Map: Coral Sea Japan

[T_T]

What are the winning conditions for this map?
I ended in defeat while seriously overpowering the enemy.

I managed to achieve all secondary objectives.
- I send the entire Allied fleet into a retreat due to the destruction of their carriers.
(somewhere around turn 26)
- I hid my own Carrier fleet for the first 10 turns
- I even destroyed like 99% of the enemy fleet

The only thing left to do was... to protect the landing fleet.
There were no enemy ships left as threat, only 2 enemy CA's which were outside reach to pose a threat for the convoy fleet.


So I am confused on how the game mechanics work here?

[Studwick]

You need to destroy all the ships defending Port Moresby. Once that is done, the AI-controlled ships will start moving and capture the city. If the AI isn't quick enough (usually takes around 10'ish turns) then you loose. Took me a few tries as well before i figured it out.

So just focus on destroying the fleet defending Port Moresby and then you can focus on taking out the US Carriers

[Mercutio]

I played on admiral level. I was doing a great job on everything except the AI outnumbered my badly at port moresby. I couldn't put even an army unit there and there was no land unit. The AI walked in after outnumbering me 2-1 in naval units and I lost. I really enjoyed most of the gaming, but that was weak IMO

For clarity, I was the Americans.

[bylandt11]

JE, did you deploy ships on the west side of the map at the start of the scenario? Because I missed that too on mu first try.

[Mercutio]

Byland, I saw that in another thread and had to give myself a facepalm. Thanks for pointing it out.

[bylandt11]

I have my own question on this scenario. One of the bonus assignements is to destroy all enemy planes. I've tried it twice now and didn't get that one. I think I destroyed everything Japanese on the map, except for 1 sub. I couldn't find any more planes or anything else. Anyone know what I could have missed?

[bmorgan077]

i also can not win this as the ♥♥♥♥. take port Mosbly on turn 13, still did not "protect the invasion fleet", did compleat all other prim and sec conditions

[bmorgan077]

yes, 3 times now, all 3 city hexes by turn 15, all other conditions met, 5 ♥♥♥ ships in/near harbor, all other US ships left or were sunk.

[bmorgan077]

ok, 5 times, same results, i did a game on easy, went to coral sea with overwhelming fleet, got all prim and sec cond, the 3 transports landed their troops on turns 15 and 16, so transports are now gone, still did not "protect the transports, guess this game is shelved until a patch fixes this.

[Myrddraal]

Hi bmorgan, if you want to continue your game, load the scenario just before the defeat, press SHIFT+C and type #igotnukes into the console. It will give you the victory, and any secondary objectives you've achieved will count, so you can continue your campaign.

[bmorgan077]

thanks, i will try that, i tried to do hotfix patch and did not seem to take, file size did not change

[Xam Huad]

Got same problem, killed all ships near Port Moresby, captured Port Moresby and destroyed all carriers. Still defeat even though no enemy in map anymore. Had to wait till turn 30 to get the defeat screen...

I'll try the #igotnukes thing, but seriously, that's some fail coding right there.