RE: RHS Thread: Critical Update 7.271 (eratta)
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 5:35 am
I have got the same bug in scen 103.
What's your Strategy?
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ORIGINAL: el cid again
Actually, there are "sources to back that up." The first of these is
just look at the plane! I felt dumb when I read it - because I believed I
should have seen the rather unique shape of the plane as a clue. There is
also the matter both are dive bombers.
But I learned it from William Green's Warplane's of the Third Reich, one of the
rather definitive English language treatments of German military aircraft of the
period. In the Ju-88 article, of course.
There is also more information in a newer book - Japanese Secret Projects - by
Edwin M Dyer. Using information not previously published or available in English,
he usefully describes all cases of Japanese-German cooperation - and also some
things that are purely fictional (including even comic books and similar "publications"
when these had art he could print). It appears there was even more extensive
industrial cooperation than I was aware of. Many factors prevented German designs
from reaching production in Japan - but it was a rich source for design concepts
and particular equipment because (a) the Germans were relatively more advanced
and (b) the Germans were often more willing to share with the Japanese than other
countries were. Sure enough, this and several other Ju-88 concepts are described.
I worked for a number of years (at Boeing, but not for Boeing, as a "resident engineer"
for a major contractor) in the design "software integration laboratories." These permit
"flying a plane or missile before it is built" as well as experimenting with one after it
exists in ways no one can see or track. They are why we do not design planes that do not
fly any more - once a common phenomena. I can still design a plane and "fly it" on a
computer. Anyway, the Lorna was an adaptation, scaled down, for a specialist mission:
as such it was also virtually unique. Few if any other ASW aircraft were dive bombers -
intended to decrease the error inherent in dropping weapons on a datum point (the Navy
term for the location of a submarine target). [Possibly a late war Ki-45 ASW variation
was inspired by the Earlier Lorna. I didn't know about this until last month either.]
Because MAD is a very short range sensor (and "the only effective non-acoustic sensor") -
and because if part of the sub is surfaced the aircraft radar would give a good datum point -
a dive bomber might have been a good concept. Japan also had a problem with high power engines,
and needed them for fighters and bombers: they hoped to make do with low power engines,
necessitating a smaller aircraft - and resulting in low performance so that, when the Lorna
finally did have to operate near enemy fighters, it was not well able to cope with them.
Japanese Navy ideas about air-ASW did not change much over time - a version of the Peggy
intended for production around 1946 also featured lower powered engines than the parent
aircraft it was designed from, and as a result, relatively low performance. But it would
permit distant operations - provided these were not in areas of enemy fighter patrols.
The JNAF Peggy was designated Q2W1.
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
ORIGINAL: el cid again
The Ki-50 as such is the JAAF version of the Ju-88. It is only found in JES Scenarios
99 & 105. Note that two OTHER versions are found in ALL scenarios but with a Naval
designation Q1W1. Not often understood as such, this too is a peculiar Ju-88 variation
with very low power engines and specialized ASW sensors (radar and MAD).
Hi Cid, haven't had the time to look at your scenarios yet but I do peek into this thread from time to time when work permits. Looks like you and your team have spent many many man-hours on this mod.
Just wondering about the claim that Q1W1 was a Ju-88 variation - do you have sources to back that up? I have never come across a similar claim, and although the Lorna looks similar, it has much a smaller and lighter airframe than a Ju-88 - wing span Lorna 16m / Ju-88 18-20m (depending on variant), wing area 38 / 52-54 square meters, weight less than 5 tons / over 12 tons etc.
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
ORIGINAL: el cid again
Actually, there are "sources to back that up." The first of these is
just look at the plane! I felt dumb when I read it - because I believed I
should have seen the rather unique shape of the plane as a clue. There is
also the matter both are dive bombers.
But I learned it from William Green's Warplane's of the Third Reich, one of the
rather definitive English language treatments of German military aircraft of the
period. In the Ju-88 article, of course.
There is also more information in a newer book - Japanese Secret Projects - by
Edwin M Dyer. Using information not previously published or available in English,
he usefully describes all cases of Japanese-German cooperation - and also some
things that are purely fictional (including even comic books and similar "publications"
when these had art he could print). It appears there was even more extensive
industrial cooperation than I was aware of. Many factors prevented German designs
from reaching production in Japan - but it was a rich source for design concepts
and particular equipment because (a) the Germans were relatively more advanced
and (b) the Germans were often more willing to share with the Japanese than other
countries were. Sure enough, this and several other Ju-88 concepts are described.
I worked for a number of years (at Boeing, but not for Boeing, as a "resident engineer"
for a major contractor) in the design "software integration laboratories." These permit
"flying a plane or missile before it is built" as well as experimenting with one after it
exists in ways no one can see or track. They are why we do not design planes that do not
fly any more - once a common phenomena. I can still design a plane and "fly it" on a
computer. Anyway, the Lorna was an adaptation, scaled down, for a specialist mission:
as such it was also virtually unique. Few if any other ASW aircraft were dive bombers -
intended to decrease the error inherent in dropping weapons on a datum point (the Navy
term for the location of a submarine target). [Possibly a late war Ki-45 ASW variation
was inspired by the Earlier Lorna. I didn't know about this until last month either.]
Because MAD is a very short range sensor (and "the only effective non-acoustic sensor") -
and because if part of the sub is surfaced the aircraft radar would give a good datum point -
a dive bomber might have been a good concept. Japan also had a problem with high power engines,
and needed them for fighters and bombers: they hoped to make do with low power engines,
necessitating a smaller aircraft - and resulting in low performance so that, when the Lorna
finally did have to operate near enemy fighters, it was not well able to cope with them.
Japanese Navy ideas about air-ASW did not change much over time - a version of the Peggy
intended for production around 1946 also featured lower powered engines than the parent
aircraft it was designed from, and as a result, relatively low performance. But it would
permit distant operations - provided these were not in areas of enemy fighter patrols.
The JNAF Peggy was designated Q2W1.
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
Hi Cid, haven't had the time to look at your scenarios yet but I do peek into this thread from time to time when work permits. Looks like you and your team have spent many many man-hours on this mod.
Just wondering about the claim that Q1W1 was a Ju-88 variation - do you have sources to back that up? I have never come across a similar claim, and although the Lorna looks similar, it has much a smaller and lighter airframe than a Ju-88 - wing span Lorna 16m / Ju-88 18-20m (depending on variant), wing area 38 / 52-54 square meters, weight less than 5 tons / over 12 tons etc.
Funny how perceptions can differ. I did "just look at the plane" and said to me "That is not a Ju-88 or a variant - the cockpit may resemble a Ju-88, but not the rest - it is much smaller". Just going by "looks, would you say that the P-38 is a variant of the Fokker G.I. or the Tony a variant of the Me-109? They do look alike and they share the same general layout - but they are not the same airframes. Same goes for Lorna and Ju-88.
Unfortunately I don't know the books you have cited, but the books I have and various web sources I have consulted say that although the Lorna may look like a Ju-88, it is not a Ju-88. I have have also read a bit about the German-Japanese relations and the technology transfer (Bernd Martin is the German authority on the subject). The best that can be said about the resemblance is that that the Lorna was inspired by the Ju-88 - but it is not a Japanese Ju-88 copy.
In your third point you say that the Lorna was a "scaled-down adaption" - now that is not a Ju-88 variation anymore, no? I think our different perception is just about definitions - for me, a variant or variation is the same basic airframe adapted for different roles, like in the case of the Ju-88 the A-series as bomber, the C-series as Destroyer / night fighter, the D as Recon bird, G as pure Night Fighter etc. With that definition, the Lorna is definetly NOT a Ju-88 variant. But be it as it may, as long as you have the stats right in your mod, it will be fine.
ORIGINAL: Yaab
I have got the same bug in scen 103.
ORIGINAL: Vipersp
Cid,
When I apply the installer, it simply do not generate sub folders, it updates all subfolders so I dont find any other files regarding the scenarios;
Could you please send me your scen files so I can update just them here?
All other files, regarding ART and the planes availability looks right at my side, JUST KB issue remains;
ORIGINAL: Yaab
Manual file would be nice.
ORIGINAL: Vipersp
Cid,
I extracted the contents of the installer from your new update to my RHS folder and not directly into the War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition folder itself as I did every single time before;
After that I copied and paste all files and now all scenarios are ok!![&o]
so it seems at least at my case the installer is not replacing all the files at scen folder;
Just curious why the installer scen folder also contain files that should be inside the art folder??
as the image I attached here;
Yaab, extract the installer content outside the game folder and copy all content manually;
ORIGINAL: Yaab
Manual file would be nice.
ORIGINAL: Yaab
Copied the installer contents manually. Scen 105 is now OK, scen 103 still misses the three CVs.
EDIT:Uhm, I recopied manually all scen files pertaining to scen 103. Out of around 10 files, three files replaced old versions. Don't ask me how this has happened since I am using the latest installer files and ALL files should be identical. I have now all six CVs in scen 103.

ORIGINAL: npsergio
I can't see the weapons in some plane details screen. But the weapons are defined in the editor.
Is this because I don´t produce the devices?
Maybe my oponen and I have diferent mod versions?
Any idea suggestion?
Probably the weapons are there but simply I can´t see them?
Regards.