Targets of opportunity (too many)

tater · 06-06-07, 12:25 PM

I went back the other day and started doing stuff I had meant to do, but didn't. I started in my own layers by changing the TF ships around a little, dumped the GENERIC from many to avoid Yamato being around too much, etc. I also radically changed the CV TFs, reducing them, and increasing the spacing between ships (as much as the game allows for AI units).

I just went back and looked at the 41 layer (which is really dec 41 through the end of Feb 42). It is seriously fubar in stock. All told in "41" i deleted more than half the groups I think. There were convoys leaving places that the japanese didn't even own, etc. The other groups I reduced a fair bit convoy wise. Ditto merchant traffic. No more jap merchants coming and going from Port Moresby, etc.

All the timings are greatly increased for "special" stuff like TFs, troop convoys (huge liners), etc. In stock there were so many troop convoys you could sit in one spot and have a several pass within 20 miles every day sometimes. I also reduced the chances of anythign generating contact reports. Before I release this, I will go back and pick a few that pass under areas where they would be more likely to be spotted and increase the % a bit. Contacts are a huge problem, frankly. You can only pick the chance per group. Better would be to have a marker with a radius on the map (with start/end dates). Anythign inside that circle would take the detection chance in the circle, too bad they didn't do it that way.

I will try and get something out tonight if possible. It's really usable as it is, but for a wide release I want to clean it up a hair.

Note that my campaign also changes the Roster and the cfg files for 2 IJN ships, the minelayer, and the subchaser. In my campaign they are switched to "corvettes" so that the "patrol craft" are only the coastal riverboats. I need to make sure they are not at sea (I might have missed a few). I also might need to mess more with the harbor traffic layers to make sure there are some subchasers in the mix.

Note that there are serious gaps still, this was mostly a change to stock layers, the Slot is still pretty barren, etc, I haven't gotten around to that.

06-06-07, 12:25 PM	#11
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I went back the other day and started doing stuff I had meant to do, but didn't. I started in my own layers by changing the TF ships around a little, dumped the GENERIC from many to avoid Yamato being around too much, etc. I also radically changed the CV TFs, reducing them, and increasing the spacing between ships (as much as the game allows for AI units). I just went back and looked at the 41 layer (which is really dec 41 through the end of Feb 42). It is seriously fubar in stock. All told in "41" i deleted more than half the groups I think. There were convoys leaving places that the japanese didn't even own, etc. The other groups I reduced a fair bit convoy wise. Ditto merchant traffic. No more jap merchants coming and going from Port Moresby, etc. All the timings are greatly increased for "special" stuff like TFs, troop convoys (huge liners), etc. In stock there were so many troop convoys you could sit in one spot and have a several pass within 20 miles every day sometimes. I also reduced the chances of anythign generating contact reports. Before I release this, I will go back and pick a few that pass under areas where they would be more likely to be spotted and increase the % a bit. Contacts are a huge problem, frankly. You can only pick the chance per group. Better would be to have a marker with a radius on the map (with start/end dates). Anythign inside that circle would take the detection chance in the circle, too bad they didn't do it that way. I will try and get something out tonight if possible. It's really usable as it is, but for a wide release I want to clean it up a hair. Note that my campaign also changes the Roster and the cfg files for 2 IJN ships, the minelayer, and the subchaser. In my campaign they are switched to "corvettes" so that the "patrol craft" are only the coastal riverboats. I need to make sure they are not at sea (I might have missed a few). I also might need to mess more with the harbor traffic layers to make sure there are some subchasers in the mix. Note that there are serious gaps still, this was mostly a change to stock layers, the Slot is still pretty barren, etc, I haven't gotten around to that.