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Originally Posted by Wulfmann
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You might also consider a stock RND.mis file. That is, one where you do not include these new warships or the additional merchants now required to use the new RND.
By dropping the classes you could still leave the fact a Norwegian merchant was in the convoy but for those that don't update a roster the KSS or KSQ would spawn while those that do could have the KLS.
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That was one of my primary requirements, and why I have shied away from using Sergbuto's new transport and cargo ship. However, the new rosters are simply required for a reasonable representation of convoys. At some point a mod is so bland that it's a waste of time to create it or it's useless by limiting changes beyond a certain level.
I'd like to add recommends for Sergbuto's Hampton Class Light Cruiser and Observer's accurate tonnage SH3 Commander mod, but I won't attempt to integrate such things directly.
It's a shame there's no real dependency management system for installing SH3 additions coupled with a patch management system of sorts. Unfortunately the degree of complexity is likely too high for the majority of mods and modders.
Another important note is, ship entry dates can generally _only_ be earlier, not later. (Except for merchants where they'll likely to never be explicitly specified in the RND layer, although with merchant ships at anchor in the v1.4b patch, if any VVs are at anchor before 1944 they won't show up.) Some of the corrections that need be done result in ships entering the war later. That might crash the SCR layer in some instances which isn't acceptable, or at the very least have whole escort groups not appear.
I do not wish to provide a modified SCR layer because the Ops mod is already heavily modifying that for other purposes, making any kind of integration extremely difficult. It's not a road I wish to travel presently.
To echo others, the primary elements lacking presently are South Equatorial convoys and Mediteranean (hah, spelled it right without looking it up for the first time!) convoy information.
I am somewhat leery of including any BBs in North Atlantic fast convoys at 9 kts, because they're such obvious targets and it's extremely easy to score a kill on such things without doubling or trippling the escort protection. It's not possible to include the shadowing escort force that would surely protect the capital ship.
I would consider large warships in military convoys, but there's little information on those. I am considering using what the developers have for convoys such as AS and simply expanding upon it so it's larger, with perhaps some escort tweaks. (HG only has like 10 ships for example.)