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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/27/2008 5:53:04 PM   
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Im noticing very similar resutls when Japs bomb my airfields at that height in WitP too


Yeah, I think this is another case of SAIEW, though we are discussing some options.




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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/27/2008 6:09:50 PM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/27/2008 6:13:09 PM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/27/2008 7:07:25 PM   
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Or how did it go?

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/27/2008 7:35:28 PM   
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Sorry, the AE coders motto is "No hardcoding!"


Now get rid of air minelaying date code. Make it work by air weapon editable service date

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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/27/2008 11:25:36 PM   
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Very nice to see the torpedo loadouts on those screenshots.

I think it was mentioned already, but the first thing I'll mod before I start any game is to set the capacity of the Jap CVE's to zero torpedoes (unless they fix that before release). Should be a fast and easy fix in the new editor.


If that is truth and it will be possible to edit the torpedo numbers then clap clap! to the team. "Less hardcode the better" should be a Motto.



Oh, brilliant. It seems my guess about this being doable was right.

Of course, lets not forget that its not only the IJN CVL/CVEs that need this 'tweak'...though I think itll hurt them far more.

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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/28/2008 4:58:48 AM   
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Very nice to see the torpedo loadouts on those screenshots.

I think it was mentioned already, but the first thing I'll mod before I start any game is to set the capacity of the Jap CVE's to zero torpedoes (unless they fix that before release). Should be a fast and easy fix in the new editor.


If that is truth and it will be possible to edit the torpedo numbers then clap clap! to the team. "Less hardcode the better" should be a Motto.



Oh, brilliant. It seems my guess about this being doable was right.

Of course, lets not forget that its not only the IJN CVL/CVEs that need this 'tweak'...though I think itll hurt them far more.



Smart people than I will probably post some list of exactly what ships need to be modded. And given that it is SOOO easy to do in the editor, I wouldn't be surprised if the AE team just fixes it before release. But who knows...

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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/28/2008 3:54:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		As I've been reading this, I notice that A2A engagements are producing far less kills than in stock.  I take it you have done something to eliminate the 'turkey shoot' syndrome that turns every stock air battle into a bloodbath then?

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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/28/2008 7:39:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Even better - really our #1 team priority for AE was to fix the "Uber Air Battle" syndrome. And after a redesign and then a fair amount of testing and tweaking - I think we actually have fixed it. So no more 100xB-17 strikes with 100xTony shooting down 50xB-17. We've tested up to the 300x4EB versus 300xFighter and still no Uber effects ... same for 300xFighter versus 300xFighter.

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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/28/2008 7:46:31 PM   
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Very nice to see the torpedo loadouts on those screenshots.

I think it was mentioned already, but the first thing I'll mod before I start any game is to set the capacity of the Jap CVE's to zero torpedoes (unless they fix that before release). Should be a fast and easy fix in the new editor.


If that is truth and it will be possible to edit the torpedo numbers then clap clap! to the team. "Less hardcode the better" should be a Motto.



Oh, brilliant. It seems my guess about this being doable was right.

Of course, lets not forget that its not only the IJN CVL/CVEs that need this 'tweak'...though I think itll hurt them far more.



Smart people than I will probably post some list of exactly what ships need to be modded. And given that it is SOOO easy to do in the editor, I wouldn't be surprised if the AE team just fixes it before release. But who knows...



In fact IJN CVE could carry and launch planes with torpedo IRL, see for example Hosho equiped with B4Y1 until June 42. Jap player should have this possibility.

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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/28/2008 8:19:46 PM   
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RE: 5 May 42, Coral Sea - 9/28/2008 9:48:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Actually it coul'd carry B4Y Jean torpedo bombers, but was unable to carry A6Ms like in stock WITP...

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 9:58:07 PM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:29:32 PM   
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http://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=4194.0

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:30:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		It carried Jean, because only that particular biplane bomber was able to launch from her short flight deck carrying torpedo...

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:34:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Actually I think it carried the B4Y1 because it was incapable of launching the D3A, and the B4Y1 was more capable as a bomber than the D1A.

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:36:39 PM   
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Every source tends to have different data and explanations.
the truth is out there...

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:43:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Certainly Ryujo carried both T13 and T97 attack aircraft (torpedo bombers) durinf her service ... but I have seen no direct evidence or any torpedos on board. During the opeartions against China, most if not all of the aircraft carried on board the Ryujo were fighters.

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:57:11 PM   
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http://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=5270.0

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 10:59:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here's another one with load out data ... http://www.combinedfleet.com/kojinshavolume6.pdf

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/28/2008 11:43:02 PM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 12:23:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Actually looks like the translated chapter is the source for the forum discussion. Regardless, still no hard data on the smaller Japanese carriers.

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 1:24:10 AM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 1:49:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Number if ever planned IMO would be between 1 to 2 attack missions per torp. plane. But the first link i posted talks about use of torpedos planes(in Japanese definition B5N's were "Attack Planes" and not strictly torpedo planes) w/torpedos in CVL's. It appears only one or two times that happened, so i would say that is the best option to not include them. We also don't have restrictions on maximum strike package per carrier so the carriers are already too much deadly at first strike while typically things could much more confused.

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 2:26:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have at least a rumor now (via Nik from Shores) on Ryujo carrying torps during the opening months, though not using them. And good data (Hata/Izawa) on Junyo attacking Hornet with torpedos at Santa Cruz. So we will keeping hunting away.



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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 6:46:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		The fact is the loadouts varied. The problem with documents even US ones there always the (pre-war & war time) standard loadout but, in war almost nothing carried a standard loadout, it would vary by the mission, available supplies, dates, etc, etc. Logistics were not the strong points of the Japanese, by late 1942 I'll bet nothing in the Japanese Army or Navy contained a standard load out. Even in Iraq today a combat infantry squad doesn't carry what some peice of paper in the Pentagon says they should carry (they carry more).




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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 7:04:59 AM   
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Thought this might help. Here is a website I found that gives some type of detail of the types of planes each Japanese carrier had at different points in the war...

http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2_Aircraft_Profiles.html

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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 12:06:06 PM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 12:09:13 PM   
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RE: 6 May 42: Business as Usual - 9/29/2008 5:31:48 PM   
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Im noticing very similar resutls when Japs bomb my airfields at that height in WitP too


Yeah, I think this is another case of SAIEW, though we are discussing some options.




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