Planes are starting to annoy me

Originally Posted by Robedslv

About the planes, especially in South China Sea: Someone said that there seemed to be a plane highway between Tokyo and ???. Well, this ??? seems to be Taipei. The amount of air traffic in that area between Dec 44 and the end of the war is just incredible. I can't go for more than five minutes without "Aircraft spotted", and crash dive we go.
For some time I tried to stay up and go for it with the flak guns... got a whole bunch of them, but the crazy pilots were starting to get desperate at that time of the war, and after getting shot, they were throwing the plane at me Kamikaze style, burning and all. Luckily I saved the game before these occasions. Once, one of them came straight down right on top of the bridge. Severe hull damage, 20% of crew dead, periscopes and topside guns destroyed... Not fun!
I guess the game includes Kamikazes, huh?

yep the airplane highway is due south from tokyo just left of island chains in south china sea and the other one is from tokyo to pearl harbor. in real distance go about a half in to an inch to the side of these highways to avoid those 10,000 aircraft buzzing overhead. its a hard coded thing where those routes with have constant air traffic in a daisy chain kind of way.

as for kamikazies, no the game doesnt do that but when destroyed they go straight so keep that in mind and it can be better to let those diving at steep angle that you dont destroy at a distance to pass when they get close and shoot them as they pull away. just judge the angle and remember they wont stop so you dont want to be head on with them when you destroy them.

if you want a good laugh about this subject read this thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=136974