2.41 makes UV worse

[TAIL GUNNER]

I've found numerous problems with aircraft production since applying this patch. Fresh install of my 2.30 CD with a fresh install of 2.41.

Scen. 19, playing as Japs, played 4 months of game:
1. Cannot receive Oscar replacements. I've only lost 3 aircraft total, but somehow I've "used" over 150! I'll lose one from one of my groups on the field every few turns too.
2. Got 30 Daves for replacement the first month, should've only got 7. Pete's aren't upgrading to Daves even though I have 60+ in the pool.
3. Cannot receive Pete replacements. Many ships in Rabaul port missing their full complement, even though showing 18 in the pool.
4. Pilot bug still not fixed.....I have several Mavis groups with 30+ pilots.

Scen. 19, playing as Allies, played 1 month of game:
1. Cannot receive Hudson replacements. One group on NZ Hudsons just arrive in Noumea with one plane! Much like the same bug affecting Oscars.
2. Replacement values don't match what the game actually shows. For example, I should get 60 F4s a month, but I'm showing 27 used and 19 in the pool after the first month.....where's the other 14? Almost every other plane available at the time shows similar screwy numbers that just don't add up.

I love this game but all this frustrates me to no end.

Back to 2.30 for me........
Chad

[ltfightr]

The Oscars Are going to fill out squadrons in your reinforcement pool I bet.

[TAIL GUNNER]

no, that's not the case.
I've already received all Oscar groups as reinforcements.

The first group I received took many turns to flush out its full capacity....same with the second, and third groups, which never did get their full complements.

The replacements would get "used".........by who or what, I'll never know.

When I finally ran out of replacements, I would actually lose an Oscar from one of the groups in the field every 5 turns or so!

Frustrating......
Chad

[timtom]

You're not alone, Chad

[pasternakski]

One of the great things about the now defunct (at least on my computer) UV 2.41 is B-17s. You get about a dozen or so squadrons, just about all with 4-6-8 aircraft. You get 10 a month. By the end of 1943, with even minimal combat and operations losses, you still have some squadrons that have never filled out to their full 12-plane TO&E (and have never upgraded to B-24Js).

Have you seen the 888 TBDs in the pool? How about the 657 used P-400s?

Ah, well. Like the little boy's goldfish, it was fun while it lasted.

[Erik Rutins]

Hi everyone,

Mike is taking a look at this report.

Regards,

- Erik

[TAIL GUNNER]

This is why I still have much love for Matrix Games...

What other company would still support a five-year old game just to a appease a few die-hards?

So Matrix guys, if I EVER get a new computer, the first game I'll buy is War in the Pacific because I know five years down the road, it'll still be supported.

Thanks,
Chad

[timtom]

If it's any help, it seems that the "leaked" aircraft show up in the replacement pool under the "used" heading - in part anyway. Fx, VMF-212 starts scn.7 with a 24 F4F-3's, of which no replacements are received. A month on, the sqd. now holds 15 aircraft. It hasn't flow a single combat mission and no F4F-3's are recorded lost. In the replacement pool, five F4F-3's appear under the "used" heading.

My PBY's are also disappearing fast into this Oriental Bermuda triangle.

UV was at patch 1.40 when I bought it. Until the arrival of 2.41, the bugs I've encountered has been in the "minor nuisance" category. Not so anymore...

HELP!!!

[Bombur]

scen#17. Received the Hiryu only to realize that its fighter group has experience of...55.....

[spence]

scen#17. Received the Hiryu only to realize that its fighter group has experience of...55.....

Luck of the draw I'd say - I got Soryu in a Scen 17 with a Val group experience of around 55 (+/-1) and that was in v2.30