Monsun boats mod - for fun, not historically accurate

[Ducimus]

Ok i have been working on a mod that, well its a type of thing where i asked myself.

"Self, ok youve played realist for awhile, but things are getting kinda stale, i need a change of pace, what kind of campaign would you like to play?"

First thing that popped into my head was , "Im sick of the atlantic", the second thought that popped into my head was, "id like to get far far away from this theater, the farther away, the more exotic, the better", and lastly, "id like a bloody challenge".

Now a long time ago i thried going to the Indian ocean as a monsun boat and was sorely disappointed. Is the default traffic realistic? Oh yeas, the monsun boats realy didnt score alot of tonnage, but is this fun? no, not really.

So i went about to remedy the situation. Allow me now to introduce my own personal mod, Monsun_boats:

Let me state that there is absolutely no historical accuracy to this at all. None, what so ever. Well i take that back, the only historical accurate thing is Penang, and the fact im using the 12th floatilla, and this little blurb:

"The Monsun U-boats were perhaps the most special "wolfpack" in the war as they operated very far from Germany and its occupied countries, namely in the Indian Ocean out of japanese provided bases in Indonesia"

Any historical accuracy begins and ends there. Orginally i started this mod using Improved convoys, and harbor traffic mods as a base. I had intended this theater to be accessed from the main game. However over time, i decded that due to the wild histroical inaccuracies, i had better just make it, its own game. ( Being historically accurate just demands more time in research then im willing to commit)


So heres the existing readme

- Added small US Air bases(veteran) to indian ocean areas to extend allied air cover

- Added misc ports (visiable on nav map only) since traffic tends to come to and from misc ports. This way you can logically deduce where the shipping lanes are.

- Totaly removed RND layer outside of the indian ocean. Since this theater exists only in the indian (and later pacfic) ocean, i removed all extranous spawns that are not in the scope of this mod. (Note: the SCR layer remains unchanged in this regard)

-This mod uses only the 12th floatilla from 1943 to 1945, which is now stationed directly at penang. If you want to insta teleport and "return to base" this is where you will go.

-New convoy style! Convoys now consist of 4 ships, and 3 to 4 escorts. What ships are in the convoy will usualy be choice targets. The juciest target of all will usually be desginated the convoy leader. Its hoped taht by tempting the player to hit the fastest ship (convoy leader), you'll get a more proactive response from the escorts. (all escorts are veteran or elite ratings)

- Added HK groups in areas with high shipping traffic. (one EC, 6DE's, and 4 planes... all elite)

- Added two captial ship encounters. Every so often (they spawn once a month and run the entire length of the theater, which means you'll see two inctances of them) you'll get a chance to score some high value targets. (Fleet carrier or BB), provided you can get on the firing bearing.

- Added German raider (hipper) who cicrumnavigates the entire theater. If you so choose, you can cruise with him. (i dunno if he acutaly fights, i need to test this)

- Added misc fisherman and trawlers in areas where you might expect he locals to be in the water. (in other words if your bored, if your in the right area you can find a small boat to blast with your deck gun or AA flak - takes out fishing boat pretty quickly)


Misc things id like to add:
- Monthy sea battles with battleships (ive tried using the RND layer but they dont seem to be fighting each other)

- populate the pacific east and NE of Austriala. Maybe somehow put an adhoc representative of the US in the pacific.

http://rapidshare.de/files/9230842/G...S_1_1.zip.html