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Old 03-29-22, 04:54 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980 View Post
"Friendly Fire" *(unprovoked) is only a feature in TMO Update released in September. I added this by creating another "country" for the roster, the "United States" , making a "Axis" unit and adding various Allied planes and ships to it. These aircraft and ships are place in certain areas to randomly spawn and if encounter player, will attack. So basically, if player sees a US or Allied type DD or a aircraft such as PBY, does not necessarily mean it is friendly. Really adds a "edge" to the sim. Neutral and friendly units in some circumstances will fire back on player if fire first.

Far as frequency, definitely can happen more than "once in a blue moon", just depends on where player is at, date, time etc. Example, in early war off Midway, Hawaii, West Coast and East Coast of US, player is more likely to face friendly fire incidents. This represents the period when IJN subs were operating close to these areas, and German u boats were off East Coast and in the Caribbean Sea . However, can occur at any point during war. Example being, the one time I have been killed by "friendly fire", was in November 1944 off Morotai by a Destroyer Escort. US sonar and ASW weapons are tough by this point, especially hedgehog.



Far as changing the colors and icons, in TMO by default all icons and sensors lines are black so cant ID targets that way (always despised the colored lines and silhouettes making target ID so easy) and I believe FOTRS has a add in mod to change it. For stock, not sure.
this feature will make any Joint Operation rather riotous, such as the lifeguard missions during the Solomons Campaign, etc.
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