problems with RFB super mod

cush · 08-19-11, 06:34 PM

Hi,

Tried to play RFB but the first mission from Pearl is off the coast of Japan. No problem to go there but it took me more than a half of the fuel (at 3 knots). Is there any trick or are we supposed to scuttle our sub on a Japanese beach?
thanks

WernherVonTrapp · 08-19-11, 06:47 PM

No trick. Try 9 to 10 knots next time. It'll use less fuel than 3 knots. Probably get you there quicker too,

on 1/4 tank or less.

Daniel Prates · 08-20-11, 04:12 PM

Remember that you cannot end patrol in other ports than your home base, BUT you can refuel and rearm in them. So going away from pearl, you may consider a refueling in midway.

cush · 08-20-11, 04:20 PM

9-10 knots worked, thank you.

I thought of refuelling but it seems there's no proper base in Midway (at least in RFB).

Daniel Prates · 08-20-11, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cush

9-10 knots worked, thank you.

I thought of refuelling but it seems there's no proper base in Midway (at least in RFB).

Hum. In TMO and stock, there is. Weird.

WernherVonTrapp · 08-20-11, 05:46 PM

Hmmmmm, and I've played RFB, but now that you mention it, I can't recall if there was a refit port or not at Midway.

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cush

I thought of refuelling but it seems there's no proper base in Midway (at least in RFB).

There wasn't one at the beginning of the war. There was nothing there but a seaplane base for commercial flying boats to refuel. It took awhile for the naval supplies to be imported.

I don't know if this is reflected in the game or not.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel Prates

Hum. In TMO and stock, there is. Weird.

Unfortunately in stock there is also a full-fledged naval base, something Midway has never had at all. Midway's "harbor" consists of a shallow bay which can hold next to nothing. Even when I was there in 1970 our little destroyer had to tie up at one of the piers outside the bay.

Daniel Prates · 08-23-11, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

There wasn't one at the beginning of the war. There was nothing there but a seaplane base for commercial flying boats to refuel. (...) Midway's "harbor" consists of a shallow bay which can hold next to nothing. Even when I was there in 1970 our little destroyer had to tie up at one of the piers outside the bay.

So yamamoto's plan there in 1942 was nothing but an attempt to lure US carriers out? I mean, the island itself, if captured, would change praticaly nothing?

08-19-11, 06:34 PM	#1
cush Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	problems with RFB super mod Hi, Tried to play RFB but the first mission from Pearl is off the coast of Japan. No problem to go there but it took me more than a half of the fuel (at 3 knots). Is there any trick or are we supposed to scuttle our sub on a Japanese beach? thanks

08-19-11, 06:47 PM	#2
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	No trick. Try 9 to 10 knots next time. It'll use less fuel than 3 knots. Probably get you there quicker too, on 1/4 tank or less. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

08-20-11, 05:46 PM	#6
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Hmmmmm, and I've played RFB, but now that you mention it, I can't recall if there was a refit port or not at Midway. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

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08-20-11, 04:12 PM	#3
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Remember that you cannot end patrol in other ports than your home base, BUT you can refuel and rearm in them. So going away from pearl, you may consider a refueling in midway.

08-20-11, 04:20 PM	#4
cush Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	9-10 knots worked, thank you. I thought of refuelling but it seems there's no proper base in Midway (at least in RFB).