Midway battle on campaign

ragnarok83 · 04-05-07, 11:16 PM

Sorry guys this is probally a noob question but since I dont know much about computers i'll post anyway. How do you open a cfg file?

stinger503 · 04-05-07, 11:25 PM

I'm not positive but i think you can open them with notepad. I know you can do it with .UPC files.

ragnarok83 · 04-05-07, 11:30 PM

Well I changed the date to what you said. I was already in the mission to patrol honshu island. This was the same mission where I got the midway battle, or at least the news of the midway battle. I would say this was about 7 or so days before the battle was supposed to start. I went to midway yet there was still no enemy ships there. Do i need to restart the entire campaign over or maybe load the game from the the previous mission?

tater · 04-06-07, 04:22 PM

The midway battle needs serious work. The ships are wrong (the CVs are fine since they had to fill in for Akagi and Kaga which are not modelled). The number of IJN CVs is wrong. The spacing of the ships is a joke (CVs should be 7000m apart in a box with the screening BBs and CAs out farther than that). Haven't even looked at the US forces yet. A real mess. All the CVs need to have their airgroups rediced, otherwise the CVs seem to exist solely to fly ASW patrols (something the IJN pretty much didn't do at all, much less with every plane on the CV).

tater

ragnarok83 · 04-06-07, 06:41 PM

Well I loaded up the game from a previous save. It was while I was docked at Pearl Harbor on May 4 I think. When I went out on my next patrol, I got the same messed up midway battle. I am next going to try playing from the beginning. I really enjoy this game but some of these bugs are disappointing.

WFGood · 04-06-07, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

The midway battle needs serious work. The ships are wrong (the CVs are fine since they had to fill in for Akagi and Kaga which are not modelled). The number of IJN CVs is wrong. The spacing of the ships is a joke (CVs should be 7000m apart in a box with the screening BBs and CAs out farther than that). Haven't even looked at the US forces yet. A real mess. All the CVs need to have their airgroups rediced, otherwise the CVs seem to exist solely to fly ASW patrols (something the IJN pretty much didn't do at all, much less with every plane on the CV).

tater

It may not be able to be done at least as far as the ships themselves go. I remeber reading somewhere that the GWX gang was trying to model accurate convoys but found they couldn't. The computer could not handle the increased number of ships. Would it even affect anything? I mean does the base at Midway get severely damaged during that time? Do the planes actually take off from a carrier and attack the base, or do the American carriers attack the Japanese? I haven't been in position to check during the times.

Jace11 · 04-06-07, 07:17 PM

Sorry that change doesnt work...

I will delete that.. It did look to be the problem, but I sat and waited and they never showed...

Not sure what the problem is. The layer gets called too early but changing the date doesnt seem to help. In the actual layer, the carrier group is set too early too. Maybe I'll try setting both to June.

Again sorry for raising false hopes - I certainly think it has something to do with it...

I know someone has seen Nagumos TF, but he didnt say when..

WFGood · 04-06-07, 07:34 PM

Does it say where it spawns? I mean if it spawns in the Japanese Islands and travels across the Pacific, then it may only need to be moved up a little it. I mean if they leave Japan in June, then they won't make it in time for the battle.

04-05-07, 11:25 PM	#2
stinger503 Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 49 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I'm not positive but i think you can open them with notepad. I know you can do it with .UPC files. __________________ I was told we'd cruise the seas, for american gold, we'd fire no guns, shed no tears. Now I'm a broken man on a halifax pier. The Last of Barrett's Privateers.- Stan Rogers

04-06-07, 07:34 PM	#8
WFGood Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: high above the big blue Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Does it say where it spawns? I mean if it spawns in the Japanese Islands and travels across the Pacific, then it may only need to be moved up a little it. I mean if they leave Japan in June, then they won't make it in time for the battle. __________________

04-05-07, 11:16 PM	#1
ragnarok83 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry guys this is probally a noob question but since I dont know much about computers i'll post anyway. How do you open a cfg file?

04-05-07, 11:30 PM	#3
ragnarok83 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well I changed the date to what you said. I was already in the mission to patrol honshu island. This was the same mission where I got the midway battle, or at least the news of the midway battle. I would say this was about 7 or so days before the battle was supposed to start. I went to midway yet there was still no enemy ships there. Do i need to restart the entire campaign over or maybe load the game from the the previous mission?

04-06-07, 04:22 PM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	The midway battle needs serious work. The ships are wrong (the CVs are fine since they had to fill in for Akagi and Kaga which are not modelled). The number of IJN CVs is wrong. The spacing of the ships is a joke (CVs should be 7000m apart in a box with the screening BBs and CAs out farther than that). Haven't even looked at the US forces yet. A real mess. All the CVs need to have their airgroups rediced, otherwise the CVs seem to exist solely to fly ASW patrols (something the IJN pretty much didn't do at all, much less with every plane on the CV). tater

04-06-07, 06:41 PM	#5
ragnarok83 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well I loaded up the game from a previous save. It was while I was docked at Pearl Harbor on May 4 I think. When I went out on my next patrol, I got the same messed up midway battle. I am next going to try playing from the beginning. I really enjoy this game but some of these bugs are disappointing.

04-06-07, 07:17 PM	#7
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	Sorry that change doesnt work... I will delete that.. It did look to be the problem, but I sat and waited and they never showed... Not sure what the problem is. The layer gets called too early but changing the date doesnt seem to help. In the actual layer, the carrier group is set too early too. Maybe I'll try setting both to June. Again sorry for raising false hopes - I certainly think it has something to do with it... I know someone has seen Nagumos TF, but he didnt say when..