[CaptainHaplo]

Planes have been an issue for a good while - not only because of the number and visual acuity they possess - but also because of HOW they spawn.

If you hit a ship or ships, they ALL call in for air support if your first hit isnt an immediate kill. What this does is a number of things. First off, for single ship attacks you have a decent chance of not getting an overflight. However, if your hitting a convoy - even at night running "stock" numbers of .2 for an airstrike - thats a 20 percent chance the call will get heeded right? Wrong - thats a 20% chance for EACH ship in the group. Hit a group that has say 6 merchants and 4 destroyers - and your about guaranteed that at least one of those requests for air cover is going to get answered.

Second problem is that if a aircraft is launched, it heads EXACTLY to where you are. This is ok for the first bird - its going to fly out to the source of the attack, go past a little ways, and fly home if it doesnt see anything. But when subsequent aircraft are launched - they now are tasked to fly to where you presently are - even if you have moved from the last known location. No way these guys could know where you are - yet their spawn course is going to take them right over your head almost every time. That ruins realism!

Droping the number of aircraft and changing airstrike probabilities is a help, as is decreasing the sensor ability on the aircraft.

If we really wanted to get "historical" accuracy (without being able to code in search patterns), the way to do so is make the "random" airstrike probability very low, then put confirmed contact airstrikes reasonably higher. Night attacks are pretty much not going to happen unless its an important convoy, but there doesnt seem to be a way to assign aircraft to cover a convoy as yet.

When it comes to sensor acuity, visibility at night really should be heavily dependant on other factors, but there really isnt a way to define "Night stats" vs "Day Stats" as darkness only creates a singular "multiplier" of the base ability.
Only thing that could be done is to adjust that multiplier, but that will imbalance shipping at night, or make em able to see you OTH during the day.

If any need hel, I offer my own limited ability as well.