1.3, TM, cruise range and targets

jdkbph · 08-02-07, 03:06 PM

So I'm driving an S boat and I check max range at current speed after leaving Manila harbor at 2/3rds. The answer I get is like 18,000 miles. In an S boat? Shouldn't it be like 10k at the most economical speed?

OK, whatever.... I'm cruising the Celebes sea and up towards Taiwan and back, and nary a bad guy contact. This is at 2048x TC typically... and every now and then I notice a note in the display that says "ship sighted", but it's gone by the time I can react to it. Now I'm assuming these are other-than-bad-guy contacts which is why the game did not drop out of TC? So where are the bad guys?

I've done half a dozen or more patrols with SH4 and never have I gone this long without running into dozens of opportunities for fame and glory. Did 1.3 and/or TM change the frequency of contacts, or am I missing them by using a high TC?

TIA

JD

08-02-07, 03:06 PM	#1
jdkbph Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 508 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	1.3, TM, cruise range and targets So I'm driving an S boat and I check max range at current speed after leaving Manila harbor at 2/3rds. The answer I get is like 18,000 miles. In an S boat? Shouldn't it be like 10k at the most economical speed? OK, whatever.... I'm cruising the Celebes sea and up towards Taiwan and back, and nary a bad guy contact. This is at 2048x TC typically... and every now and then I notice a note in the display that says "ship sighted", but it's gone by the time I can react to it. Now I'm assuming these are other-than-bad-guy contacts which is why the game did not drop out of TC? So where are the bad guys? I've done half a dozen or more patrols with SH4 and never have I gone this long without running into dozens of opportunities for fame and glory. Did 1.3 and/or TM change the frequency of contacts, or am I missing them by using a high TC? TIA JD