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I choose the Hiryu as my lucky ship! Good luck Grey, and congratulations! Grumio fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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fuf posted:Why is everyone posting ship names? I didn't read the first thread. It's traditional in these games to choose a 'lucky ship' as your own. Makes it seem you like you have more of a personal stake in the goings on. Just nominate a ship nobody has named yet, and see how she fares over the next 4 years! Grumio fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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Dec 7, 2015 20:18
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jaegerx posted:Can I call the queen Elizabeth. She enters doesn't she? The battleship Queen Elizabeth doesn't show up until 1945 (?) The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth is in the theatre from the beginning and serves as a speedy, huge transport Both are juicy targets for the Kido Butai 
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Bacarruda posted:I'd like the CA Tone Already claimed, just 4 posts above yours along, with her sister ship :/
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Dec 8, 2015 05:59
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oystertoadfish posted:is the HMNZS Achilles on the map? Yup! It's safe to say if it served in the pacific theatre, it's in the game. Thanatz posted:Has anyone claimed the Taiho yet? Not yet- She could be yours, but probably not until 2018 Grumio fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Dec 8, 2015 |
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Dec 8, 2015 06:19
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Grey Hunter posted:
Always love seeing surface ships get stuck into under protected convoys- the fox is in the henhouse!
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Dec 15, 2015 04:17
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So, Hong Kong as an early Christmas present?
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two_step posted:Bad Grey! No trying to sink my lucky ship! Kaga obviously got confused and thought she was a battleship again
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Dec 27, 2015 23:16
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goatface posted:Would be nice to know if those 9 hits on the Java were from the 14" of the BBs or the 5" guns of the destroyers. Or the 8" guns of Kaga 
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Dec 28, 2015 01:32
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Dec 30, 2015 21:20
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Happy new years Grey, here's to a successful
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When can we expect the Junyo to be ready? The building was accelerated in the Dec 7 post, but the delivery date was the same as its commissioning IRL (3 May). I'm not familiar with the industry mechanics; I'm guessing that date isn't updated immediately?
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I'm a little late to Grandads.txt, but I felt like contributing. The only one of my grandfathers who fought in the war was a pilot in the forgotten theatre of Burma. He was part of 177 Squadron RAF, flying long range interdiction missions from Bangladesh to Burma, attacking Japanese railways and shipping. by all accounts, the effects of the sweeps were very effective, disrupting Japanese army supply lines, but they paid for it with fairly high attrition rates of 30-40%. If your aircraft was damaged, there was a good chance you wouldn't be able to clear the mountains on the way back into Bangladesh and would have to bail over enemy lines and meet with Japanese hospitality. There's a good write-up about the squadron's activities here: http://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=cmh Found some old photos:  This picture is probably from 1944, after the squadron reequipped with rocket-armed Beaufighter Mk Xs  sometimes the Japanese shot back Not from my grandfather's squadron, but an example of the long-range raids:   I do have a copy of the squadron's Christmas dinner menu though! 
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goatface posted:Where the gently caress did all her planes go? They ditch? They dead? Things like this: 
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:Reposting from the last thread in an attempt to instigate (much superior) boatchat instead: Thank you
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Did you pull a lot of troops from other theatres to free them up for the Philippines? Once we've wrapped the Philippines up, I'm guessing the pace will pick up as troops are freed for attacking other areas? We haven't seen any real attack on the Dutch East Indies or Burma yet.
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Jan 23, 2016 03:30
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Will you add the Shoho to the Kido Butai, or keep it on its own? I saw in one thread the suggestion to pool all the japanese CVE into a mini kido butai, so they can be an effective force that doesn't slow down the main fleet.
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Comrade Koba posted:I support this if, and only if, we name this new task force the Kawaii Butai. no, I've got it- we put all the baby carriers in the Kiddo butai
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Are we actually cutting off any supply to China? Burma is still in Allied hands
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Great job Grey, nice to see some gains and the KB back in action. If only we could get Singapore out of the way now.
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Congrats Grey! You and Mrs Grey must be very proud (and exhausted)
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Grey Hunter posted:I think the Kido Butai Captains are getting overconfident, as they engage an enemy task force at night – The Akagi scores the first hit as well! Where is Hiryu? Is she not part of the Kido Butai or are there too many ships on screen to show her?
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Probably right, just noticed Kaga is missing too
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Apr 23, 2016 03:00
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After the relative lull of March, it's great to take the fight to the enemy again
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Send in the Betties!
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Also, the UI isn't unresponsive if you add some changes to the shortcut target properties. Thanks to the grog thread, I've gotten WitP to run incredibly fast on my pc, with virtually no slow-down. Text is also readable. I must have missed this in the Grog thread. Mind reposting the relevant details here?
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Jobbo_Fett posted:"F:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -cpu4 -w -px1600 -py1000 -multiaudio -dd_sw -altFont -deepColor -archive -skipVideo Thanks, but I'm not sure if it's working. I already had it running in windowed mode, but it looks the same size as before. Any signs to look for? Grumio fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Apr 30, 2016 |
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Grey Hunter posted:Feel for me, for speed of updates I run it at the same resolution you see in the images - so I have a tiny box in the middle of my screen. I didn't know off the top of my head, but the from the Manual, page 165: 7.2.1.10.1 CARRIER-BASED ORDNANCE Carrier-based aircraft require ordnance in order to complete missions. The ordnance carried is reflected in the Max Sorties value shown on the ship display. Each strike or escort mission executed by the Air Groups on the ship will use up some sorties. Once the sortie value is zero, the groups cannot execute offensive missions. The Max Sorties can be replenished at an appropriate sized base. 7.2.1.10.2.1 SHIP BASED TORPEDO SUPPLY TBs will expend torpedo ordnance in the same manner as Max Sorties is expended. TBs will either expend torpedo or Max Sorties, not both. Once all torpedoes have been expended, then bombs will be used. 7.2.1.10.2.2 LAND BASED TORPEDO SUPPLY On land, torpedoes are supplied from Air HQs or appropriate Base Forces that carry a “Torpedo Ordnance” device. The Air HQ or BF expends supply at the base to “purchase” torpedoes that are stored in the Air HQ or BF. Each Air HQ or BF can have a torpedo level set. This represents the number of torpedoes that the unit will automatically try to maintain. Command HQs can directly supply torpedoes to groups by expending supply. It does not need to keep a torpedo reserve. When a group is ordered to attack ships, the group checks for any BF or HQ in the same base. If one is found, a number of torpedoes equal to the planes flying are expended from the BF or HQ. And resupply rules (page 212) 9.3.3.2 CARGO AND FUEL HANDLING This is the total amount of “over the pier” and “thru the pipe” load/unload that can be done in a port of that size. The cargo handling and fueling limits are Daily values, the others limits are constant. Rearming and Loading Troops consumes cargo capacity, as does loading supplies, resources, fuel in barrels, and aircraft. Refueling and loading ships with oil or fuel (other than in barrels) consumes fueling capacity. Once the daily cargo/fuel limits are reached, no more cargo handling/fueling can take place that day. Cargo limit can be increased by Naval Support (extra stevedoring) but not fuel limits. Undocked TFs can load/unload cargo at any port, but can only refuel if the port is size 5 or larger (as smaller ports do not have equipment to support it). Rearm Level uses a rearm cost for each device aboard a ship. For Mines, ASW devices and Torpedoes, the load cost is used (this is usually the weight of the weapon). For guns (Naval, DP, flak), double the effect (as load cost does not reflect the size of ammo) Aircraft Sorties has a flat cost of 500. Note the large jump at a level 7 port, which basically insures that torpedoes, most mines, and Battleship size guns cannot be rearmed at smaller ports. Rearm Limit is applied to each device on a ship being rearmed. Depending on the load cost of each weapon and the adjusted capability of the port, some or all of the weapons may not be rearmed. A medium sized port might be able to rearm cruiser guns and smaller, but not BB guns, torpedoes, or mines. Naval Support Adjustments for: »» Cargo Handling = plus 10 for each undamaged Naval Support Device Present. »» Rearm Level = plus 5 for each undamaged Naval Support Device Present. »» Repairs = 100 undamaged Naval Support Devices(NS) approximately equals an AR, 50 NS approximately equals a tender. so perhaps you'd just got them in too small a port and they're overwhelming the resupply/rearm capacity? Grumio fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Apr 30, 2016 |
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Watched a training video from WW2 that said something along the lines of "if you wnt to fill a ship with air, use bombs. If you want to fill it with water, use torpedoes"
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Call up the whole IJA air force and level Chungking
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End every update with "Chungking delenda est"
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At some point I was going to make a list of all cruiser and above sized ships that were still up for grabs. Is there a list of all ships in the game? I can't find anything in the game files. I swear I saw a pastebin list once.
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Holy moly!
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In case anyone's interested, I used WITPTracker to pull out the full list of ships. Uploaded them in .CSV format here: http://pastebin.com/PS8EiVRj
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Duckaerobics posted:Is there a list of the lucky ships? My poor Pensacola is already on the bottom so I want to claim one of Grey's CV's if any on that list aren't taken. Maybe the Unryu? Full list is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w7-ve4QXtgiy1uf012NqsA9OF757jxPHBZtNg7jTnno/htmlview Nobody's claimed the Unryu yet, but kept in mind she won't be ready for another 2 years
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Looks like the AI has their heart set on Tarakan. Time to stick a guard force there and watch them throw scattered waves of ships and troops at it
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RZApublican posted:Ah, I probably should have caught that. Strangely enough, I can't seem to find a full map for Admiral's Edition online. They're split up in the game files. I was bored so I pieced them together. Here, have an 87 Mb, 9703 x 7767 tif file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/74v20bsenbmzaii/WITPAE%20map.tif?dl=0
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lenoon posted:If you want to read some fiction about it, the Flashman novels have a fair bit of historical context and intelligent discussions of the political situation at the height of the empire - which is surprising for a series where the author is an arch conservative and the protagonist is an utter wanker. Militarily there's Victoria's Wars, and a fuckton of freely available kindle editions of various adventurers, diplomats and generals reminiscing about their own experiences at the time. If you're willing to put that level of reading in, you'll get the mindset and mechanics of the empire better than any secondary sources. Adding to this, there was a fascinating cold/proxy war that went on in Asia as Britain consolodated power in India. Highly recommend the book The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138299.The_Great_Game
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