A whole set of dreadnought era medium guns were drawn too small. In the system used by the game, all turrets are drawn to be the same size regardless of caliber. The game will then increase of decrease the size of the turret to match the caliber. For instance, when drawn in the ship designer, a 6 ...

That sure sounds like a bug to me. I've provided a link to your post to the internal beta team.

The game is likely simulating an explosion in the magazines that store the aviation ordnance. These magazines carry torpedoes and large bombs that are much more destructive than 5" DP rounds. These magazines, though heavily protected, remain the most dangerous element in modern carriers.

These Japanese conversions were not successful. The ships were equipped with a short flight deck and two rotating catapults to allow planes to take off, but the flight deck was not long enough to allow an aircraft to land. The ships primarily operated floatplanes but they could also carry a dozen ...

So, the USN invades Guadalcanal, the Japanese come in and utterly demolish the invading force which nevertheless has landed its troops. Which side won?

I'd like to add to this thread, concerning AI behavior. To preface, I really enjoy this game but I've endured some frustrations as to certain AI - or game functions. As to the AI...
I recently played a scenario in which my nation (Austria-Hungary) is at war with Italy. The mission was convoy ...

For the player the search process is only available at the beginning of a battle. You'll want to pause the game on turn 0 to set the search parameters prior to beginning the battle. The planes will search inside the red pattern. You can set the length and width of the search pattern, but the ...

On the Coastal fortifications tab, right click on the airship base and select "Scrap". I don't believe there is a way to partially reduce the size of the base.

Select an eligible ship on the "Ships in Service tab".
Right click on ship and select "Open design for rebuild" -> "Ship Designer" opens.
On "Graphics" tab of "Ship designer", find and click on button "Auto carrier conversion".

You'll probably still want to make some adjustments but this will get ...

Battleships will occasionally appear as convoy escorts. I don't recall ever placing a battleship on trade protection, so I am not sure if this will increase the chance that they will appear in escort missions, but even when in AF mode they will sometimes appear.

From your description, I suspect that your are attempting to use the menu item labeled "Rebuild ship". This option will not work until you have created a rebuild plan for the ship. To create a rebuild plan, the first step is to right-click on the ship on the "Ships in service" tab, and select the ...

I run into this same problem constantly. The game will export just a portion of a file. Hitting the export button repeatedly will sometimes result in a complete export but sometimes it takes 20 or more attempts before this happens, and sometimes it will simply refuse to export anything other than a ...

You may not know that there is a button you can use to order your destroyers to execute a flotilla attack. It is not readily apparent, but the order can be accessed in two ways.

In the OB tab, left click on the Main Force text to select it and then right click on the Main Force text again to bring ...

The lines that begin with "NationColor ..." do not adjust text; they set the ship deck colors used by each nation.

Right-click on the name of the weapon or visual piece in any weapons list or in the list of visual objects. You'll see a number of options there for each type of object that you can place.

If you hold down the Alt key the game will cause the object to be placed on the centerline. Once the object is placed you can right click on the object in the visual object list and select "Mirror" to mirror the object. Most weapons and visual equipment have a right click menu with additional ...

Using very small fleet size is probably not the best idea because one small mistake can have a major impact. The largest fleet size is probably not a great idea either because you may be overwhelmed with the number of decisions to make. I would recommend a middle fleet size to start.

Probably more ...