[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by gap

Unfortunately, I don't think SH5 capaign can keep track of the sunk ships of a given class, for deciding wether to spawn them again the next time, or not. Afaik the one factors that the game is taking into account when picking units intended for generic or convoy traffic, are unit type and unit availability dates which, being written of file, are static settings.

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Yes - with each save or campaign adv, all ships marked "Unique" are checked by the campaign and if dead, they are dead:-

This is the roster cfg where unique ships are stated


[UnitClass]
ClassName=BBRoyalSovereign
UnitType=11
AppearanceDate=19160316
DisappearanceDate=19480301
DisplayName=BR BB Royal Sovereign (proxy)
IsUnique=yes

[Texture 1]
TextureName=
LightmapTextureName=data/Sea/NBB_QueenElizabeth/NBB_QE_O01.tga
NormalmapTextureName=
StartDate=19390101
EndDate=19461231
Frequency=1

[Unit 1]
Name=HMS Revenge
DOC=19160316
DOD=19480901
[Unit 2]
Name=HMS Royal Oak
DOC=19160616
DOD=19391014

[Unit 3]
Name=HMS Royal Sovereign
DOC=19160616
DOD=19490401

[Unit 4]
Name=HMS Resolution
DOC=19161216
DOD=19480501

[Unit 5]
Name=HMS Ramillies
DOC=19170916
DOD=19480301


;************* THE END ***************


And here is the campaign profile for that ship:-

[CampaignProgress.MisResult 15.MisKill 6]
Name=HMS Royal Oak
ClassName=BBRoyalSovereign
Type=11
Side=1
KillDate=19390930
Tonnage=31000
Long=-356980.218750
Lat=7070345.000000
Height=-12.800246
IsFromSingleMis=false


[CampaignProgress.UniqueShipsStatus 16]
Name=HMS Royal Oak
ClassName=BBRoyalSovereign
Active=false
Dead=true


As you can see - I sank this ship 30/09/39 and the campaign knows it and will not use it again