Posted By: Combat99
DD and Escort in 1941 - 04/05/07 06:28 PM
Last night I was digging around in the campaign files as I finished adding American patrols to American waters. I was surprised to see that many of the DD escort in 1941 for Japan are rated 0 and 1.. not even competent! But the reality is the opposite.. early in the war there were more competent crews than later..
Also, there is a predominance of certain Destroyer types, and the AKIZUKI is used where it should not be employed. I'm changing the campaign selection to random. And of course, the game doesn't have any later Destroyer Escorts. I have already created the DE Matsu and Tachibana. The IJN converted the Minesweepers to escorts in 1943 and these were not represented in the game.. I'm making the conversion
I'll probably finish revising the 1941 Japanese convoy, SubHunter and TaskForce files today and release them as the next mod update. Then I'll move on to 1942 and 1943. I'll release the first set at least, the later sets I may reserve for a payware expansion which will include four new DD types and two new DEs... somewhere around 20 new IJN ships.
Link http://rapidshare.com/files/24511731/SH4-CP2.zip
Also, there is a predominance of certain Destroyer types, and the AKIZUKI is used where it should not be employed. I'm changing the campaign selection to random. And of course, the game doesn't have any later Destroyer Escorts. I have already created the DE Matsu and Tachibana. The IJN converted the Minesweepers to escorts in 1943 and these were not represented in the game.. I'm making the conversion
I'll probably finish revising the 1941 Japanese convoy, SubHunter and TaskForce files today and release them as the next mod update. Then I'll move on to 1942 and 1943. I'll release the first set at least, the later sets I may reserve for a payware expansion which will include four new DD types and two new DEs... somewhere around 20 new IJN ships.
Link http://rapidshare.com/files/24511731/SH4-CP2.zip