No TLAM circle??

[Elendil]

I'm playing my third 1984 campaign and have completed numerous successful land strikes in the past. But in this campaign the TLAM target circle does not appear. I just failed my second land strike of the campaign as a result.

I just tried the "Strike From the Sea" single mission and the circle displayed correctly, so it's just the campaign.

Is there anything I can do, or is my campaign screwed?

[berlemannc]

Okay a couple of updates ago Killerfish removed the TLAM circle in campaign games. Now you just need to hover between 100ft to 45ft. Load up TLAM into your tubes. Make sure no one is around your postion. Then launch the TLAMS towards the PORT Icon (looks like a Red Anchor) and you will get a note that says soemthing to the effect that "Land Attack Missile XX is away" with XX being the number of the missile that you have launched. At which once you cross the order required number 8/10/12/whatever it is you will get a not that says "Land Attack Mission Complete" and you could continue to launch to your hearts content. At which you could steam away from the target zone and hope the Soviets done hammer you with torpedos and depth bombs. There are more than a few recent threads here that have pictures of what the newest TLAM mission profile looks like during the actual mission.

[Elendil]

Thanks, must have missed that.

[NathamelCamel]

Yeah, problem is, I have two ports

[Vanguard(Aqua)]

Originally posted by NathamelCamel:

Yeah, problem is, I have two ports

fire4 at 1 and 4 at the other?

[rokvam]

Originally posted by Vanguard(Aqua):

Originally posted by NathamelCamel:

Yeah, problem is, I have two ports

fire4 at 1 and 4 at the other?

No matter which one you fire at, the missile will go to it's predetermined target...

Be prepared to fire four TLAM's at one harbour, only to see one or two of them to head towards the other harbour anyway, as they are pre-programmed.

Also, one or more might end up in a hillside, but don’t worry... You will pass the mission anyway...

- Dolphin 38

[sep3]

Originally posted by rokvam:

Originally posted by Vanguard(Aqua):

fire4 at 1 and 4 at the other?

No matter which one you fire at, the missile will go to it's predetermined target...

Be prepared to fire four TLAM's at one harbour, only to see one or two of them to head towards the other harbour anyway, as they are pre-programmed.

Also, one or more might end up in a hillside, but don’t worry... You will pass the mission anyway...

- Dolphin 38

I think that's why KFG changed it.

Before, you fired at the circle and they flew their course. But, you had to actually hit the targets to get credit. Now, as we all know, many times the missiles would hit hillsides. So, no joy at the end of the mission.

Now, you can just fire them and get immediate credit for all missiles.

It makes TLAM missions a bit boring (shoot missiles and run). But, I guess it was an easier change to make than to fix the missile tracking logic so that all of them would actually hit their targets and not crash into hills.