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Mike Wood -> (6/11/2002 5:10:20 PM)
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Hello...
Welcome to the forum and thanks a lot for your purchase.
The ability of ships to avoid aircraft is more a frustration than a game problem. I used to do the same thing in great naval battles, a ship simulator. I would start at about 3 pm, just outside SBD range from Lunga and race towards the base. That late in the day, even if spotted by a PBY, it was too late to launch an attack against me. I would arrive a little before midnight, with two task groups. The first was a surface task group of detroyers, who would make smoke, zig-zag a lot and engage enemy ships in the area, while my battleships and cruisers bombarded for about 15 minutes. Every one would then race north again and by 9 am the next morning, the earliest a PBY could reach me, I was out of SBD range. I also had Zeros cover my retirement during the day, in case the enemy tried medium bombers. Worked like a charm.
In Uncommon Valor, the player can do the same thing. There are defenses against it, like building an airfield at Munda, covering Lunga with B-17 aircraft from Irau or PBY aircraft on night naval attack, covering the slot with mines or placing carriers west of Lunga. The best defense may be what the U.S. Navy did. Try to defend, in night battles, with surface fleets.
Have fun...
Michael Wood
Lead Programmer,
Matrix Games
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