Don't Trust the SH Map!

Captain Affenschwanz · 12-22-05, 11:26 AM

April 14, 1943:

Be aware, you can't believe the marks on the SH map regarding the boundries of Allied air coverage. I'm passing though quadrant DT and have been attacked twice by B-24's. Those things don't fly off of carriers folks, they're land based. Yet the map shows that area to be far, far away from any Allied air coverage. Map lies...

I'm running version 1.4 with no mods.

Detritus · 12-22-05, 11:58 AM

Yeah it does, it has happened to me as well. Thew thing is, obviously, that the patches have changed many aspects of the game quite a lot, so the map isn't up-to-date anymore in some respect. Some shipping lanes have changed etc. This is why I always before even leaving port use compass to mark the Allied air cover range on the navmap but a couple of times have still been nastily surpised while at 'safe' area. So it goes.

_alphaBeta_ · 12-22-05, 03:12 PM

Air power range was increased with 1.4. There are numerous mods out there that reduce the air ranges back to their original values. My personal favorite is this one. Rather handy if you don't want to be constantly attacked by aircraft in places that aren't realistic.

Kalach · 12-22-05, 08:21 PM

Also the lines are just an average, different planes can fly different distances

12-22-05, 11:26 AM	#1
Captain Affenschwanz Watch Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cape Cod Massachusetts USA Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Don't Trust the SH Map! April 14, 1943: Be aware, you can't believe the marks on the SH map regarding the boundries of Allied air coverage. I'm passing though quadrant DT and have been attacked twice by B-24's. Those things don't fly off of carriers folks, they're land based. Yet the map shows that area to be far, far away from any Allied air coverage. Map lies... I'm running version 1.4 with no mods. __________________ A kill is a kill.

12-22-05, 03:12 PM	#3
_alphaBeta_ Medic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 163 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Air power range was increased with 1.4. There are numerous mods out there that reduce the air ranges back to their original values. My personal favorite is this one. Rather handy if you don't want to be constantly attacked by aircraft in places that aren't realistic. __________________

12-22-05, 11:58 AM	#2
Detritus Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 177 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Yeah it does, it has happened to me as well. Thew thing is, obviously, that the patches have changed many aspects of the game quite a lot, so the map isn't up-to-date anymore in some respect. Some shipping lanes have changed etc. This is why I always before even leaving port use compass to mark the Allied air cover range on the navmap but a couple of times have still been nastily surpised while at 'safe' area. So it goes.

12-22-05, 08:21 PM	#4
Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Also the lines are just an average, different planes can fly different distances