too much gdmf$#@%%$@#@# jap aircraft

[buddha95]

is there a mod that reduces the # of jap planes?? i cant do sh..!!!! I just need to reduce the #, is so where can i get it ( i have no mods, only 1.5 from box._ will i need something to manage the mod/s with ???

[DeepIron]

Read the stickied mod topics...

[buddha95]

what ??? i been looking all day ??

[buddha95]

i been googling,, typing in searches on the different forums here, all to no avail,, i cant even find any mods, yet alone one for reduction of jap air. In morrowinds, there were 50000 + mods on 8 sites with a discription of what they did u could read before u downloaded it. A place like that would be nice. Is there one, and if so,, where

thanks ahead of time

[ReallyDedPoet]

You need to look a little harder is what DI is saying Check out RFB, Trigger Maru, RSRDC or OM in the Mods Forum (stickied) , they all deal with this.


RDP

[tomoose]

The stock game enemy aircraft number is horrendous. I don't have 1.5 yet so I'm quite surprised to hear that it's still an issue with 1.5 as it was a common complaint with the original stock game. I guess that's another reason not to switch over to 1.5 just yet.
The Trigger Maru Overhaul mod definitely cuts the number down to a more realistic level. I believe the RSRD mod also tweaks the enemy aircraft situation.

Be warned however that the TMO aircraft can still spot you at periscope depth so crash dive like you mean it!! LOL

Hope this helps.

[buddha95]

forgive me,, im a noob

i found tmo and fleetboat at mod forum, they said they make the game harder,, its already hard enough for me, hell, i die always,, i need to stop the jap airforce (3-5) planes at a time,, every 1 minute realtime. I can never return to base.

[Rockin Robbins]

There are not too many aircraft in Silent Hunter IV fleet boat mode, I can tell you that for sure. In the Pacific, with a superior American submarine, you have all the advantage over any number of aircraft. Thanks to your radar you can ensure that not one will ever see you.

If you don't like the Japanese airplanes you DEFINITELY want to skip Operation Monsun. Getting out of Lorient you will find out what high air traffic is really all about. And you don't have decent radar. You have about a 50% chance of escaping the Bay of Biscay alive. It rocks!

[Elder-Pirate]

Originally Posted by buddha95

forgive me,, im a noob

i found tmo and fleetboat at mod forum, they said they make the game harder,, its already hard enough for me, hell, i die always,, i need to stop the jap airforce (3-5) planes at a time,, every 1 minute realtime. I can never return to base.

I run 1.5 ( US side ) basically stock under a few texture mods and I'm in my third patrol ( May 1943 I think ) and although the aircraft are very heavy at times I've never had to shoot one down yet nor have they bombed/shot me either. The way to avoid the airplanes is what you call "Patience Grasshopper" and never go on surface more than 1024 TC and let your radar do the talking. You will have plenty of time to go to Periscope Depth when a bird is spotted ( as in stock they can't see you at PD ), telegraph your engines at 1 kt and then maybe kick up the TC to about 2858 ( or whatever that number ) and keep the scope down and that way you won't see any planes and your TC will stay at what you put it ( at this TC you will come to at least 8 TC automatically if your sonar detects a ship/ships ). I use the clock ( pocket watch ) all the time when in TC so as to know just a little before sunrise to PD and a little after sunset to surface. I run 1/3 telegraph on the surface and 1 kt at PD, this way you will save on the fuel and the batteries.

Make sure you have already set up your "Way-points" before even setting out on you voyage........and don't run a way-point through some Island either. A lot of the guys here can tell you stories about running aground...He He.

Now don't let me talk you into no Mods, heavens no. Go for any Mod that you wish for, I'm just telling how I do it.

OK, kick that sub of yours in the a.. and don't let those Japanese planes keep making you duck. besides your looking for a bigger piece of the pie and those planes are just the crust.

Rotsaruck