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Stiebler · 10-19-11, 02:03 PM

@Dani, Reaper7:

Many thanks for your feedback.

I can confirm that it is not necessary to have an escort present in order to detect a convoy. In fact, some of my testing has been with two-ship 'convoys' that one can see sometimes in NYGM (also in stock SH3). These are always detected properly.

I have carried out a lot of testing on contact reports in NYGM recently, in connection with H.sie's Wolf-Packs mod. The results are very erratic; sometimes it is easy to report a convoy, sometimes not, and I do not understand why not. This is, however, an old problem that has been described many times by players of SH3 (not only with NYGM). With NYGM, I have found that there must always be at least one merchant ship in sight, before the first contact report can be sent. Afterwards, one needs only any single ship of the convoy in order to send a second report.

I have reinstalled NYGM completely for these tests - in three steps (NYGM_2.5, NYGM3_New, NYGM_3.5A), testing after each step, but again it is very hard to predict when the convoy report will be allowed.

All these same problems affect my 'Smoke-on-the-Horizon' mod, which uses the same code as that for Contact Reports.

Stiebler.

10-19-11, 02:03 PM	#2382
Stiebler Fuel Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,237 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 4	@Dani, Reaper7: Many thanks for your feedback. I can confirm that it is not necessary to have an escort present in order to detect a convoy. In fact, some of my testing has been with two-ship 'convoys' that one can see sometimes in NYGM (also in stock SH3). These are always detected properly. I have carried out a lot of testing on contact reports in NYGM recently, in connection with H.sie's Wolf-Packs mod. The results are very erratic; sometimes it is easy to report a convoy, sometimes not, and I do not understand why not. This is, however, an old problem that has been described many times by players of SH3 (not only with NYGM). With NYGM, I have found that there must always be at least one merchant ship in sight, before the first contact report can be sent. Afterwards, one needs only any single ship of the convoy in order to send a second report. I have reinstalled NYGM completely for these tests - in three steps (NYGM_2.5, NYGM3_New, NYGM_3.5A), testing after each step, but again it is very hard to predict when the convoy report will be allowed. All these same problems affect my 'Smoke-on-the-Horizon' mod, which uses the same code as that for Contact Reports. Stiebler. __________________ NYGM Tonnage War Mod - More than a mod: it's an experience!