[WIP] Cold waters Harder difficulty mod

Delgard · 11-06-17, 04:17 PM

Nope, ain't seeing it. BUT, I do get to yell at the OOD for not detecting them.

Is there a spot to increase the amount of reactory aircraft? Did my settings get nerfed?

I do have to say that I spend a lot of time at 1000ft. Maybe I need to send up a beacon buoy?

Thanks!

CaptainCruise · 11-18-17, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Delgard

Nope, ain't seeing it. BUT, I do get to yell at the OOD for not detecting them.

**That happens with me also, especially with the realism mod. It's annoying sometimes but does add a degree of authenticity to the whole thing. Sometimes your guys will just miss something and **boom**.

Is there a spot to increase the amount of reactory aircraft? Did my settings get nerfed?

**I'm not sure if your settings got boshed, but I'm pretty sure you can go into the mission or campaign settings and adjust the amount of helos and/or fixed wing ASW aircraft that may spawn during the mission. I think its a min/max setting. Pretty sure it takes into account your difficulty settings too.

I do have to say that I spend a lot of time at 1000ft. Maybe I need to send up a beacon buoy?

**If they modeled one in the game, no one knows about it. Besides, the enemy can home in and find you and your buoy just as easily as your guys can.
1000ft should help keep you out of MAD range from a overflying ASW bird. That and a nice strong thermocline. Stay deep and use the silent running feature. If you watch the sonar comparison screen, the numbers showing how the enemy hears you will change when you activate silent running. They'll lose you a bit as your noise ratio drops and it may be enough for you to disappear.
Also, for what its worth when you're dodging torps just keep popping up and down above and below the thermocline at flank speed, releasing a noisemaker and/or form a knuckle as you do can really help confuse and lose a homing torp. If there is no thermocline for that particular mission, keep changing depth radically anyway. If I understand the file settings correctly I believe the vertical seeker is not as wide as the horizontal seeker and should help give you more leeway to evade.

Thanks!

Delgard · 11-18-17, 07:33 AM

I saw the mass response.

It was not aircraft, but a tactical ship formation. I did not survive...

XenonSurf · 11-18-17, 08:14 AM

There is AFAIK 1 helicopter per bigger warship. I can see multiple helicopters when hitting F4, but they do not all overfly me, but go to a stationary place and put a dipping sonar in the water.
I think if there are 3 warships in your mission you will get 3 helicopters to deal with. And once they spot you they are not piece of cake...
It's actually difficult in Casual and Realistic, but I think your torpedos should be a bit tweaked down so 1 shot is not 1 kill in all cases.

Delgard · 11-19-17, 01:12 AM

Capt C, I was kidding about sending up a buoy to signal the enemy helos where I was.

I have been all through the files looking for ways to increase reaction and just not finding what I am looking for. It is not that I want more air assets, I just want them to use what they have. I sink many a ship with a helos on its deck. I know the ships are detecting me, maybe only at a 40% strength but a helos should be dipping along the bearing.

That surface group that I ran into launched about 6-7 missile torpedoes. I respected that.

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11-06-17, 04:17 PM	#1
Delgard Captain Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: AZ & DC Posts: 487 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	Nope, ain't seeing it. BUT, I do get to yell at the OOD for not detecting them. Is there a spot to increase the amount of reactory aircraft? Did my settings get nerfed? I do have to say that I spend a lot of time at 1000ft. Maybe I need to send up a beacon buoy? Thanks!

11-18-17, 07:33 AM	#3
Delgard Captain Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: AZ & DC Posts: 487 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I saw the mass response. It was not aircraft, but a tactical ship formation. I did not survive...

11-18-17, 08:14 AM	#4
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	There is AFAIK 1 helicopter per bigger warship. I can see multiple helicopters when hitting F4, but they do not all overfly me, but go to a stationary place and put a dipping sonar in the water. I think if there are 3 warships in your mission you will get 3 helicopters to deal with. And once they spot you they are not piece of cake... It's actually difficult in Casual and Realistic, but I think your torpedos should be a bit tweaked down so 1 shot is not 1 kill in all cases.

11-19-17, 01:12 AM	#5
Delgard Captain Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: AZ & DC Posts: 487 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	Capt C, I was kidding about sending up a buoy to signal the enemy helos where I was. I have been all through the files looking for ways to increase reaction and just not finding what I am looking for. It is not that I want more air assets, I just want them to use what they have. I sink many a ship with a helos on its deck. I know the ships are detecting me, maybe only at a 40% strength but a helos should be dipping along the bearing. That surface group that I ran into launched about 6-7 missile torpedoes. I respected that.