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Originally Posted by Magnum
LE: Updated the wolpack mission, now the merchant convoy leader is the first escort. I have no time to test it, but now they should not flee... hope so. This mission consist of 2 wolpacks attacking from 2 different direction and a solid task force that come from south a bit later on, they should join the party after the wolpacks engage the merchants. |
I've been using Magnum's latest wolfpack mission to help me modify/add/fix the AI. Noticed one very bad bug while using this mission and almost completing the whole AI rewrite - subs will attack and hunt subs of the same country (or side). Magnum has a wolfpack of 3 subs coming from the left side of the convoy and a wolfpack of 3 subs coming from the right side of the convoy. When all the subs first spot the convoy everything is fine. As they get closer to the convoy and they all start to submerge is when they switch to targeting the other 'side'. Subs on the right and trying to take out subs from the left
I've got a great shot of this happening (this is one AI sub hunting another AI sub that was setting up for an attack on the convoy):
It almost seems like the subs are treated as BATTLESHIPS when they submerge and thus is why they are hunted.
Convoys will aggravate you all to no end now. The merchants no longer scatter when they detect you - they and the guard convoy escorts follow the 'leader' upfront leading the convoy. Whatever the leader does they all do. I gave the leader the ability to speed up/slow down and change course at will. The guard convoy escorts stay with the convoy - they will not stray outside of it. Their purpose it to attack you if you enter inside the convoy. The escorts put out on patrol duty will stay with the convoy until a contact is spotted. They will go and investigate the contact but once their distance from the convoy exceeds a value they return to the convoy and join up where they were.
HK groups are much worse now. Just avoid them if at all possible
