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01-26-20, 03:43 PM | #391 | |||
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01-26-20, 04:02 PM | #392 | |
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Sorry, my bad. Should work now. |
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01-26-20, 04:47 PM | #393 | |
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Aircraft in mid Pacific
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My guess, a task force with scout planes so I deviated from my westerly course to the north by some 200+ nm since the first plane would originate from the north and then soon would return from the south on a parallel course. Couldn't find a thing, so I turned toward Japan. Sailed through the same area on the return trip to Midway and experienced the same aircraft traffic. |
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01-26-20, 11:03 PM | #394 | |
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I saw it "Live!" for a little while, but couldn't get the time to watch, but it is back to like a private vid. However, I did see it was your equipment screen, and no SJ radar. We've been digging deep into the files the last couple of weeks because of weird strangeness. We fix one thing, and like whac-a-squirrel, the little nutz pop their heads up elsewhere... We'll keep digging.
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Japan is to the upper left, Marcus and your sub's location near the middle, Wake and Midway to the right. An important thing to remember, is that radio communication between the enemy vessels, land and air units is impeccable. Remember, the game cheats... - so if anything "enemy" sees your submarine, they phone home and tell their buddies where you are and which direction you are going. So if you sail too close to Wake and you are seen, headed west, they tell the fellers on Marcus, who are only too happy to come find you, time and time again. This applies to SH3, SH4 and SH5. 500nm is not too far for an airplane to fly in the game. Remember, they have a nearly endless supply of them... Maybe we'll make the squadrons smaller... |
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01-26-20, 11:54 PM | #395 | |
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I put it back on public, so you can have a look when you want. I will report if the radar is available or not when I've finished my current patrol. |
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01-27-20, 02:15 AM | #396 |
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Any chance on getting the Chrysanthemum back on the Yamato and Musashi? I think they had added it on TMO and I always though it looked nice.
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01-27-20, 08:10 AM | #397 | |
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I hadn't realized we were missing that... No promises for the next release, but we'll try. Thanks. You've been seeing too many of that class if you've noticed the emblem missing... |
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01-27-20, 11:25 AM | #398 | |
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I did put the right amount of crew members into the boat after I researched the correct size of her complement. I alway try to run my subs/u-boat with the historically correct amount of crew. I'll keep you informed about the SJ and the deck gun. |
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01-27-20, 12:17 PM | #399 | |
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Thank you for posting your map which shows everyone the specific location I referenced. It being approximately 500 - 600nm from Marcus Island, the closest land mass that indeed had a Japanese airfield during the entire war. According to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: "Marcus Island (153.980E 24.295N) was occupied by the Japanese in 1899 to serve as a cable station and was later developed into a military base. It is a tiny triangular island of just 1 square mile (2.6 km2), of which a good fraction was taken up by the Japanese airfield." The question remains, does the game portray a Japanese airfield on Marcus Island, or Wake Island that is slightly further away, from which land based aircraft could attack targets in the mid-Pacific? And, could these aircraft fly at least 1,200nm for the round-trip back to Marcus Island, note that the distance would be further from Wake Island to the area in the Pacific that you've highlighted for everyone to see? However, the possibility still exists for a task force with carrier based or catapult ship based aircraft to have been the source? Is there anyway to know for certain? Thank you. |
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01-27-20, 11:19 PM | #400 |
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I think I have sank for or five at least.
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01-29-20, 03:38 PM | #401 |
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I want to thank you for this mod, its beautiful.
My only critisism after some patrols in 1943 is that the game doesn't feel challenging so far. I very seldomly get into contact with escorts (thats why I can't comment on their danger potential) and on the other hand there are so many juicy targets (btw I ran across a Yamato in two patrols) - I mostly encountered ships with 7000+ tons. In my last patrol I sank 11 ships for around 84 000 tons (only merchants). Personally I generally prefer realism compared to challenging gameplay, so I really don't need the kind of killer escort challenge some players look for. For example, I really like that in FotRSU I m able to do surface night attacks, although they are risky. In most other mods for SH3 or SH4 this would be impossible, because the AI is made too sensitive. But the range of big targets at the moment seems not realistic either. And I would say some special torpedos are too cheap right now. Also, maybe I m not good at finding the convoy routes, but as of now, while shipping around the pacific for 8 months in 1943, operating from Midway, I only encountered two groups of merchants, which were escorted by one warship (one group 4 ships strong, the other 6). I hope you don't mind the criticism, I will keep playing and really enjoy most parts of this great mod. Thank you again! |
01-29-20, 03:44 PM | #402 |
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welcome aboard!
Sockola!
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01-29-20, 10:43 PM | #404 | |
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