Slitherine

quote:

ORIGINAL: ny59giants


Do you have a particular class of ACM and SC in mind that you think would be appropriate?

quote:

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

Focus Pacific Patch 1.04 Preview

I'm putting on the final touches for this patch, I'll edit this post to be the official patch notes with a link once it's up.

Balance Changes

Japanese Economy

Additional tweaks have been made to Japanese resource production, further increasing the time the Japanese player has before the resource situation on the Home Islands becomes dire. This should give the Japanese player the time to begin serious resource importation efforts.

Japanese Aircraft Production

Japan now receives organic replacements of the G5N2 Liz, G5N3 Liz and G8N1 Rita.

Soviet Air Experience Adjustment

Starting Soviet Air Experience was a touch too high. It has been lowered from 40 to 30.

After a lot of discussion and deliberation, I've made the decision not to change the Soviet aircraft weaponry for now, as the devices seem to be working as the original WitP:AE designers intended. I'm a little torn on this - in one game I'm playing, my Soviet Air Force is being trashed by my opponent, but in another, my bi-planes are the terror of the skies. I'm withholding judgement for now.

Japanese Navy

Japan now starts with additional DMS ships, as well as more LSDs, increasing their early-game amphibious capability, as well as ensuring they still have some amphibious capability once their bonus wears off.

French Navy

Additional French naval assets have been added in the form of sub-chasers and some older destroyers along with the mine-laying cruiser Pluton. The AV Gauchet has been moved from Kwangchowan to Tahiti.


French Leaders

France had a significant shortage of both naval and air leaders. They now have 20+ additional leaders of each type of varying quality.

Dutch Navy

It always struck me as strange that the Java-class Dutch cruisers had no options for modernization. They now have an option to convert to CLAAs. The Netherlands also receive the third planned ship of the class - the Celebes.

Dutch mine-layers carry far fewer mines in game then they were able to historically. This has been fixed.

Art Changes

French Ship Art

La Feir Torpedo Boats, De Grasse cruisers and St. Louis cruisers all have new, better art, thanks to Cardas and Gary Childress

Map Changes

Buin

Buin has been added as a base in Shortland's former position. Shortland has been moved south.

Bug Fixes

Aircraft armament placement

Many aircraft had incorrect armament placement in their extended range configuration. Known instances of this have been fixed.

French Cruiser Armament

Some French cruisers had incorrect armament - a relic of when I first started the mod and didn't understand how the game handled ship guns. Known instances have been fixed.

Incorrect Aircraft Upgrades

Some Dutch and French planes were upgrading to the wrong models. This has been fixed.

Fuchin Base Force

Fuchin starts without a Japanese force in it - it shouldn't. It now should start with a Japanese border fort unit. It looks like this may have been a legacy bug from stock. This will prevent the base from auto-flipping.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Joglinks1
5. French City in China. I fear that will become a bulwark never to be taken.

quote:

Soviet Air Problem

quote:

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

Fuchin starts without a Japanese force in it - it shouldn't. It now should start with a Japanese border fort unit. It looks like this may have been a legacy bug from stock. This will prevent the base from auto-flipping.

Moho should also be fixed. It auto flipped for me.

quote:

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

Question - Japan starts with 36 ACMs. Is that not enough to maintain the minefields? Am I missing something here?

quote:

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

Joglinks is my opponent.

Doing Dec 8 turn, I ran out of French and Russian Pilots in the pilot pool.

Layered CAP has been great for the Soviets. I think starting on turn 2 he should have done more sweeps.
The Soviet aircraft can hold their own against the Nates and Oscars when they are escorting.

I agree that the Soviet subs are very effective.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Joglinks1

quote:

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

Joglinks is my opponent.

Doing Dec 8 turn, I ran out of French and Russian Pilots in the pilot pool.

Layered CAP has been great for the Soviets. I think starting on turn 2 he should have done more sweeps.
The Soviet aircraft can hold their own against the Nates and Oscars when they are escorting.

I agree that the Soviet subs are very effective.

The problem with sweeps is that the AI seems to go by unit ID from the database. So if you have bombers with a lower ID, they fly first and the sweep goes in after. It might be perception and only the dev could confirm my bold assumption. :)

quote:

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

In the Soviet Union, the bases Anadyr(158,30) and UelKal(160,30) have base forces in them with no possible supply
path. They use ablut 6 supply per turn together. They start with some supply, but it will be used soon.

quote:

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

quote:

ORIGINAL: Joglinks1

quote:

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

Joglinks is my opponent.

Doing Dec 8 turn, I ran out of French and Russian Pilots in the pilot pool.

Layered CAP has been great for the Soviets. I think starting on turn 2 he should have done more sweeps.
The Soviet aircraft can hold their own against the Nates and Oscars when they are escorting.

I agree that the Soviet subs are very effective.

The problem with sweeps is that the AI seems to go by unit ID from the database. So if you have bombers with a lower ID, they fly first and the sweep goes in after. It might be perception and only the dev could confirm my bold assumption. :)

No, you're absolutely right - unit ID has lot to do with air attack order. If you have a unit that can split, however, that will artificially lower it's unit ID. So if you have a fighter squadron that has a higher ID than the bomber unit that you want it to proceed, use the split function on the unit screen to split the squadron, which will then fly the sweep before the bombers.

quote:

If I recall correctly, if you set up your sweeps first, most of them will go first in either the am or pm turn. Then attack missions. Like all things AE, it will not happen all the time....GP

quote:

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

quote:

If I recall correctly, if you set up your sweeps first, most of them will go first in either the am or pm turn. Then attack missions. Like all things AE, it will not happen all the time....GP

It's been my experience that the lower number TF's leave port before the higher number TF's. This is especially handy when you need
the DMS ships to leave Manila for the Baatan hex to clean out all the Jap mines before any other TF will pass through the hex. So I
usually form that TF first in order of forming TF's.

quote:

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Possible way to help the Oscar's out from RHS.

quote:

ORIGINAL: sanderz

sorry for the stream of questions but heres another - do the unfinished french carriers get planes when they upgrade only i couldn't see mention of it in appendix B - unless being "fully operational" means planes as well

thanks