Excellent mod, thank you. Seeing the tracks was something my old eyes were struggling with.

Great advice, thanks guys.

<t> I'm struggling with the Philippines since the 1.00.02 update. I've found that if you land the 12th Army in the hex Northwest of Manilla, throw in some naval support, and hit the defenders with the air units based on Formosa, it is possible to take the city. However the chances of doing this seem ...

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Also, should Japan get some more LC in their build Q? After the first invasions you do not have much left. I don't think they should start out with more, but maybe let them have another 30 mid-January 1942. I do not know am asking.
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<t> This is what Hideki Tojo said about a Japanese invasion of Australia, when questioned about it after the war:<br/>
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"We never had enough troops to [invade Australia]. We had already far out-stretched our lines of communication. We did not have the armed strength or the supply facilities ...

<r> Don't think it's just on your end. I tried it with your settings and got the same result you did, on my first attempt.<br/>
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+1 great post. Do you think there would be any point in invading Samoa too, when going for the islands in the South Pacific?

I think naval units only pay the 'at sea' cost if they start the turn out of port, not for having moved. If a naval unit moves from port to port it still just pays the 1/3 point at the start of the it's next turn.

The 'enemy action' button (and 'a' hotkey) toggles the arrows on and off. It also turns off the battle hex markers too though, although you can still find the battles that occured during your opponents turn in the combat log.

I'm impressed that the AI mounted an invasion of Hawaii. Were you using the 'random' computer plan?

Great stuff and really helpful, thanks a lot!

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Oh, did you not need to take Surabaya for the DEI surrender?

I think you only need to take Batavia for the DEI to surrender.

<t> I think an idea worth trying is to reduce the amount of Japanese landing ships at start to just enough to cover landing all the ground units that begin the scenario already embarked in transports. This wil give the Japanese the capability to invade the DEI, Phillipines, Borneo, Rabaul and some ...

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More so than in any other game I've played, early turns for IJN are a mad land grab dash because opposition is 1. limited, 2. known (no fog of war on land/air counters -- this should probably be changed a bit), and 3. restricted in movement ...

Hi, could anyone reccomend good settings for the AI bonusues? Looking for a sweet spot that will give a challenging but not impossible game.

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I think where I’m confused is when the upkeep number updates. If I move the port fleet to sea, the number doesn’t change, for example.
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It gets subtracted from your next turn's starting total, if the naval unit ...

Regarding not seeing the Japanese task force, as the battle was an interdiction attack by your carriers during the Japanese turn, I'm guessing they still had an op point left after the battle and simply moved on.

<t> Looking at the evidence I think this is what happened - because this is in the 'last' tab of the combat log it shows it was something that happened during the previous Japanese turn. If it was a battle that had happened during your current turn it would be in the 'current' tab. As the battle is ...

<t> Fully agree. In many ways I feel like this is the wargame I've been waiting for my whole life. Been long interested in the Pacific war and have picked up many board and computer games on the subject. War in the Pacific AE was just too much for me though, and SC is fun but lacks historical ...

Thanks for the tip, seen the old AARs now. Lot of great stuff there.