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Originally Posted by LGN1

Hi Hitman,

what do you mean with this I extensively use zigzagging convoys in my SH3 installation and it's quite effective (around every 16km and an angle variation of +/-25°). I've also never seen a broken convoy

Cheers, LGN1

Any vessel on the outside of a formation, that makes a pivot must move faster or fall behind. The same problem existed with heavy bomber formations when they turned.

One zig every 16 km isn't really a tactical zig pattern. At 8 kts., that's only about once per hour. One zig in 6 min. was more the norm in RL.

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Perhaps, limiting the number of columns to 2 or 3 would help?

Personally, I would be content to have fewer large convoys in exchange for more zigging. However, Ducimus said that frequent zigs taxed the computer and slowed things down. How much of a problem was this?