteran airbase (carrier) rating Elite Airbase Modifier=1 ;[>0] Modifier for elite airbase (carrier) rating Night Modifier=0.5 ;[>0] Modifier on strike probability at night Default Air Strike Probability=10 ;[>0] Default You can change the modifiers if desired, but a simple hack is to change that Maximum Aircraft Range=2000 to Maximum Aircraft Range=200 Which is a more reasonable distance from land to start worrying about air attacks. I suspect the creators were trying to capture the feeling of the U-boats trying to cross the Bay of Biscay in 1944 under constant harassment by Sunderlands, but the result was more aircraft than existed in the history of the world for that kind of coverage.