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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/16/2012 3:13:39 PM)

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ORIGINAL: witpqs
quote:

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
In this Task Force display you see a tanker loading resources, but the other visual indicators say we're loading oil. Which is right?

It would be a good idea to give this report plus a before save game to Michael for bug-shooting.

Okie dokie.......I've posted this post in the tech help section and a saved game to go with it.

EDIT: Well, not actually *This* post but the one with the picture and the question in it. So that it might be looked at and maybe fixed.
So maybe I should cease and desist my moves until I hear about whether or not there is a fix. Or I could just keep going and hope all's
well under the hood. Yeah........let's keep going and ignore this little detail.




moore4807 -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/16/2012 3:31:22 PM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 10, 42
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It's HAMMER TIME!!! Japanese style! [X(]

a little monologue first... I'm noticing a pattern here - Larry compliments my play and then brings out the whuppin stick!
I dont know quite where to begin describing the carnage, although Larry's descriptions above do pretty well... [:'(]


Canton Is seems a good start - Canton Is. has been the location of other unnecessary losses before...[:-]
Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 6,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
DD Akizuki
DD Teruzuki
DD Ushio
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
DD Mugford

DD Mugford escaped at night, but in the light of day...[:-]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
DD Akizuki
DD Teruzuki
DD Ushio
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk



Best sung to the Ray Charles version of "A rainy night in Georgia"...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Arorae at 138,136, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yugao, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
AO Tippecanoe
AO Kaskaskia, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Esso Durban
TK Connecticut
TK Emidio
TK William H. Berg
PC Morris
PC Crawford
PG Charleston

"Hoverin by my suitcase, trying to find a warm place to spend the night"

Day Time Surface Combat, near Arorae at 138,136, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Yugao, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
AO Kaskaskia, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

"A heavy rain fallin, seems like I hear your voice callin - its alright"

Day Time Surface Combat, near Beru at 138,135, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Yugao, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AO Tippecanoe
TK Esso Durban, Shell hits 1
TK Connecticut
TK Emidio
TK William H. Berg
PC Morris
PC Crawford
PG Charleston


"A rainy night in Georgia, Thats the way I'm feelin tonight, Its rainin all over the world"

Morning Air attack on TF, near Nikunau at 139,135
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
B5N2 Kate x 40
D3A1 Val x 58

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
PG Charleston, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Esso Durban, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK William H. Berg, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Emidio, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Tippecanoe, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Morris, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Crawford, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk


"Neon signs aflashin, taxi cabs and buses passin thru the night, distant moaning of the train seems to play a sad refrain to the night"

Morning Air attack on TF, near Arorae at 138,136
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N2 Kate x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AO Kaskaskia, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

"Such a rainy night in Georgia, I know its raining all over the world

Day Time Surface Combat, near Midway Island at 158,91, Range 22,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
CL Agano
DD Sazanami
DD Mutsuki
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
E Kunashiri, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Mustin, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
DD Russell, Shell hits 6, and is sunk


"Such a rainy night in Georgia, such sad news, its raining all over me"

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Midway Island at 158,91
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
B5N2 Kate x 36
D3A1 Val x 16

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Blue
DD Henley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Hadnot, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
AO Cuyama, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Drayton
DD Lamson
AO Kanawha, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
TK Manzanillo


"A rainy night in Georgia, Help me, help me here"

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Midway Island at 159,90
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
D3A1 Val x 19

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Mustin, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk


"Late at night its so hard to rest, thats why I hold your picture to my chest, it'll make me feel fine"

Day Time Surface Combat, near Midway Island at 158,91, Range 23,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
CL Agano, Shell hits 2
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Mutsuki
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
E Kunashiri

Allied Ships
DD Blue, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Helm, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Drayton, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
DD Lamson, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Case, Shell hits 1
AO Brazos, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
AO Cuyama, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Manzanillo, Shell hits 11, and is sunk


"Kinda lonely now, and its raining all over this mans world"

Now for a pick me up! Jackson Browne's "The Load Out"

"Now the seats are all empty, lets the roadies take the stage, pack it up and tear it down,

Submarine attack near Denpasar at 58,108
Japanese Ships
AO Shiriya, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
SS O23

"Theyre the first to come and the last to leave, workin for that minimum wage, they'll set it up in another town"

Sub attack near Denpasar at 58,108
Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Suyozai Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20


"When it comes to movin me, you know you guys are the champs"

Submarine attack near Palmyra at 170,133
Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Preston
AO Patoka, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
TK Gulfdawn, Shell hits 1, on fire


"When that last guitar has been packed away, you know I still just wanna play, just make sure you got it all set to go, before you come for my piano"

Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 56537 troops, 313 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2253
Defending force 13175 troops, 116 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 397
Allied adjusted assault: 2162
Japanese adjusted defense: 623

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2632 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 261 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 38 (5 destroyed, 33 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1198 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled



and finally Miss Orphan Ann to close out tonights show!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Merak !!!

Songs courtesy of the artists and respective record companies, no claim other than enjoyment is permitted...[:D]




moore4807 -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/16/2012 3:34:20 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: witpqs

quote:

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

In this Task Force display you see a tanker loading resources, but the other visual indicators say we're loading oil. Which is right?

[image]local://upfiles/16287/EB3B2BDB45394C788A79A9891287A88F.gif[/image]

It would be a good idea to give this report plus a before save game to Michael for bug-shooting.


I think thats supposed to be red colored for Oil, TK's get white for fuel and red for oil - least as I remember it. AK's are white for supply and red for resources.

EDIT: DOH! I see its under supply now - it should be reading under fuel... Mongo LIKES Sherriff! Sherriff no make fun of Mongo!




larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/16/2012 7:18:21 PM)

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Mongo LIKES Sherriff! Sherriff no make fun of Mongo!

What's that a line from a movie? What's the name of the movie?




witpqs -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/16/2012 7:22:02 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

quote:

Mongo LIKES Sherriff! Sherriff no make fun of Mongo!

What's that a line from a movie? What's the name of the movie?

Blazing Saddles




moore4807 -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/16/2012 8:51:13 PM)

The recently departed Alex Karras played Mongo in Mel Brooks hilarious 1970's spoof of spaghetti Westerns.
Yes "Blazing Saddles" is an all time favorite of mine.

Mongo's more famous line is Mongo likes beans! but with my gaffe, this quote seems so much more appropriate.




Falken -> RE: 8Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 12:53:39 AM)

Hi,

I just wanted to say thanks for my assignment. It's a very cool idea. I just hope that my "virtual" self commands well.

Falken....




larryfulkerson -> RE: 8Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 1:03:54 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Falken
Hi,
I just wanted to say thanks for my assignment. It's a very cool idea. I just hope that my "virtual" self commands well.
Falken....

Yes, right, well Falken dude.....as I recall you're the TF commander of TF 469. I'll see if I can't find out what TF 469 is doing right now
and post something. ( Witpqs is having a blast blasting Midway. )

EDIT: It turns out that TF 469 is delivering resources and oil to Nagasaki/Sesebo and will probably loiter about two days unloading and
then it's off to somewhere for fuel: Shanghi is a good resource for fuel right about now. I don't want to bleed Port Arthur too much
because China will need the supply PA outputs and I'm thinking maybe I should stockpile some oil in PA and maybe get ready to ship it
to the home islands. Lemme think about it some more.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 7:47:26 PM)

My largest convoys are almost all cargo. I've got a multitude of those 1-ship TF's and they are almost always PB's or other ASW-
capable ship and the rest are almost always escorted by a PB or DD. So the number of sub sinkings is on the decrease. Now watch,
there will be a rise in the number of Allied subs connecting just because I said that the number was decreasing. Just my luck.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 8:04:27 PM)

TF 318 is typical of the smaller TF's I've got. Typically they are for the shortest trips, the more uncomplicated routes. This one is
making the trip between Saigon and Miri taking fuel to Saigon and supplies from Saigon to Miri. I could make it a computer-controlled
thing I guess.......but I'm old-fashioned and we didn't have any fancy computer control w/ playing board games. Having said all that I'll
have to look into making it computer controlled.....one less thing I'd have to mess with each turn.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 8:33:54 PM)

Here's TF 346. It's unloading supplies at Miri and will return to Saigon w/ a load of fuel from Miri just like TF 318. I'm planning on putting
this TF under computer control however after it gets to Saigon and loads supplies for the return trip to Miri so that it'll be all set up and
ready to assume it's own way in the world. However, I'm wondering if, when it comes under attack, does it revert to human-control?
And if not then does it continue to "do the route" if one of the ships gets sunk? Anybody know?

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 8:46:49 PM)

So here's TF 351 and I've got her sitting in Saigon, docker her, and started her loading supplies,and THEN put her on computer-
control. So I'm wondering if she's going to continue loading supplies in the next turn or start off for Miri instead. I'll put on a watch
for this TF and tell you guys in tomorrow's turn proceddings what the TF actually did.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 8:54:31 PM)

Here's TF 352.........she's sitting docket at Palembang and wasn't fully-fueled when I came to this task force. So I used the button
"refuel ships from port" and refueled her and her escort. And I'm finding a lot of TF's not fully-fueled sitting docked in port. I'm wondering
if I've found a game bug or not.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 9:09:34 PM)

TF 356 is going to have to change her route. I'm getting the last of the resources where she's docked, Shakuka. After this the only thing
Shakuka is going to be good for is oil every once in a while. I'll have to let Shakuka develop a big enough tonnage of oil to make a trip
pay for itself in terms of fuel and time involved. Maybe once a week or so. I'm guessing. Maybe I'll use a smaller AK for this trip and
make it computer controlled too.

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moore4807 -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 9:29:40 PM)

Working on the turn now - just reading some of the AAR's for a break.

FYI about 1/3rd of my TF's are CS convoys - they get attacked and everything - thats where the normal/high/absolute ratings mean something. the CS TF's will spook easy and reroute around the threat.

Sorry to say but right now I've consolidated my areas that I'm putting subs into - so that may be the reason your seeing less attacks, I'm hoping more repeat attacks will increase sinkings.

Good game so far - you kicked my tail last turn and cost me a lot of TK's, [:-] I shall repay your kindness with interest sir! [:D][8D][:D]




larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 9:41:08 PM)

Thanks for the update Jimbo. I'm working on Rob's moves right now but expect to be through about midnight tonight. Good timing

This image of Palembang shows that there are more refineries ( 1010(10) ) than oil centers ( 892(8) ) so Palembang will eventually
refine more oil than it produces. And if I continue to strip off the oil from Palembang and ship it to the home islands then there might
come a time when I'll have to shut off production of the refineries until there exists enough oil at Palembang to run them. Unless I turn
off the repair of the refineries. So I'm going to shut off the repair of the unrepaired refineries and save some supplies.


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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/17/2012 11:57:01 PM)

Here's what happens when you get a bunch of ships to hit a port where there's not a lot of fuel and each of the ships refuels fully and
the port runs out of fuel and there just happens to be a Heavy Industry complex in that hex that fails because of the lack of fuel. Saporro
will have some fuel shortly.......I've got fuel inbound as we speak........it's going to arrive sometime day after tomorrow perhaps.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 12:13:49 AM)

In this image you can see how Miri has several TF's already either in port or docked that are unloading bou cou supplies and that there's
another 6 convoys on their way to Miri and they are bringing a big slug of supplies as well.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 2:23:24 AM)

I seem to have split up my 21st INF DIV somehow. I wonder what other divisions are split as well.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 2:42:43 AM)

Here's some Tracker Alerts. There's one about the 42nd I F Chutai arriving at Saporro and it just so happens that the commander of
that unit is the lucky bastard that get's his attributes increased in the bottom of the table you see the annotations about the increases.
So just for arriving the commander gets certain values as he's spawned I guess. Spawned into the game I mean. His personal entry in
the database. I guess it just changed per the game engine working off of some script or other, which spells out the arrivals of what units
and when and where. Some data file somewhere was read and interpreted and presto chango we have a new Chutai and the leader for
it too. In addition to whatever else is spawned this turn. I'll have to take a look at the units arriving this turn to avoid any surprises and maybe while I'm at it I'll check out the withdrawls as well because there's something in Tracker that says some unit or other is supposed
to withdraw and I don't remember which unit it is, I think it's in the Japanese Army Aviation Corps somewhere........the 16th something.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 2:57:01 AM)

As you can see in this Tracker image Yamagata is the worse offender in the area of spoilage this turn and it's because there's too much
supply in Yamagata and that's because I understood Yamagata to want to expand one of it's industries but I see that no industry
facility is being repaired so I'm guessing that it's okay now to turn down the "supplies required at this base" figure somewhat to get the
level of supplies to less than 8K or so.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 3:15:51 AM)

I've had no facility failures again this turn but I expect one any day now. Sapporo needs fuel for it's industry and I need the fuel to help
refuel the ships as they doc at Sapporo to load resources for the home islands. So I need to keep my eyes on places like that or else
there will eventually be a failure somewhere in the system maybe several, that will need immediate attention so I need to remember to
look at this display each turn.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 3:19:19 AM)

And another thing. I also need to remember to find the cities that say they are repairing but have less than 10K supplies in their city. I
can usually turn up the "supplies required" button if I need to I guess. By understanding is that they don't do any repairing unless and
until there are 10K+ supplies in the city. So I need to get the supply levels up at those specific cities.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 3:25:27 AM)

This is the resource history of the Jap home islands. I have enough resources for another 40 days or so I guess. So I still need to keep
those resources flowing into the home islands. Supplies are up, fuel is drifting slowly down, resources are up and down on alternate
turns and oil is still slowing down. I've got plans for shipments of resources and oil from the big three out west: Balikpapan, Miri, and
Palembang. There's some more in Java that I've found already. So we should have some goods flowing shortly. Say about a week.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 3:36:32 AM)

Oh dear.......I just now discovered that it takes RESOURCES as well as fuel to run HI. I hadn't realized that before. Learn something
new each day. Now I'll incorporate that knowledge into my processing so as to avoid pitfalls if possible.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 3:52:36 AM)

Here's a Tracker list of my fragments, some of which I did not know about. Tracker is pretty handy for this sort of thing. I like it a lot.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 4:10:06 AM)

Here's what I see at Midway:

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 11Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 4:18:10 AM)

I just may have gotten a hit on an Allied sub. Hits on Allied subs are kinda rare, so it's a relatively big deal.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 12Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 4:21:21 AM)

There were several surface encounters at Probo and this is only the first of them.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 12Feb42 combat results: (10/18/2012 4:26:43 AM)

And then there's this night-time ship-to-shore bombardment that happened. I forgot to arrange for a spotter. Does each ship need a
spotter or is there just one spotter for the entire attack? Anybody know?

EDIT: I have since set all the float planes in the TF to recon, night missions, and 10% rest for those organizations that have more than
one pilot aboard, there are several. Which means I may have a bunch of spotters next time we do this bombardment.

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