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Originally Posted by Grumbling Grognard

Originally Posted by Grumbling Grognard

- The convoy/merchant AI does not even seem to exist. What the heck happened to zig zagging?!? How about AT LEAST have a convoy zig zag in unison after they are attacked instead of the stupid traffic jams that occur…that is if they even wait until an attack to start running into each other...well they don't actually hit each other no they act like they will...then stop on a dime and instantly reverse like pulling out of the drive way! But more simply...what happened to the simple zig-zag as a standard procedure? You know BEFORE the merchangs are attacked…you know they way they did in real life and in AOD and SH?

I haven't seen bad convoy behaviour to this degree since 1.2. Have the latest patch?

- The escorts are completely brain dead. You can often sit in one location (off the port of a convoy for example) and fire salvo after salvo of torps reloading between each volley as they cruise and use spot lights "listening". What happened to active sonar (i.e. pinging)? The only time I hear that now is AFTER they have discovered me?

It's a bit of an oversight in that the ships don't cruise while pinging - as the Japanese often did. But if you get into their active sonar cone, they will start pinging you even if you were previously undetected.

Also, get RFB or Trigger Maru - the escorts get far deadlier.

- The air cover is so unrealistic it is a crime. I have lost count of the number of planes I have seen fly past in a single day as I cruise several hundred miles from the nearest air field…heck I have lost count of the number of aircraft I have blown out of the sky in a single day with my awesome twin 20mm of death!

Mods. Download RSRDC and TM or RFB.

- The entire campaign is a joke. The missions you are assigned are meaningless. I generally see so much traffic on the to my patrol zone I am out of torps before I get to my patrol zone!!!

RSRDC

Oh yeah, the graphics are nice (really), at least when they are not flashing and blinking at me (yes current drivers). The movies are a nice feature I must admit if only they could 'support' a real game.

There is something wrong with your system then. Most people run this quite properly without flashing or any sort of artefacts.

The save games that don't load.

Care to elaborate? The only time they don't load for me is if I change my game config after saving the game.

The save games where ships or entire convoys simply vanish when you load them.

It does happen, true. Generally it is a safer bet to save while out of contact with convoys etc. and while on the surface.

Buggy crew/radar that sometimes just does not bother to tell you an enemy is spotted?

Again, care to elaborate? It's true, spotting can be wonky, but I rarely found it a game killer. And mods have done admirably well at correcting it.

Lack of sun up sun down times and you know the #1 thing a captain was worried about from day to day other than the enemy...the WEATHER! How about some info on that? How about at least a map icon so you don't have to drop out of speed up mode and go to the damn bridge and look around personally?

Get TM or RFB. Both have weather report buttons.



So, you gave your own diagnosis (grumbling grognard). My prescription: get mods. With RFB or TM and lurker's great campaign mods (RSRDC/OM), you'll find most of your concerns have been addressed and the game is much better all around.