I'm Back! - Do Planes indicate carrier groups?

Schlageter-JG26 · 03-09-09, 09:40 AM

Just getting back to this wonderful program.

I'll be catching up on mods since I started playing with fatigue, boat speed and guns way back when. Hope to find some cool stuff out there by now!

Btw - Sorry to read of my Connecticut neighbor passing away last year.

But here's a question - it is March 27th, 1942 in my new campaign. I have just begun my 3rd sortie and have sailed out so I am just SW of Midway by a few hundred miles. Contact inbound reported... very fast... aircraft... ENEMY!!!!

Does the game have random flights that far out from the Japanese mainland, or does it populate flights within a radius of a carrier fleet?

Do I have a carrier fleet somewhere within reach and a full complement of torpedoes?

Also - does the game put fleets in approximate locations based on historical data?

Or should I watch where the plane goes when it leaves and follow that angle??

tater · 03-09-09, 10:40 AM

If it's stock, in that location it's a bug where the Midway attack forces (early june) generate their airgroups even without the CVs being there.

Schlageter-JG26 · 03-09-09, 03:42 PM

Bummer. I was playing it late last night when the plane came across... I think my butt tightened when I thought there might be a battle fleet about to roll over me.

Morpheus · 03-09-09, 04:04 PM

Hi

i got alerted on a carrier task force through excessive air traffic in my area, coming off the same location (java seas). i marked the positions and directions, and found out the general course of the fleet. i made a run around attack and sunk 4 carriers, can not rembember the types ... was a lot of fun, and keept me in excitement over the night

kr morph

Red Lord of Chaos · 03-09-09, 05:10 PM

There seem to be 2 airgroups moving west from Midway, one fast, one slow, it was tempting to track in on the slower one but I couldn't get anything on Sonar.
Playing as a U-Boat there seems to be a similar carrier airgroup on the south east side of grid KM.

Frame57 · 03-09-09, 09:50 PM

I get sent to the Celebes sea a lot for some reason and I decided to head in the direction the aircraft were coming from and sure enough I found some Japanese Carriers. Does not always pan out for me though.

03-09-09, 09:40 AM	#1
Schlageter-JG26 Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 107 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I'm Back! - Do Planes indicate carrier groups? Just getting back to this wonderful program. I'll be catching up on mods since I started playing with fatigue, boat speed and guns way back when. Hope to find some cool stuff out there by now! Btw - Sorry to read of my Connecticut neighbor passing away last year. But here's a question - it is March 27th, 1942 in my new campaign. I have just begun my 3rd sortie and have sailed out so I am just SW of Midway by a few hundred miles. Contact inbound reported... very fast... aircraft... ENEMY!!!! Does the game have random flights that far out from the Japanese mainland, or does it populate flights within a radius of a carrier fleet? Do I have a carrier fleet somewhere within reach and a full complement of torpedoes? Also - does the game put fleets in approximate locations based on historical data? Or should I watch where the plane goes when it leaves and follow that angle??

03-09-09, 04:04 PM	#4
Morpheus Ensign Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 234 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Hi i got alerted on a carrier task force through excessive air traffic in my area, coming off the same location (java seas). i marked the positions and directions, and found out the general course of the fleet. i made a run around attack and sunk 4 carriers, can not rembember the types ... was a lot of fun, and keept me in excitement over the night kr morph Last edited by Morpheus; 03-09-09 at 04:16 PM.

03-09-09, 05:10 PM	#5
Red Lord of Chaos Watch Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 25 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	There seem to be 2 airgroups moving west from Midway, one fast, one slow, it was tempting to track in on the slower one but I couldn't get anything on Sonar. Playing as a U-Boat there seems to be a similar carrier airgroup on the south east side of grid KM. __________________ \'Ere\'s ta swimmin\' wit\' bow legged women!

03-09-09, 09:50 PM	#6
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I get sent to the Celebes sea a lot for some reason and I decided to head in the direction the aircraft were coming from and sure enough I found some Japanese Carriers. Does not always pan out for me though. __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

03-09-09, 10:40 AM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	If it's stock, in that location it's a bug where the Midway attack forces (early june) generate their airgroups even without the CVs being there.

03-09-09, 03:42 PM	#3
Schlageter-JG26 Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 107 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Bummer. I was playing it late last night when the plane came across... I think my butt tightened when I thought there might be a battle fleet about to roll over me.