Any point in going back to Base, rather than refitting?

BalaoThatOrder · 10-24-14, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

In order to load faster, SH4 only loads 6 months of activity at a time. If you keep rifitting over and over (which was something they didn't do more than once in real life, as the crew would become absolutely exhausted) you will suddenly find yourself without any targets at all.

Thanks for that, Steve!

I'm not so sure about running out of targets, though...

...I'm at that point in the war (1 May 1944) where there are 8 enemy ports

in the northwest area of New Guinea, with convenient refit base "right around the corner!"

If true, I haven't gone "harbor hunting" in a while - with or without the 'long dogs' - to reach out and touch them up to 8-9k yds. I prefer to get in close though, as timing and evading the escort 'orbits' is such fun!

Good segue...do they spawn/respawn in ports? I had a large tanker convoy in Celebes Sea that just disappeared from radar the other day...

I save and reload at the start of each contact tracking session, and again just as I'm evading and exiting after engagement. I reloaded the save and searched everywhere - at a certain point, they just went 'flying Dutchman.'

Any info on the port spawn/respawn or whether it's random, appreciated!

I think I'm running TMO...I have JSGME installed, and a PE4 (1,2,3,4,5) in the MODS folder, from 2012. I had to do a system restore at some point a year ago, and JSGME isn't 'active' and I haven't bothered with it. I like the added effects, crate debris, bodies, etc. and just left it alone, because it's graphically-tuned and works so well!

Thanks!

Sailor Steve · 10-24-14, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BalaoThatOrder

I had a large tanker convoy in Celebes Sea that just disappeared from radar the other day...

I don't know about spawning or how it even works, but I may know something about this problem. Were they nearing a port? The game isn't sophisticated enough to allow them to break formation and sail into the harbor. When they reach that last waypoint they vanish.

BalaoThatOrder · 10-24-14, 10:58 AM

No, it happened right in the middle of the Celebes Sea.

I could see how a convoy might 'vanish' when transiting across a 'node' between 2 of the major convoy routes, though. And I may have been near one of them, and didn't know it. It's been a while since I looked at a map for this area, but I've known about the major ones around for many years...

Thanks for the info on convoy port approach though - I never tried to follow a convoy into port. Now I know it may be a disappointing experience - especially if I spent a lot of time shadowing them!

Sailor Steve · 10-24-14, 03:13 PM

In the middle of the ocean? I don't have a clue then. Sorry.

Oh, and Welcome aboard.

Armistead · 10-24-14, 05:41 PM

If you're not using RSRD, numerous groups will spawn and despawn in the ocean, even with TMO, just rare you happen to be there at the last waypoint.

BalaoThatOrder · 10-24-14, 07:13 PM

....RSRD sounds like something I may want to consider.

I assume this requires a career 'reset' though?

If so, I'll "tough it out" until the end of the war...maybe...

I've come THIS far, already...did I mention '3 years of sporadic "career-ing"'?

merc4ulfate · 10-25-14, 10:01 AM

Longer patrols breed more corrupt saves. Also on the off chance you get a crash and your last save became corrupted you lose more tonnage.

Plan your strategy so you are where you wish to be between home port visits.

10-24-14, 10:58 AM	#3
BalaoThatOrder Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 9 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	No, it happened right in the middle of the Celebes Sea. I could see how a convoy might 'vanish' when transiting across a 'node' between 2 of the major convoy routes, though. And I may have been near one of them, and didn't know it. It's been a while since I looked at a map for this area, but I've known about the major ones around for many years... Thanks for the info on convoy port approach though - I never tried to follow a convoy into port. Now I know it may be a disappointing experience - especially if I spent a lot of time shadowing them! Last edited by BalaoThatOrder; 10-24-14 at 11:11 AM.

10-24-14, 03:13 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In the middle of the ocean? I don't have a clue then. Sorry. Oh, and Welcome aboard. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-24-14, 05:41 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	If you're not using RSRD, numerous groups will spawn and despawn in the ocean, even with TMO, just rare you happen to be there at the last waypoint. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it. Last edited by Armistead; 10-24-14 at 06:09 PM.

10-25-14, 10:01 AM	#7
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Longer patrols breed more corrupt saves. Also on the off chance you get a crash and your last save became corrupted you lose more tonnage. Plan your strategy so you are where you wish to be between home port visits. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

10-24-14, 07:13 PM	#6
BalaoThatOrder Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 9 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	....RSRD sounds like something I may want to consider. I assume this requires a career 'reset' though? If so, I'll "tough it out" until the end of the war...maybe... I've come THIS far, already...did I mention '3 years of sporadic "career-ing"'?