I know that the registry is used to store the version number, so I doubt you would be able to play without changing the registry.

I think the way it works is that non-Dutch Allied planes clone themselves prior to being destroyed on the base. The clones fly off into the Twilight Zone and appear as reinforcements 360 days after the fall of the base.

I haven't tried any mods yet myself, but one reason I've stayed away from them is the impression I got from the forum that some of them might expose you to more bugs than the stock game.

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The china thing is really reasonable... Japan might take all Major Citys but no way could japan control ALL that population!<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: rtrapasso<br/>
And, as you have pointed out, your 15 ships were AT SEA when this happened. There is really a problem here, i think.
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It's possible that the TF auto-docked when it arrived. I've seen TFs auto-dock even if they have not ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: el cid again<br/>
Not sure it is ahistorical - except that in the game you CANNOT lay mines with airplanes!
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: michaelm<br/>
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This apparently is working as designed.<br/>
In my opinion, the definition of "at anchor" used by the auto-scuttle command seems to be incorrect. It includes not only ships disbanded in port but also ships in TFs in the base hex. This ...

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I'd put it on surface combat do not retire. Bomardments to kill ships usually work only on ports size 3 or higher. And whenever you see an enemy task force, it means it cannot be disbanded inside a port.

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PacWar in its last incarnation pre-Matrix meddling is still the best strategic level Pacific theater WWII computer game ever made (and the best is none too good). WitP is a deeply flawed failure, sort of like James Dean's acting career. It ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Whipple<br/>
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So it comes down to this: If you could go back in time would you buy the game?
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This might not be the best place to get a good answer to such a question, because the people with a low tolerance for bugs that have ...

It's something similar, although it can happen in WiTP in 1942 even if the Allies have only have 2 carriers in the same TF.

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CAP is generally considered to be more effective and impenetrable than it was historically. Also, the US has a carrier coordination penalty that is often decisive in carrier engagements.

And don't expect the bugs to be fixed anytime soon, the person responsible for fixing the bugs is spending most of his time working on a different new game now.

WO means Warrant Officer, KB means Kido Butai, what the Jap carrier force is called.

<r> They happen often enough to warrant entire threads on them such as the following:<br/>
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If your tolerance for bugs is low, and don't like the idea of Jap officers commanding Allied ships and disappearing units/officers, you might want to wait until version 1.8 is released.

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No, you only get 4 "decent" pilots per month. If you run out of good pilots you can load as many monkeys as you like into the cockpit of a plane, they just aren't very good pilots.<br/>

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