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i may try an adjustment for my next patrol and see if it makes a difference. |
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I tried it, seems to have helped. I have not been booted back to the control room as much when tower is swamped. Will have better conclusions by end of patrol. |
So do things get more challenging ( I Assume they do) in DW/OM?. I am in June 1940 currently and its so easy, finding it boring at times. I have the L2 toughest escort enabled. I still barely get aircraft unless very close to the coast of Britain. Even after attacking a single merchant with deck gun (I read early on U Boats saved torpedoes and used deck guns on unarmed merchants) 150 KM from shore, no aircraft. No expected ASW patrols.
I am guessing once French bases are available, patrol orders will send out to Atlantic to hunt convoys instead of patrol after patrol in Western approaches and AI will get a bit tougher? My first couple patrols AI seemed competent for time but its been terrible as of late. I am running full realism, contacts and cams off as well, overall things are just too easy. |
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Same thing for Sim.cfg. check the settings. |
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Was not aware you mod changed the airstrike.cfg, I looked, guess I missed it. Will check when back in port. Sim.cfg in L2 overrides all others. Same as has been since started. I think one issue is from when checked the files last time, noticed a lot of escorts are set to "competent" , this was a issue in RSRD as well. Unless a escort is set to Veteran or Elite, they are just very easy to get away from submerged. I am trying to run a campaign through whole war without changes. Loving the mod but at this point in 1940 its just too easy. Probably historically in the sense accurate as this was the "happy time" and allied ASW was not yet on point but it makes for some dull encounters. I am being patient, next patrol, should be more interesting, with bases in France open, likely assigned to the convoy lanes and should see some more interesting engagements. |
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to evade, you must use all three axis otherwise you and your crew are fishbait. |
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Thanks, looking forward to things getting interesting. Almost July 1940 and at sea, all the bases on French coast are now open, guess flotilla will transfer at some point. I'm with the 2nd out of Wilhelmshaven and according to responses here and docs I found in OM files, should transfer to Lorient, I believe in August I forget exact date. |
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I am sure once get better ASDIC and hedgehog, will get pretty tough. |
June/July 1940...I am in the Western Approaches...namely Grid AM 50.
Sun does not go down until just before midnight and nights are oddly light even with no moon, almost likely it never really becomes dark. This a summertime higher latitudes thing? |
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i "think" it affects only the player. i believe one or more posters explained that the game AI uses the actual sunrise/sunset but somewhere in high TC, the user encounters messed-up sunrise/subset. |
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Ehh Have not went above x256 tc entire patrol. Night reminds me of patrols in Sea of Okhtosk/Aleutians, very short nights and some nights are brighter than others even with dark nights mod enabled. AI behaved as if it was darker, mostly. I attacked submerged earlier sunk two tankers, then surfaced and pursued into the next morning. A light fog and overcast set in I was able to move inside the column of convoy undetected mostly. Just after firing tube No.1 on tanker, a destroyer came roaring out of fog firing, illuminated with spotlight. Fired Tube 2 at tanker turned toward DD planning a down the throat shot but realized he was closer than appeared and his machine gun fire was finding its target, so ordered crash dive. As passed 35 meters torpedoes hit target. Took some depth charges, minor leaks. Then of course once I made it past 120 meters, they lost me. Edit: Once I headed a bit south towards Loritent and into Bay of Biscay, issue resolved. |
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that capability in FOTRSU is getting on my nerves.:doh::ping: |
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:har: lol I am sure. |
Well, they got me. Corvette made a lucky shot from 4000 meters, hit my stern while I was decks awash just after torpedoing a freighter. I was turning to fire a down the throat shot at oncoming escort. Their gunnery is usually not that accurate lol. I love the damage model, boat was holed, no magic survival. Then I was rammed by the oncoming corvette which crippled boat, sunk to crush depth. Had a nice patrol going convoy battle...sunk 5 ships in two attacks, 24,879 tons sunk.
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