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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 7/29/2019 6:49:43 PM

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May I add in RA 7.9 Japan FEB 1944 is or I think is outbuilding the allies on planes . I a the allies and very short of bombers especially but also most fighters except Helcats and Wildcats and old Hurricanes. I can send you the file if you want to take a look. I maybe to do witrh the fact as well that Japan has accelerated may types of fighters - the best ones.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/1/2019 11:54:49 AM

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American CV in Jan '45 and beyond

I have just reached Jan 1st, 1945. The American CVs get a 4th air group, which doesn't fit.

Dec '44 has the VF = 42 fighters (Hellcats or Corsairs-1A), VB = 36 DBs (SBD or Helldivers), and VT = 18 Avengers for 96 total (6 over 90 capacity).

Jan '45 has the VF = 36 (lose 6), VBF = 36 (Corsairs-1D which are new and more FB than F), VB = 15 (which is major loss in striking power vs KB), and VT = 15 (only 3 loss) for 102 planes.

Since this is a mod, we shouldn't be totally restricted to historical in which the new air groups did lots of ground attack missions. In these mods with stronger IJN, the American CVs should have some flexibility in 45/46.

So, my BIG question is what should the CVs look like going forward? John and I will need to adjust the next version to reflect this.

John 3rd - Check the Editor for all of these VBF groups as they come in WITHOUT any pilots.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/1/2019 12:35:48 PM

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Guys,

The 1945 reorganisation reflects Admiral Mistcher's recommendations - the best source I have on these is Clark Reyonalds' The Fast Carriers. At pages 356-357.

I think what we have lost in all our modding is the "resize to fit ship" function. I think Don, the Elf, et al took this into account and if you are in port, it sorts itself out.

Basically, you are looking at (pre Olympic) a CAG of:

48 VF - F6F or F4U
24 VBF - F4U to replace SB2C
18 VT - TBF to replaced by BT2D (aka AD Skyraider) or BTM
2 F6FP
6 x F6F-5N
6 x TBM-N

The CVLs would initially spot 36 x F4U, and "ASAP" 48 x F8F which had a much smaller "footprint" on the carrier.

As an interim measure, carriers in operational theatres would transition to:

32 VF - (24 day, 4 night, four PR)

24 VBF - (F4U)

24 VB (SB2C)

20 VT (Turkeys)

The CVLs were to immediately to land their VTS and embark 36 F6Fs, with the intention these transition to F4U ASAP - and then to the smaller Bearcat, which they could spot 48 of.

As stated, my gut says that Elf was all over this and if you leave them in port for few days the CVs will sort themselves out.

On the other hand, you'll need to:

(a) Offload the VTs from the CVLs

(b) edit in, in say August 1945 (when the F8F is operational), a further upgrade to the CVLs.

I suggest you set it to -

- minimum shipyard 5

- minimum delay say 2 days

- Aircap increase to 48.

I put some of this in my Mod.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/1/2019 1:25:08 PM

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American CV in Jan '45 and beyond

I have just reached Jan 1st, 1945. The American CVs get a 4th air group, which doesn't fit.

Dec '44 has the VF = 42 fighters (Hellcats or Corsairs-1A), VB = 36 DBs (SBD or Helldivers), and VT = 18 Avengers for 96 total (6 over 90 capacity).

Jan '45 has the VF = 36 (lose 6), VBF = 36 (Corsairs-1D which are new and more FB than F), VB = 15 (which is major loss in striking power vs KB), and VT = 15 (only 3 loss) for 102 planes.

If you look at the USN's "Location of US Naval Aircraft" reports, you'll find that the Essex's started carrying groups of well over 90 birds as early as late '44. By late '45 groups of 103 aircraft were common, but I've only found one instance of 104 and nothing larger. I suggest that the Essex class in the game should have an aircraft capacity of 94, which at the 110% operating limit will let you have 103 operational aircraft.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/1/2019 2:22:05 PM

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The limit is 115%.

An Essex (90 cap) will operate 103 aircraft.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/1/2019 3:04:26 PM

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The limit is 115%.

An Essex (90 cap) will operate 103 aircraft.

A carrier with 115% embarked will still operate aircraft, true... just not all of them. If you load a carrier to 115% and leave it, you'll see birds drop into reserve even if the capacity of each individual squadron isn't exceeded.

At 110%, all aircraft are available (assuming no damage, grounded for maintenance, etc.).

I seem to recall issues pulling in replacements if the carrier is at or above 110%, but its been a while.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/2/2019 1:12:51 AM

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Does it make a practical difference though? I ask because whether launching a strike package, or maintaining CAP, not all operational aircraft launch anyway (in game).

I did give the Essex's a capacity increase to 100 machines with their '45 AAA upgrade in my mod to test it out. The temptation to put 115 aircraft on board is overwhelming though.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/2/2019 10:00:24 AM

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Thanks for the brief history lesson.

For purpose of this mod/game, what size would you want for EACH of the four airgroups (VF, VBF, VB, & VT)?? Right now I'm resizing them to 42, 18, 18, 18 = 96. I haven't thought about NFs yet, but should going forward.

Thanks in advance.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/2/2019 1:59:12 PM

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quote:

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Does it make a practical difference though? I ask because whether launching a strike package, or maintaining CAP, not all operational aircraft launch anyway (in game).

I did give the Essex's a capacity increase to 100 machines with their '45 AAA upgrade in my mod to test it out. The temptation to put 115 aircraft on board is overwhelming though.

I have seen "full squadron" strikes (when search and such is set to 0) from time to time, but it certainly won't be a huge change either way (4 planes out of a group of over a hundred). However it bugged me to have aircraft in reserve that "should" have been ready (again, allowing for maintenance, damage, etc.), so it was worth it to me to change. :-)

I hear you on the temptation - I've considered adjusting some of the USN carriers DOWN so that their maximum historical groups are 110% of rated capacity just to remove any temptation while playing. However that would reduce their ferry capacity which is already too low in some cases.

On that note BTW I never saw an Independence with more than 35 operational aircraft embarked - granted those were Hellcats and Avengers, but they were really going to cram *48* Bearcats on board?!?

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/2/2019 2:11:55 PM

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I just tested what happens if you set all four to 'resize to fit ship'. You get 21/21/18/18 = 78 aircraft. If you push 3 reserve machines into each group you actually go to sea with 90 on board.

That is probably unsatisfactory to most Allied players.

For setting some sizes, the "in-theatre reorganisation", based on what was actually planned is probably -

24VF/24VBF/24VB/20VT = 92 machines with room to add some -Ns and -Ps, or just upsize the VF to 32.

Your proposal of 42/18/18/18 is only +/- 6 VF/VA compared to that.

So it looks fine to me.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/2/2019 2:55:58 PM

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but they were really going to cram *48* Bearcats on board?!?

This is on page 357 of Reynold's book:

quote:

Mitscher...recommended the light carriers turn in all their Avengers and Hellcats for 36 F4U ... these to be replaced "as soon as practicable" by 48 of the smaller, speedy F8F Bearcats. These all-fighter carriers would provide the combat air patrols.

Reynolds cites as his source "Mitscher to Nimitz, 00220, 31 May 1945". My attempts at locating that document have not yet yielded any result.

I understand in the RN's case they had cardboard (plywood?) layouts of the deck/hanger space, and cardboard cut-outs of the parked (wings folded) aircraft- they gathered round a table and worked out how many machines they could fit on board a carrier.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/2/2019 3:07:43 PM

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quote:

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quote:

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but they were really going to cram *48* Bearcats on board?!?

This is on page 357 of Reynold's book:

quote:

Mitscher...recommended the light carriers turn in all their Avengers and Hellcats for 36 F4U ... these to be replaced "as soon as practicable" by 48 of the smaller, speedy F8F Bearcats. These all-fighter carriers would provide the combat air patrols.

Reynolds cites as his source "Mitscher to Nimitz, 00220, 31 May 1945". My attempts at locating that document have not yet yielded any result.

Not disputing just... amazed.

quote:

I understand in the RN's case they had cardboard (plywood?) layouts of the deck/hanger space, and cardboard cut-outs of the parked (wings folded) aircraft- they gathered round a table and worked out how many machines they could fit on board a carrier.

The USN did cutouts as well: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/images/E/s/Essex_class__planning_full.jpg

In both navies the system was also used on board (by late war, no idea when it started) to keep track of flight operations.

So, yes, we can reasonably assume that if they proposed an aircraft loadout the birds would fit on the ship while leaving enough room for flight operations... I'm just amazed the Bearcats were apparently THAT MUCH smaller.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 8/5/2019 11:24:39 PM

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Appreciate the discussion a bunch. I checked my copy of Fast Carriers as well. Recommend that book to anyone wanting to understand the developmental changes that occurred in the Fleet in 43-44-45. GOOD STUFF!

With Michael moving into 1945 as an Allied player, I am curious to see what he learns and recommends for additions/changes to the Mods.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/4/2019 5:49:03 PM

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Dear all,

My opponent has had to reload the game due to a computer failure. And he is proposing to load version 8. When I look in my scenario menu it says scenario 50 version 7.9 does that mean I definitely have 7.9 can I upgrade to version 8? Bearing in mind he will have a fresh install of version 8 and I already have an install of 7.9. I am fairly certain I would have upgraded to version 8 if it was out regardless. Is there anywhere else I can see what version I have if the scenario menu list is wrong.

Please advise. Thank you.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/13/2019 3:02:41 PM

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Any reply please

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/13/2019 3:30:02 PM

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I would have your opponent update his copy and send you the files he is using. That way you will both have the same version regardless....GP

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/13/2019 6:11:32 PM

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Hey Sir. Which Mod is it?

Think that GP has the right idea.

I've done nit-picky work on BTSL. Not a bunch of big changes just work brought about by finding errors within the Mod as shown through game play.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/14/2019 6:51:26 AM

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Look at the last two upgrades for the Colorado Class BBs. The very last one in 4/45 has "NO DELAY." Please adjust it.

Air Group ID 3850 - It's part of 444th BG, but this B-29 group isn't allowed to upgrade to 10 and then 15 planes. Fix it!

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/15/2019 11:40:42 PM

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Will tackle this. Keep the list going!

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/19/2019 3:02:34 PM

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Some important files seem to be missing from the Treaty Scenario at the Reluctant Admiral website, including the file that puts the scenario name in the list.

Thank you for the help.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/19/2019 3:43:39 PM

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How do you mean?

The downloaded files should crate their folder and you have access. Right?

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/19/2019 4:21:35 PM

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I'm missing at least the .cmt file and the AI .dat file. There are only 9 files in the .rar

It could be something to do with my computer; I've been having this kind of trouble with at least 1/2 the mods I've download and installed (my hard drive crashed recently, so I had to download them all over again). Their zips seem be missing files, perhaps my computer is blocking them? I'm using WinRAR to unzip them, just like I always have.

I will note that all these mods worked fine before the crash (including your Treaty mod), and the 3 other mods from your website still work fine as well.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 9/19/2019 4:25:45 PM

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To be safe I will check the google site and make sure everything it present and OK.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 10/24/2019 3:46:11 PM

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I've always been pretty vague on the differences between the different mods in this family, but can you please point me at the latest version of something that buffs Japan a little without being outrageous?

RA doesn't seem to be have been updated since 2016, between the storms 060 and treaty mod are presumably more recent but I'm having a hard time understanding if they are two different scenarios for the same mod or if they are different mods and also maybe there's a between the storms heavy somewhere that's more like reluctant admiral? Or maybe not?

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 11/4/2019 8:49:15 PM

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It appears that there's some artwork missing from my BTS-L ART folder and I'm wondering if anyone has a copy of them that I could borrow. I'm talking about the following files:
JnSide0469.bmp
JnSide0437.bmp

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 11/5/2019 3:11:28 AM

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Will check Larry.

The Between the Storms Scenario Family:

Treaty Mod--Works ONLY changes to the Washington and London Naval Treaties. This is a balanced and quite nice near vanilla Scenario 1. One simply gets more ships that could have been built from 1921-1936. Fun Stuff without too many changes.

Reluctant Admiral--The Mod that started all this. It is the oldest and most out of date. Works from the day Yamamoto takes over as Naval Minister. No Treaty changes just changes starting in 1938 through the war. Compared to Treaty this is a much more heavily modded scenario.

Between the Storms--This Mod takes the first two and combines them. There are two main Mod concepts:
A. BTSL--The Mod cuts the Yamato-Class for a more conventional 3x3 16" Gun BB, a few fast BC, and more CAs.
B. BTSH--A bigger gunned Mod where the 3rd and 4th Yamato-Class are built as well as the Fiji-Class Light Battlecruiser (2x2 16" Guns).

Hope that helps some.

The BTS Mods are all updated, more or less, and Treaty is good. RA is dated and needs to be brought up to date.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 11/6/2019 11:58:39 PM

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OK. New situation for Mod working. Just Posted this over in my AAR:

The single biggest thing that has changed is that Sean in employed. Life AND a job can cause a great deal of chaos. I am all over that! He wants to take a week off to get some things done and that is fine with me. Have the new turn and will run it tonight. Will Post what happens and then send it back. When he is ready, he can send it back. I'll settle for a slower game and see how it progresses.

While that is happening, I am going to clean-up BTS and create a MASTER BTS File where all the warships options are included (the Hybrids, 16" BB instead of Yamato-Class, B-65, Niitaka-Class CA, and the Fuji-Class CC are some examples. Want to get them ALL into one file. When I have that accomplished, I shall send it to Michael where he will import all of Big B's China work. Michael has 11 days off starting near Turkey Day and thinks he can get it all finished without issue. Once the Master File comes back to me then all I have to do to create BTSL, BTS, and BTSH is to click which classes are options for that Mod. Sounds simply enough to me and brings total consistency to the Between the Storms variants. How does that sound.

Figure this will take about a month.

It is important for that time because MY NEW OPPONENT needs that much time for one of his two matches to conclude!

That is correct BABY. We gonna start a new game...

Time to get back into Mod work in a very serious manner. Those of you working and playing in the Mods, please send me your requests, issues, and/or thoughts...

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 11/8/2019 1:48:53 AM

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A suggestion. Noted the redesigned Shinano CV awhile back in World in Flames (they gave it a sizable airgroup commensurate with its overall tonnage, ~100 planes, airgroup size in WiF of 6, vs. 4 for the Shokaku's by way of comparison). Just would be cool to have that as an option...

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 11/9/2019 1:05:01 PM

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Interesting idea. In Treaty, Shinano comes in as designed. All the other Mods (if Shinano is built) she comes in as a BB.

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RE: BTS and BTSL 5.4 - 11/12/2019 2:14:42 PM

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I'm playing BTS-L and I've come across an aircraft model that seems to have it's artwork missing from the download.
It seems to be a Liz heavy bomber.