Question about Ship Availability and End of Scenario

[Deadman72]

Hey all,

New Admiral here. Love it so far. Playing Guadalcanal as the Japanese and kicking hind quarters with a major victory so far. After the US took Lunga and Tulagi, I split my capital ships into 3 TFs and chased them right into Noumea harbor and did a lot of damage right off the bat. I then kept rotating TFs in and out. Hit the bases all down the line. Their naval power has been a shell of itself since. Ships sunk 106 to 20. I want those carriers though as they have escaped my iron grip. I suspect the BB/CVs are in the shipyard at Sydney. Took PM with troops through Buna (staging area) and the trail. I'm fairly certain there was a great deal of luck involved. I just can't get my ships that are available (or should be) to show up at Turk. I can see the screen in the Intel section, and the initial wave all say ETA 1 day. It's now January 17th and they still haven't shown up. What am I missing? I tried searching the manual, reading AARs, and searching the message board but I'm still drawing a blank. I'm sure it's something stupid. Any help would be appreciated.

Is there an "end" screen where the scenario ends and lifts the fog of war/shows the final results or does it just keep going? I played the US in the same scenario for my first game and I'm pretty sure I played past the listed end date and just kept playing for a bit.

Thanks in advance,

Deadman72

[Platoonist]

Sounds familiar. There have been issues regarding IJN ship reinforcements in the Guadalcanal scenario with the new patch. Check this thread...

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 9&start=80

[Deadman72]

Thanks Platoonist for saving my sanity. I'll give that a try.

Any comments on the "end of game" situation? Is there a victory/loss screen with the final results or does it just keep going?

[btd64]

There is a scenario end screen. Just have to wait until the end of the game....GP

[Platoonist]

There is a scenario end screen. Just have to wait until the end of the game....GP

If I recall correctly the offical end date for the Guadalcanal scenario is February 7th 1943 so it seems it still has a few weeks to run. I can't remember if the scenario has any auto-victory conditions.

[Deadman72]

Yeah, that worked like a charm. Gave it a test run with the production off and the ships appeared. Starting a new game on hard. I'm hoping to get put in my place. I was surprised I was able to handle the US so easily on historical. I was running out of planes by end of December but the trade off in damage to their fleet was worth it.