lack of targets

vamac53 · 07-19-17, 12:22 PM

where is best place to find targets? not many in this game. but had a field day inside itoman[okinawa] harbor. hit alot of docks with torps

MKalafatas · 07-19-17, 03:25 PM

If you're playing the stock game, finding targets shouldn't be too difficult. I play with the RSRDC/TMO mods, where finding targets can be a real problem.

The Bismarck Sea behind Rabaul and the South China Sea near Cam Ranh Bay seem to be (relatively) reliable.

Also: I don't hunt in harbors --- for realism. It just wasn't done. It is hard in the game, very hard, but was even harder in reality and skippers just didn't do it.

cj95 · 07-19-17, 10:58 PM

I admit the game is funny sometimes in how targets appear...or don't appear.

I had to quit RSRD personally because in 5 patrols I only sank like one ship.
I admire and realize what the author was aiming for and its an amazing undertaking, but personally it just wasn't fun for me. I think the clincher was when I cruised into Tokyo bay and found it completely empty. Kinda spoiled the illusion.

Currently I'm running plain TMo currently and the situation is better.

I still have only two merchant kills in 6 patrols, but there are plenty of destroyers and other oddities to keep me occupied.

I even ran across a fishing boat armed with a 20mm that started taking shots at me. (idiot)

Im not sure how to credit an armed fishing boat. An Auxiliary cruiser? A Q-Sampan? lol

CptGlub · 07-20-17, 07:03 PM

For early war, Asiatic Campaign, the northern mouth of the Makassar Strait & North East of Rabaul in Bismarck Sea.

These are the two hunting grounds I find myself returning to when I'm cut loose to hunt.

Once you get your radar, the world opens up but early on I like to find a good fishing hole and let them come to me.

max-peck · 07-22-17, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CptGlub

For early war, Asiatic Campaign, the northern mouth of the Makassar Strait

Seconded

July of '42 I am finding The Makassar Strait so productive that I am finding it difficult to reach my patrol area without running out of torpedoes

Niume · 07-22-17, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by max-peck

Seconded

July of '42 I am finding The Makassar Strait so productive that I am finding it difficult to reach my patrol area without running out of torpedoes

Whats your modlist?

max-peck · 07-23-17, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niume

Whats your modlist?

I have a few different installs
The screenshot is from my TMO 2.5 install, plus Vickers Map Symbols and Nbjackso's Nav Map Makeover

07-19-17, 12:22 PM	#1
vamac53 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 47 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	lack of targets where is best place to find targets? not many in this game. but had a field day inside itoman[okinawa] harbor. hit alot of docks with torps

07-19-17, 03:25 PM	#2
MKalafatas Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Springboro OH Posts: 135 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	If you're playing the stock game, finding targets shouldn't be too difficult. I play with the RSRDC/TMO mods, where finding targets can be a real problem. The Bismarck Sea behind Rabaul and the South China Sea near Cam Ranh Bay seem to be (relatively) reliable. Also: I don't hunt in harbors --- for realism. It just wasn't done. It is hard in the game, very hard, but was even harder in reality and skippers just didn't do it. __________________ "Not all those who wander are lost." - JRR Tolkien

07-19-17, 10:58 PM	#3
cj95 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 258 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	I admit the game is funny sometimes in how targets appear...or don't appear. I had to quit RSRD personally because in 5 patrols I only sank like one ship. I admire and realize what the author was aiming for and its an amazing undertaking, but personally it just wasn't fun for me. I think the clincher was when I cruised into Tokyo bay and found it completely empty. Kinda spoiled the illusion. Currently I'm running plain TMo currently and the situation is better. I still have only two merchant kills in 6 patrols, but there are plenty of destroyers and other oddities to keep me occupied. I even ran across a fishing boat armed with a 20mm that started taking shots at me. (idiot) Im not sure how to credit an armed fishing boat. An Auxiliary cruiser? A Q-Sampan? lol __________________ . >> USS TEXAS BB-35 Restoration CrewMember <<

07-20-17, 07:03 PM	#4
CptGlub Mate Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 59 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	For early war, Asiatic Campaign, the northern mouth of the Makassar Strait & North East of Rabaul in Bismarck Sea. These are the two hunting grounds I find myself returning to when I'm cut loose to hunt. Once you get your radar, the world opens up but early on I like to find a good fishing hole and let them come to me.