In War in the Pacific Admiral's edition I have enemy carriers in a position where I can hit them hard from a land airfield. When I attempt to target them I get the message "only LRCAP may target." Whats up with this? How can I allow my planes to attack?
Quote from: tjboms01@yahoo.com on December 02, 2017, 04:47:19 PM
In War in the Pacific Admiral's edition I have enemy carriers in a position where I can hit them hard from a land airfield. When I attempt to target them I get the message "only LRCAP may target." Whats up with this? How can I allow my planes to attack?
Hi
Put them on Long Range CAP? Your aircraft may be "setup" for a different kind of mission. For example, if they're setup for CAS, then they can't really go charging after carriers.
Don't take this as gospel. I haven't played the game in any depth and haven't played for a long time - but it strikes me that's what the message is telling you.
Good luck with a proper answer from someone knowledgeable. Also - might be worth asking at Matrix Games - there's a HUGE following for WitP:AE over there.
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tt.asp?forumid=528
One other piece of advice - if your username is actually your email address, I'd probably not recommend doing that around the net. Just from programs that farm information. Just as a "just in case". O0
^Good advice, and welcome to Grogheads! O0
You can't specifically target enemy TFs. You set some of your planes to "Naval Search" so that they locate the TF, and have other planes set to "Naval Attack" so that they'll sortie once the TF has been located (hopefully appropriate aircraft for each mission: float planes / PBYs for Search; dive bombers and torpedo bombers for Attack).
I think you might get a good answer at the Matrix forum on WITP.
Quote from: RyanE on December 02, 2017, 07:59:43 PM
I think you might get a good answer at the Matrix forum on WITP.
lol - I thought Sandman's answer was quite plausible. He certainly sounded like he knew what he was talking about ;D
Quote from: sandman2575 on December 02, 2017, 07:35:21 PM
You can't specifically target enemy TFs. You set some of your planes to "Naval Search" so that they locate the TF, and have other planes set to "Naval Attack" so that they'll sortie once the TF has been located (hopefully appropriate aircraft for each mission: float planes / PBYs for Search; dive bombers and torpedo bombers for Attack).
This plus set some fighters to "Escort" or the bombers may not launch if the enemy has a fighter presence.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 03, 2017, 02:16:05 AM
He certainly sounded like he knew what he was talking about ;D
It has been known to happen, on rare occasions... ;)
KyzBP's point is a good one.
In terms of setting targets for air sorties -- you can only do this for ground/airfield/port attack missions, LR CAP, or recon, setting a specific hex (within range) to strike. (May well be missing a few other possibilities there, but you get the picture). You *can't* designate an enemy TF at sea as a target for air strike. I believe an enemy TF in a port hex can come under air attack if you designated that hex for Port Attack, but not entirely sure (the strike may just target disbanded ships in the harbor).
The parameters / checks that have to be passed in AE to launch airstrikes are pretty complex. Unit morale, supply, size of airfield, possible overcrowding (airfields as well as aircraft carriers), weather, all that and probably more comes into play. And *coordinating* airstrikes between different squadrons has its own headaches -- good to set striking aircraft and escorts at the same altitude, that sort of thing.
All of which is to say, you can set up everything just right, but there's no 100% guarantee that you'll strike or even locate an enemy TF that you want to hit. Which is as it should be.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 03, 2017, 02:16:05 AM
Quote from: RyanE on December 02, 2017, 07:59:43 PM
I think you might get a good answer at the Matrix forum on WITP.
lol - I thought Sandman's answer was quite plausible. He certainly sounded like he knew what he was talking about ;D
I'm sure it was a great answer. It just seemed asking a technical question like that might get an answer from Matrix devs and their helpers faster.
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Quote from: RyanE on December 03, 2017, 12:47:23 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 03, 2017, 02:16:05 AM
Quote from: RyanE on December 02, 2017, 07:59:43 PM
I think you might get a good answer at the Matrix forum on WITP.
lol - I thought Sandman's answer was quite plausible. He certainly sounded like he knew what he was talking about ;D
I'm sure it was a great answer. It just seemed asking a technical question like that might get an answer from Matrix devs and their helpers faster.
I agree. I was just trying to be funny :D
I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 03, 2017, 01:37:22 PM
Quote from: RyanE on December 03, 2017, 12:47:23 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 03, 2017, 02:16:05 AM
Quote from: RyanE on December 02, 2017, 07:59:43 PM
I think you might get a good answer at the Matrix forum on WITP.
lol - I thought Sandman's answer was quite plausible. He certainly sounded like he knew what he was talking about ;D
I'm sure it was a great answer. It just seemed asking a technical question like that might get an answer from Matrix devs and their helpers faster.
I agree. I was just trying to be funny :D
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Quote from: bbmike on December 03, 2017, 01:36:43 PM
^That's good stuff. Pricey, but good.
It is. My wife bought me a bottle and my good friends, the unpaying kind, were helpful enough to drink it for me after I 'went to sleep'.
Quote from: Moreb on December 03, 2017, 02:06:53 PM
Quote from: bbmike on December 03, 2017, 01:36:43 PM
^That's good stuff. Pricey, but good.
It is. My wife bought me a bottle and my good friends, the unpaying kind, were helpful enough to drink it for me after I 'went to sleep'.
bummer! ...next time have some of this:
Edited by MetalDog:
Sorry fellas. While we are all adults here, there are no age specific settings to the site and we'd like to keep things PG for that reason.
hope your friends will help with that bottle while you take care of these fine pacific gals after you go to bed... :coolsmiley:
(oops, forgot the wife-situation... another bummer, i guess...) :-[chem's edit: i'm sorry. merry xmas everyone.
ah, and congrats to the pirate for this great thread title!
cheers!
Weirdly that's one of WitPs longest serving commentators avatar
Not sure how many know of this awesome AAR but check this baby out.
https://lparchive.org/War-in-the-Pacific/
Quote from: Moreb on December 20, 2017, 02:56:04 PM
Not sure how many know of this awesome AAR but check this baby out.
https://lparchive.org/War-in-the-Pacific/
That's an incredible AAR and quite a gaming achievement. Thanks for posting the link Moreb.
Quote from: Rayfer on December 20, 2017, 03:08:47 PM
Quote from: Moreb on December 20, 2017, 02:56:04 PM
Not sure how many know of this awesome AAR but check this baby out.
https://lparchive.org/War-in-the-Pacific/
That's an incredible AAR and quite a gaming achievement. Thanks for posting the link Moreb.
You're most welcome.
thats a lot of work - excellent
Holy Sh*t... that's an awesome AAR, man that had to be a lot of work. just read a couple parts so far, going to read a couple parts a day. Reading that makes me want to buy and play the game, but i know that's too much game for me. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it took a lot of work to put that together. Thanks for the link, Pirate.
Just in case someone hasn't heard, War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition is on sale at Matrix Games (http://www.matrixgames.com/products/product.asp?gid=351) for $29.99 U.S. until 7 January 2018. That's $50 off the regular price.
Wow.
:o
As if just playing WitP grand campaign isn't time consuming enough. Meticulously documenting every turn as well... Impressive.
1300 and odd updates
I like the comments telling him he's mad to start
"You're mad! Mad I tell you!!!"
That is a staggering amount of game, and a no-brainer, for 30 clams.
I've been giving some serious thought to firing that bad boy back up over the holidays.
Someone played WitP all the way to the end? A true sign of the apocalypse.
I have started this game so many times. I think I've gotten as far as about 200 or maybe 300 turns in before I get distracted (SQUIRREL!) and if you've played the game you know how hard it is to pick up after you've been away for a month or two. You completely lose track of what the purpose of that task force was, or why you set it to go where it's going, etc.
I swear, though, like reading Les Miserables, at some point in my life I'm going to sit down and finish this bad boy once and for all. I personally find it one of the best war games I've ever played, like a dream come true. It's just so doggone time consuming to actually get anything done.
I like to picture myself sitting on my deck in southern California (or Florida), a cool beer at my side and my laptop in front of me, slowly working my way through this grand campaign, leisurely moving my ships around one turn at a time, no rush, birds chirping and the sounds of waves gently breaking against the shore in the background. :dreamer: