Carrier strike launch bug?

[Bradley7735]

Is there a bug with carrier strike launches? I ask because I'm lucky to have one unit of SBD's launch per day from two CV's.

I know there is a coordination penalty for stacking lots of CV's in the same TF. But, the planes should still launch, coordinated or not, right?

Over 100 bombers between two CV's (Lex and Sara), and two phases means there should be around 200 bomber's launched per day. I'm seeing generally, one unit (18) of SBD's in the AM phase and one unit (15) of TBF's in the PM phase. I have seen launches that have more planes, but I have not seen any day of perfect air group launches.

I'm just checking to see if there's a bug or not. I've tried having CV's in their individual TF's and I've replayed the turns with different settings without good results.

Thanks for any information....
bc

[michaelm75au]

I have had cases where most of the groups launch,as well as only a few planes.

Most of the time it is a case of the DL of enemy units around, plus the distance to the target. Shorter distances, better coordination. It is easy to stray flying over endless water (I am assuming you are referring to lack of performance against TFs).
Usually giving it land targets forces it attack at the risk of having no planes when a TF is spotted.
If you know there are enemy TFs around, try to run more Search to increase the DL of them.

[Bradley7735]

Hi Michael

Does having FOW off still require search planes to increase the DL? Even though I can see every single TF on the board, my CV's still need a DL high enough to launch planes?

Yes, my problem is vs TF, not land bases.

Thanks for the info.
bc

[jackyo123]

yes, with FOW off you still need to run searches. *you* can see everything, but your pilots cant.

anyway, thats my understanding of what the manual says.

[michaelm75au]

ORIGINAL: jackyo123

yes, with FOW off you still need to run searches. *you* can see everything, but your pilots cant.

anyway, thats my understanding of what the manual says.

Correct.
With FOW off, the TFs have at least a DL of 1 just so you can see them.
You still need to improve on that.