Aircraft attacking at night

Charos · 03-31-07, 05:23 AM

Im playing on 100% full difficulty and Im really enjoying the challenge.

One thing though is really getting to me - If there is a valid REAL reason then I can accept it.

A few times now I have been attacked in the middle of the ocean IE: 1000+KM from Japanese mainland in the Inky black of night.

I have only been running at 8 Knots, Have not sent any messages in over 72hrs and not in my current area.

Now my lookout crew is spotting these AC at "long range" and the closure time
seems about the same as daytime.

Ontop of this the enemy AC always makes a B-line straight for my Submarine.

Somehow they simply know Im a bad guy in the middle of the night at long range.

This seems a little too hard to swallow unless there using radar?

joea · 03-31-07, 06:00 AM

Oh it's wrong, the Japanese did not install radar on their planes til late in the war.

TopCat · 03-31-07, 06:43 AM

yep, that's right.

But i was never attacked by planes at night until now (playing at hard and very hard). Strange...

Charos · 03-31-07, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TopCat

yep, that's right.

But i was never attacked by planes at night until now (playing at hard and very hard). Strange...

Ive also set my campaign to "Very hard" whatever that may mean. I was hopeing
it just meant more realism.

If that means beyond reality then I dont want that - shame no-one seems to know what these setting actually do.

gonzlor · 03-31-07, 07:45 AM

I'm playing on Normal (with edited configs to get various things different) And I've noticed also that I come into contact with planes, in places well beyond their range, at night even, and as you'd expect they always seem to be heading directly for me, How'd they know I was there? I'm MILES away from anything in the middle of the pacific.

Could they be coming from carriers? Which somehow know where I am?.

It's actually quite annoying because I dive to dodge them, surface later on when my batteries are up around 25 again and then the next thing I get is an aircraft spotted, 2 more bombers heading directly for me from the middle of nowhere.

It's becoming somewhat frustrating

arkham1010 · 03-31-07, 08:17 AM

Thats ok, lately I've been getting attacked by EA about 100nm due west for Midway Island. And i don't think it has anything to do with the battle of midway, unless that battle happens in Febuary/March 1942. :P

The only other thing I can think of is the devs 'parked' battle groups near where the battles take place, and activate them right around the time the battle is suppose to happen.

Floyd · 03-31-07, 08:18 AM

Here's a link to some info about a recon plane:
http://www.answers.com/topic/mitsubishi-ki-46

Look at the range: 4,000 km (2,485 mi)
On the map that came with the game is the air cover for Japan 41-45
and it's radius is 600 mi. And, depending on implementation we should expect
more air cover once Wake is captured.
The file airstrike.cfg gives as aircraft range:

Maximum Aircraft Range=2500 ;[>0] in kilometers

Sounds reasonable. Even the Zero had a range of 3100 km:
http://www.answers.com/topic/a6m-zero

The planes are pesky, even more once they've found you. The probability for
airstrikes raises, check the airstrike.cfg file in the CFG folder for the numbers.

03-31-07, 05:23 AM	#1
Charos Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 109 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Aircraft attacking at night Im playing on 100% full difficulty and Im really enjoying the challenge. One thing though is really getting to me - If there is a valid REAL reason then I can accept it. A few times now I have been attacked in the middle of the ocean IE: 1000+KM from Japanese mainland in the Inky black of night. I have only been running at 8 Knots, Have not sent any messages in over 72hrs and not in my current area. Now my lookout crew is spotting these AC at "long range" and the closure time seems about the same as daytime. Ontop of this the enemy AC always makes a B-line straight for my Submarine. Somehow they simply know Im a bad guy in the middle of the night at long range. This seems a little too hard to swallow unless there using radar?

03-31-07, 06:00 AM	#2
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Oh it's wrong, the Japanese did not install radar on their planes til late in the war.

03-31-07, 06:43 AM	#3
TopCat Helmsman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 105 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	yep, that's right. But i was never attacked by planes at night until now (playing at hard and very hard). Strange...

03-31-07, 07:45 AM	#5
gonzlor Bosun Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 69 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I'm playing on Normal (with edited configs to get various things different) And I've noticed also that I come into contact with planes, in places well beyond their range, at night even, and as you'd expect they always seem to be heading directly for me, How'd they know I was there? I'm MILES away from anything in the middle of the pacific. Could they be coming from carriers? Which somehow know where I am?. It's actually quite annoying because I dive to dodge them, surface later on when my batteries are up around 25 again and then the next thing I get is an aircraft spotted, 2 more bombers heading directly for me from the middle of nowhere. It's becoming somewhat frustrating

03-31-07, 08:17 AM	#6
arkham1010 Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 23 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Thats ok, lately I've been getting attacked by EA about 100nm due west for Midway Island. And i don't think it has anything to do with the battle of midway, unless that battle happens in Febuary/March 1942. :P The only other thing I can think of is the devs 'parked' battle groups near where the battles take place, and activate them right around the time the battle is suppose to happen.

03-31-07, 08:18 AM	#7
Floyd Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 57 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	Here's a link to some info about a recon plane: http://www.answers.com/topic/mitsubishi-ki-46 Look at the range: 4,000 km (2,485 mi) On the map that came with the game is the air cover for Japan 41-45 and it's radius is 600 mi. And, depending on implementation we should expect more air cover once Wake is captured. The file airstrike.cfg gives as aircraft range: Maximum Aircraft Range=2500 ;[>0] in kilometers Sounds reasonable. Even the Zero had a range of 3100 km: http://www.answers.com/topic/a6m-zero The planes are pesky, even more once they've found you. The probability for airstrikes raises, check the airstrike.cfg file in the CFG folder for the numbers.