Where is Truk

thehiredgun · 08-10-07, 05:13 AM

Does anyone know the map coorardence for Truk is ?Sorry about the spelling !

switch.dota · 08-10-07, 05:49 AM

It's north of Rabaul. In stock SH IV the port is not there.

Argus00 · 08-10-07, 07:27 AM

Yup, NNE of Rabaul and SE of Guam. You'll need to use Tater's new campaign layers to find a port and other interesting stuff there, as in the stock game it's barren.

At work now, so i don't have an in-game map, but here's a RL map to help: http://geography.about.com/library/c...micronesia.htm

tater · 08-10-07, 09:24 AM

As argus said, truk lacks, well, anything, in the stock game except one "historical" battle. Of course in the "historical battle" the US fleet steams through the anchorage, lol.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116283

^^^ link to my campaign. It's JSGME compatible.

Beware. The stock game doesn't include reefs. Truk, and many other important anchorages used by the IJN (USN, too) were protected by reefs with limited access via gaps in the coral reef. Because this was so critically import, I made my own reefs using the only tool available---sub nets.

So be careful cruising in the Marshalls and Carolines. Various places have "reefs" now, and the only way in is through one of the channels. You'll have to google real maps to see where they are, or watch japanese shipping and see where they go.

tater

donut · 08-10-07, 10:17 AM

Thanks for imagination/resourcefulness

tater · 08-10-07, 10:32 AM

Maybe someday I'll figure out how to mess with the terrain files and make the reefs out of land.

I actually think that while this would be better in many ways (the AI can "see" land and avoid it, even if their attempts are at times pretty hamfisted), I would still likely use a combo of land and the sub nets because the sub nets allow a kind of tweaking that is less trouble, and the channels/passes into the lagoons do need to be ahistorically wide for the AI. Course I could make the water just REALLY shallow in such areas---like barely deeper than the deepest draft of an IJN ship.

08-10-07, 05:13 AM	#1
thehiredgun Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 581 Downloads: 517 Uploads: 0	Where is Truk Does anyone know the map coorardence for Truk is ?Sorry about the spelling !

08-10-07, 07:27 AM	#3
Argus00 Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 153 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Yup, NNE of Rabaul and SE of Guam. You'll need to use Tater's new campaign layers to find a port and other interesting stuff there, as in the stock game it's barren. At work now, so i don't have an in-game map, but here's a RL map to help: http://geography.about.com/library/c...micronesia.htm __________________ ________________________ Semper ubi sub ubi ubique.

08-10-07, 10:17 AM	#5
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Cool addition Truks Reefs. Thanks for imagination/resourcefulness

08-10-07, 05:49 AM	#2
switch.dota Captain Join Date: May 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 492 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's north of Rabaul. In stock SH IV the port is not there.

08-10-07, 09:24 AM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	As argus said, truk lacks, well, anything, in the stock game except one "historical" battle. Of course in the "historical battle" the US fleet steams through the anchorage, lol. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116283 ^^^ link to my campaign. It's JSGME compatible. Beware. The stock game doesn't include reefs. Truk, and many other important anchorages used by the IJN (USN, too) were protected by reefs with limited access via gaps in the coral reef. Because this was so critically import, I made my own reefs using the only tool available---sub nets. So be careful cruising in the Marshalls and Carolines. Various places have "reefs" now, and the only way in is through one of the channels. You'll have to google real maps to see where they are, or watch japanese shipping and see where they go. tater

08-10-07, 10:32 AM	#6
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Maybe someday I'll figure out how to mess with the terrain files and make the reefs out of land. I actually think that while this would be better in many ways (the AI can "see" land and avoid it, even if their attempts are at times pretty hamfisted), I would still likely use a combo of land and the sub nets because the sub nets allow a kind of tweaking that is less trouble, and the channels/passes into the lagoons do need to be ahistorically wide for the AI. Course I could make the water just REALLY shallow in such areas---like barely deeper than the deepest draft of an IJN ship.