<t> Since the Naval Thread is locked a couple more questions.<br/> &nbsp;<br/> 1 - The US Navy did not have large gun HE shells after 1915. HC shells able to be used as COM or HE were not&nbsp;introduced until in late 1942. Some 6in guns had COM shells and AA guns used their AA COM shells wh...

<t> I've been away awhile. See "Apollo11" is still living in his "Croatian Navy" dream world. Somethings don't change.<br/> &nbsp;<br/> Question #1 - Is the limitation on numbers of devices that can be assigned to ships or aircraft eased or eliminated. This feature was obviously carried over fro...

<t> 1) the .50 watercooled AA MG M2 used a 45in barrel, the AN-M2 aircooled MG for aircraft used a 36" barrel. There is around a 250fps velocity at the barrel drop off. Maximum range at 45 degrees or so is posted as 7,400yds. Maximum effective range against an aerial target probably did not exceed 3...

Well it does at least prevent you from putting in the ACTUAL US a/c production figures, like 504 P-47D or 691 B-24H a month and gives the Japanese player in a "Plan Orange" scenario some chance of lasting out 1944.

Another interesting discovery. The build rate is limited to 254. Any greater number has 254 subtracted from it, ie. put in 300 and you get 46.

<t> I think I caught on to the manual. The figure in the database is the number of minutes the a/c can fly at the cruising speed indicated in that field. The game engine converts this to hexes through the formula: endurance (in minutes) x cruising speed divided by 3600 = number of hexes. Take the Ki...

Also for anyone interested, the Ki-30 and Ki-32 were not dive bombers, they were single engine level bombers, in the same class as the British Battle.

Any answers anyone? Is the endurance figure in the database minutes, st.mis or nm.s? Is the endurance formula corerect? I believe it produces range in hexes, but that doesn't correlate with the numbers in the database.

<t> There's something wrong with the endurance formula anyway. The number in the data field for the A5M4 is 200. Now Francillion gives the A5M4 a ferry range of 648nm w/o the 160l ventral drop tank. With external fuel, range was probably 800nm. 800/150 (the cruising speed in knots) = 5.33 hrs or 320...

<t> I am working on some database changes in the editor, also and find this an interesting question, as it impacts other areas of the game. The manual states that the hexes are 60 miles across. It does not state whether these are statute or nautical miles. As an aside, the difference would be 60 st....

<t> Whatever. The "Viribus Unitus" never sailed under a Croatian flag. It was paid for with funds voted by the Dual Monarchy, built at a port considered part of the Hungarian administration of the Dual Monarchy, and sailed under the Austro-Hungarian flag during WWI. If she was Croatian, is wasn't du...

<t> Tankerace and I have had this discussion before. By 1930, the RN would have had Argus, Eagle, Hermes, Furious, Glorious and Courageous, if not Vindictive as carriers. During the early thirties, the RN operated the Furious, Courageous and Glorious as a carrier task force in the Med. 2) The USN wa...

<t> Is this a bit of rewriting history? Croatia was part of the Military Frontier (Grenz) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The "Tegethoff" BBs were built by Austro-Hungary for the Kaiserlische u. Koeniglische Marine and were launched, completed and served under the Austro-Hungarian flag in WWI. "Viri...

<t> OK, this should really be over in scenario thread, but I'm going to make some final comments and then leave it alone.<br/> 1) By 1918, most pre-dreadnoughts and armored cruisers were removed from first line service. By 1920, most had been striken and scrapped. Some of the newer armored cruisers ...

<t> OK, got it. You might want to keep emphasizing that line, as "grognards" (also known as wargaming anal retentives" will get "nick-picky". Actually, given industrial capability and known and projected funding, along with the building status at the time of the Treaty, the Japanese should have fini...

BTW neat picture. The Grand Fleet welcomes the arrival of the US BB Div in 1918(?), featuring the old coal burner dreadnoughts, like USS New York and Texas.

<t> I had already assumed that given the need to put #195 Aircraft Ordnance in the last slot (#20), that bombs would have to stay in line with that device. <br/> So all the extra slots aren't any more useful than t*ts on a boar hog. Or did the PacWar database, which had the same sort of numbers and ...

So, can I move the a/c MGs and cannon and ordnance down out of the 1-255 range?

OK, so I need to concetrate the database on only a few nations at a time to get all the weapons in. I notice your working on a "Plan Orange" scenario? Changing the database also? What period?

<t> I just spent the last month of my limited freetime away from the uniform to build a more detailed and specific database for the early year WitP scenarios. I got the entire weapons database done, including adding TORPEX warhead torpedoes, for Dec 41 through Dec 43. I started updating the Classes ...