Seaplanes New option to manage your seaplanes - See and access seaplane bases - Click on any ship carrying seaplanes to enter Air Op with a zoom on current TF - Launch Search and CAP missions - Create seaplane base with
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Full Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal update
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addedSeaplanesNew option to manage your seaplanes - See and access seaplane bases - Click on any ship carrying seaplanes to enter Air Op with a zoom on current TF - Launch Search and CAP missions - Create seaplane base with tenders TF located in a seaplane spot hex - You are also allowed to observe and attack enemy seaplane bases by air and by sea
changedVersion 1.3Search • Counters colors have been aligned with their search pattern • No choice of speed in the search pattern anymore. Seaplanes will always be slow and others fast • When seaplanes are manageable by the computer, surface TF will send reco seaplanes more often • Intercepted scouts have less chance to transmit TF position • Overcast and rain have more effects on detection
addedVersion 1.3Scenarios update • Extra seaplane tenders • Less fuel on airfields for 2P games • Wake starts with less fuel to prevent abused rebasing to the island from US CV • Coral Sea New set-up and victory condition • Eastern Solomon : new option for F4F
changedVersion 1.3Naval bombardment • Bombardment effects have been increased to match reality, check the rules • Aircraft destroyed by naval bombardment are concealed to the enemy
Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal changes
addedNew option to manage your seaplanes - See and access seaplane bases - Click on any ship carrying seaplanes to enter Air Op with a zoom on current TF - Launch Search and CAP missions - Create seaplane base with tenders TF located in a seaplane spot hex - You are also allowed to observe and attack enemy seaplane bases by air and by sea
changedSearch • Counters colors have been aligned with their search pattern • No choice of speed in the search pattern anymore. Seaplanes will always be slow and others fast • When seaplanes are manageable by the computer, surface TF will send reco seaplanes more often • Intercepted scouts have less chance to transmit TF position • Overcast and rain have more effects on detection
addedScenarios update • Extra seaplane tenders • Less fuel on airfields for 2P games • Wake starts with less fuel to prevent abused rebasing to the island from US CV • Coral Sea New set-up and victory condition • Eastern Solomon : new option for F4F
changedNaval bombardment • Bombardment effects have been increased to match reality, check the rules • Aircraft destroyed by naval bombardment are concealed to the enemy
Seaplanes
New option to manage your seaplanes - See and access seaplane bases - Click on any ship carrying seaplanes to enter Air Op with a zoom on current TF - Launch Search and CAP missions - Create seaplane base with tenders TF located in a seaplane spot hex - You are also allowed to observe and attack enemy seaplane bases by air and by sea
Version 1.3
Search • Counters colors have been aligned with their search pattern • No choice of speed in the search pattern anymore. Seaplanes will always be slow and others fast • When seaplanes are manageable by the computer, surface TF will send reco seaplanes more often • Intercepted scouts have less chance to transmit TF position • Overcast and rain have more effects on detection
Scenarios update • Extra seaplane tenders • Less fuel on airfields for 2P games • Wake starts with less fuel to prevent abused rebasing to the island from US CV • Coral Sea New set-up and victory condition • Eastern Solomon : new option for F4F
AirStrikes • Slight improvement of Air-to-air combat table • Observing an enemy airstrike won’t reveal the exact payload of the bombers until they reach their target. Will these G4M go for your TRS or for Henderson Field ? • When a TF and a friendly base share the same hex, sum their heavy AA
Naval bombardment • Bombardment effects have been increased to match reality, check the rules • Aircraft destroyed by naval bombardment are concealed to the enemy
General The game takes less memory. A prerequisite for the adaptation for mobile devices Support of touch screen for the zoom
