The escort AI is indeed a problem! Normally there are no mines anywhere near its path. But I saw it happen as well when I came close to an escort. It doesn't matter if you are close behind it, but at the side or the front it will try to evade. This can result in the escort running aground, or going BOOM. That's just poor SH3 AI programming. Either stay behind the escort, or overtake it right at the beginning of the trip out of port. On return it's easier, because if you don't wait for the escort at the meeting point you are on your own anyway! Either way, you have to know EXACTLY where the mines are!
|