I can't recall the exact quote, but in "Forgotten Fleet" (book about Royal Navy in the pacific), a sailor on the HMS Illustrious remarked...

"When the Kamikazes were out, the US Carries hauled out the fire houses. We hauled out the mops."

Interesting ref link with info on Kamikazes vs. Carriers ...

One last thing...

If in the scenario editor, you pull up an existing unit that is already deployed at sea in a AV, what does it look like?
Can you essentially copy it, and then save to another location, and a unit name like "BadGuy1", "BadGuy2"... Or whatever.

Just a thot.
"Programmers code ...

I presume that you've already tried just setting the starting location hex of the unit (and just putting it in the ocean, and see what happens.. :) )

I hate to send you in the wrong direction (again, not a modder). But in a former life, i was a coder, and what can I see of the game architecture ...

I'm not really a modder, mostly just poked at the scripts. But...

Your issue with the number of at-sea invasion TFs, could be related to the tech-level/constraint for Amphibious Transports. The tech level for Amphib Invasion, directly relates/constrains the number of AVs available to you. Japan is ...

I can see how the narrow spit of land, might easily be not-seen (and then to reasonably assume there to be a corner there). If you simply changed the visual representation of the hex, so that the coastal hex had more "land" behind it (ie made it more obvious to be a land connector), there would be ...

3-26-1944

Losses - I'm getting pasted. But at least I killed the Chindits!

MPPs - The end is near.

Production - Build 2x Kamikazes.

[Hm. No idea why i can add these attachments, but not the maps above...]

March 26, 1944

China and Philippines

He's really just mopping up China at this point.

Several USN CVs exacted vengeance on my "scouting" CV and BB, sinking both. They also destroyed 2x Kamikaze units at their airfields in Japan.

Manilla is recaptured by the US Army, and Shanghai falls.

Also the ...

March 26, 1944

The Empire continues to crumble.

SEAC

On the plus-side, we counter-attacked his Chindits near Bangkok, wiping them out.

Everywhere else, the Allies Advance.

[That's odd, it's not letting me attach the pics. It says 10mb max, but these jpgs are only 1.5mb each?]

3-06-1944

Losses - Ground losses for Japan continue to mount. On the plus side, I sank a CV. One of the Kamis was destroyed by his air-strikes. It took 3x Kamis to kill his CV. My Kamis were upgraded with 2-range, and 2-antiship, with cost 55mpp each. So that was 165mpp vs. whatever he had for the ...

3-06-1944

China and Philippines

The collapse of Japanese presence in China continues.

In the north, Chinese forces in the north liberate Zhengzhou and continue to press towards Manchuria.

In Center, Nanjing falls, and Chinese forces race to Shanghai.

In South, fighting near Nanning, splits off ...

3-06-1944

SouthEast Asia and Dutch East Indies

Chinese and Indian troops continue to grind our forces around Bangkok. Losses are heavy on both sides, but it's only a matter of time before the Imperial defenders are worn down.

The landing of Australian Marines near Saigon, destroys the HQ of ...

And there you have it. We're back at it!

2-15-1944

Losses - At this point, he's dominating the air and sea. I was able to "even trade" up until about the near-end of 1943. But at this point, what's left of my fleet that isn't under water, is heavily damaged. The carriers that I bought, made one good sortie (sank 2x BBs and CL off ...

2-15-1944

China and Philippines

China was the undoing. Frankly, was/is/has been a huge siphon of resources/MPPs. It's just not sustainable. You've got to commit a lot of resources just to keep it from collapsing in 1943 (and you can see that it's collapsed). The drain on MPPs/resources keep you ...

2-15-1944

SouthEast Asia and Dutch East Indies

The war is NOT going well. The Allies were able to "drip attack" into several DEI locations (you can't defend everything). Also my Fleet has/was very banged-up, and I wasn't able to mount an effective defense anywhere in DEI. Most of the fleet actions ...

Holy Cow! Finally, an update!

So after recovering from two hurricanes in a row, then a burned up vid-card, and finally ending up just replacing my PC, i'm finally back on-line. Reality is, I do have the backups of several turns, but I think it's best to just "resume" - as in, I'm just going to post ...

Hi Guys. Sorry for the delay. Been super-busy at work, and just finished dealing with no less than two hurricanes (Helene and Milton). Fortunately, my family faired much better than most, but it's impacting my work (have offices in Tampa). I have a turn sitting in my in-box and and no less than 8 ...

Ha! Who ever reads the victory condions?!

"Only need 3 of those in 1943..."

I guess i should have bothered to read the victory conditions, before starting my game vs Ngineer! Nah. Having fun anyway.

Whew! That was a lot of work! But I'm officially "caught up", no pending turns to post. And I have a turn out to Ngineer, and waiting on that. Thanks again for viewing!

5-31-1943

Strat Map, Losses, Builds, Economy

Strat Map - The stat map notes Air and Naval assets as usual. But suffice to say, pretty much everything is "very shot up".

Losses - The USN loses a Battleship and Carrier off Mindanao. Chinese Cav-Div that was cut-off, is destroyed. Japanese Inf-Army ...