Anyone been to Southern Africa in early 43?

Ducimus · 12-09-05, 03:12 PM

Well i have been looking at the situation in the editor. Primarly because i fancy a campaign as a Monsun boat in an IXD2.. Doesnt get more far off and exotic then that.

As near as i can tell, heres the deal.

In the indian ocean (and probably in south atlantic as well) there are single ship spawns (with a chance to spawn a 2nd ship) set to spawn anywhere between 40 and 80 hours throughout all years of the war. I beleive the chance for them to spawn was around 40% if not lower.

Now heres the kicker.
The contact reports on them is set to have a 40% chance of being sent.... once every FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS! Now factor in that by default you have to be in the vacinity of the report to get it to begin with. It's no wonder why you dont see anything down here.

Like i said, ive been retooling this. Im modifing the Improved Convoy's mod for the RND Layer and part of the Harbor traffic mod for the LND and SCR layers. Right now im just doing this for myself, if i get permission to use IC and HT as a base for an "offical" mod they i'll release what i got.

That said its not very hard to spice things up in the indian ocean, you just have to take the time to do it.

Right now ive cut back all single merchant encounters to 15%, and have small convoys spawning once a week from the spawn points provided. The convoys im putting in are 4 ship convoys, comprised of fat juciy targets, but well escorted by a min of 3 vetran to elite escorts. I tend to make the most tempting target in the convoy the convoy leader. My hope is that by taking this ship out, it will make the DDs swarm on you like a pack of dogs on a 3legged cat. (U505 single mission has this behavior).

On top of that im putting in a hunter killer group made of 6 vet/elite DE's and two escort carriers. Im limiting the contact reports on these guys, i dont want to know where they are. Need a "crap yer pants" surpise every now and then. Oh ya been ading large air bases, and various ports in austrila like Brisbane, syndey, melborune, etc, a couple warship groups too. A regualr pacific/indian campaign. Its not historcal by any means, but it ought to be action packed and fun.

Another kicker is, you cant get upgrades in penang. So if i want to upgrade my boat, i have to go back to germany.

12-09-05, 03:12 PM	#5
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Well i have been looking at the situation in the editor. Primarly because i fancy a campaign as a Monsun boat in an IXD2.. Doesnt get more far off and exotic then that. As near as i can tell, heres the deal. In the indian ocean (and probably in south atlantic as well) there are single ship spawns (with a chance to spawn a 2nd ship) set to spawn anywhere between 40 and 80 hours throughout all years of the war. I beleive the chance for them to spawn was around 40% if not lower. Now heres the kicker. The contact reports on them is set to have a 40% chance of being sent.... once every FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS! Now factor in that by default you have to be in the vacinity of the report to get it to begin with. It's no wonder why you dont see anything down here. Like i said, ive been retooling this. Im modifing the Improved Convoy's mod for the RND Layer and part of the Harbor traffic mod for the LND and SCR layers. Right now im just doing this for myself, if i get permission to use IC and HT as a base for an "offical" mod they i'll release what i got. That said its not very hard to spice things up in the indian ocean, you just have to take the time to do it. Right now ive cut back all single merchant encounters to 15%, and have small convoys spawning once a week from the spawn points provided. The convoys im putting in are 4 ship convoys, comprised of fat juciy targets, but well escorted by a min of 3 vetran to elite escorts. I tend to make the most tempting target in the convoy the convoy leader. My hope is that by taking this ship out, it will make the DDs swarm on you like a pack of dogs on a 3legged cat. (U505 single mission has this behavior). On top of that im putting in a hunter killer group made of 6 vet/elite DE's and two escort carriers. Im limiting the contact reports on these guys, i dont want to know where they are. Need a "crap yer pants" surpise every now and then. Oh ya been ading large air bases, and various ports in austrila like Brisbane, syndey, melborune, etc, a couple warship groups too. A regualr pacific/indian campaign. Its not historcal by any means, but it ought to be action packed and fun. Another kicker is, you cant get upgrades in penang. So if i want to upgrade my boat, i have to go back to germany.