Convoy spawning
 

Is there any way to increase the spawning of convoys ect ?

It seems every time I leave a zone its swarming with enemy ships and when I return there's nothing.

A tweak perhaps to increase slightly the spawning chances would be great or is this hard coded ?

Ringy.

Ya, noticed that. I sail around for days trying to find even a lone merchant, then when I've finally used up all my torps and heading home...
There's convoy after convoy....:shifty:

Convoys are actually set to spawn around correct dates

Providing I am reading the files correct
In SH3 and 4 the spawn rates were by minutes controlled from each convoy

GroupName=HX42Convoy ( GWX3 RND )
Category=0
CommandEntry=40
Long=-8866764.000000
Lat=4855298.000000
Height=0.000000
DelayMin=60
DelayMinInterv=7200 < divided by 60 divided by 24 = 5 days ( in reality a lil too often

In SH5 I cant find anything like that on the files but in the covoy.mis
( C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Campaigns\CampaignProjects\Total_Germany )

[LanesGraph.Node 21.NodeGroup 1]
Type=HX_
Name=HX
Country=British
Speed=9.000000
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231
ReportPosTime=2170
ReportPosProbability=60

[LanesGraph.Node 21.NodeGroup 1.NGMission 1]
Name=Liverpool
ObjectiveType=0
TargetNode=Liverpool
PathNodes=
UsePath=false
CooldownMonths=0
CooldownDays=8.000000 < A guess but think this is time elapsed between convoys
CooldownHours=1
Priority=0
RewardPoints=0
StartDate=19390916
EndDate=19451231

A quick look at the HX series on http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html gives approx 8 day sailings between convoys

What you may want to look at is the report info

ReportPosTime=2170 < 36 hours between reports
ReportPosProbability=60 < % chance of a map report

Am near totally convinced the cooldown days are what controls the gap between sailings