<t> Forget the manual. I learned 90% of all I know about this game from this forum. Everything seems to be covered, just a matter of finding it. The other 10% came from actually playing it and making mistakes. As to your objectives- simple, drive the enemy from the pacific. Sinking/crippling their ...

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Haven't seen UV in the shops for some time. Try E-Bay - I got brand new Korsun Pocket for £16 and I think UV is going cheaper.<br/>

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Don`t mean to brag but i got Korsun Pocket for a measly 99p out ...

It`s already selling in Game for £9.99. I actually managed to get mine for £2.99 during one of those reward card sales (90% off!!) and at times actually feel bad that I paid so little for a game that has given so much gameplay.

<t> when you say you installed new memory do you mean added more to existing mem? If so then there may be conflict if 2 sticks aren`t identical or if you motherboard requires them to be placed in certain order. Running a program called memtest should help determine if mem is faulty, though from ...

<t> What about used decoy TF when engaging enemy CVs. You put TF of surplus ships (PGs,SCs,a Tk to fuel them and really bait enemy, some AKs and some DDs to escort) and keep them 4 or 5 hexes in front of main CV TF. If you keep decoy TF out in front and draw enemy air attack then you should get free ...

<t> Was curious about that too. Have wondered wether speed (cruise/flank) affects damage. Those coloured rings denoting range (if my understanding of it is correct!) seem dependant on speed, the outer one being max distance covered in turn at full speed. So would moving in stages to stay within ...

No sinking a PT with one hit is fine- its realistic. But a PT taking 27 hits isn`t. And why couldn`t PT launch torps if in MG range?

<t> On the topic of damage get this for inconsistant! 6 PT boats attack 2 IJN CAs and 1 DD. CA Atago fires 5in guns at 2000yds hitting PT68. Sunk insantly with 1 hit! PT 67 responds with MG fire (!![:@]) and for its troubles recieves 27 hits from CA Suzuya`s 5in guns. Sunk before end of day ...

I try to keep any ship with damage over 10 back in port and will send back if over 15. Though will make exceptions depending on how needed the ship is especially CVs. Sending back ships increases your chances of being sent re-inforcements.

<t> Check out your INF units and see which have highest assault number. Every INF unit or 2 will need support in form of a base unit and always helps to have corresponding HQ within certain number of hexes. For attacking Buna placing it in PM will suffice. I have founf that sometimes it won`t let me ...

Good tip, never read that one before. Will definately have to give it a go/

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Well, my prowess as an Admiral has taken a dive once again. I came into unexpected contact with a Jap carrier force. The Japs sank all three of my carriers and in reply my carrier planes decided to bomb a beach containing 250 odd jap ...

<t> Early sub attacks (only played as USN so far!) are ineffective due to poor experience and the early torp models used. Historically USN had severe reliability problems early in war with alot of torpedos hitting target but failing to explode. And so it is in game that after a number of patrols you ...

<t> Yeah supply is the key. IJN had managed to build up a force 20,000 troops strong on Lunga during my current game. Had only managed 15,000 myself and had to land them on beach on adj hex and then march them. But had been doing a good job of sinking any supplt TFs. Had mined all approaches over ...

<t> Some excellent advice crsutton. Didn`t know about the TF size although gut instinct in last few weeks has stopped my from overloading my TFs with too many DDs. (probably after several beatings from smaller IJN forces)Quality over quanity. Been checking the stats on each ship much more. Some DDs ...

I`ll second that. From a business point of view it wouldn`t make financial sense to devote any more man hours to UV. I`m sure WITP will have it`s fair share of bugs to iron out. Besides UV may not be perfect but few PC games ever are and right now it`s still top of it`s class.

Guess they didn`t pass quality control back at the factory. Either that or the test flights didn`t go so good [:D] Seriously though that is a little strange. But with the planes I`ve lost to IJN Zeros 4 more isn`t go to change the course of the war!

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In UV, ships can't sink during a combat phase (they may be several during a given battles, at different distances). So you can see PT boats take a dozen 18in shells and still not sinking...<br/>
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Untrue. I`ve engaged a number of IJN DDs ...

<t> I`ve a another question for you all about ship repair. Does the number of ships in size 9 port that need repairs affect the speed of repairs? I have 5 ships in Nomeau that have damage between 10 and 20. It seems at moment that on each turn a different ship has a point of sys damage reduced. I am ...

<t> Experience, Experience, Experience!! Has same problem when first started UV especially as I prefered playing as USN. Have found though, that exp. of 60-70 just isn`t enough. You need to blood all your units. Even ships- note crew experience starts very low for some. Get them to do things whilst ...