Convoy Shapes..

BooBooLovesAll · 01-04-07, 01:57 PM

I searched via the forum and google.. and couldn't come up with an answer to my question.

Whats the difference between the square convoy and the circled ones? (on the map).

Is it just to give variety?

Morts · 01-04-07, 01:59 PM

i heard somewhere that it means they are being shadowed by a wolfpack (AI wolfpack i think)
not sure though

AVGWarhawk · 01-04-07, 01:59 PM

I think but do not quote me....the circle convoy is a slow 4 kts type convoy. The square are you faster convoys. The reason I said this because I got a message on a slow convoy (4 kts) and it appeared as a circle.

BooBooLovesAll · 01-04-07, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I think but do not quote me....the circle convoy is a slow 4 kts type convoy. The square are you faster convoys. The reason I said this because I got a message on a slow convoy (4 kts) and it appeared as a circle.

It says "slow" on both the circle and squared convoys... I don't think (could be wrong) that its that.

@Morts; Maybe thats it.

AVGWarhawk · 01-04-07, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BooBooLovesAll

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I think but do not quote me....the circle convoy is a slow 4 kts type convoy. The square are you faster convoys. The reason I said this because I got a message on a slow convoy (4 kts) and it appeared as a circle.

It says "slow" on both the circle and squared convoys... I don't think (could be wrong) that its that.

@Morts; Maybe thats it.

My message clearly stated 4 kts and was a circle coming out of a port in England. Most others that state "slow" are usually 7 kts. Just my experience.

Morts · 01-04-07, 02:02 PM

maybe it was being shadowed by a wolfpack

Dowly · 01-04-07, 02:14 PM

The stock icons are:

Small/Large Square: Merchant/Convoy
Small/(large) Diamond: Warship/TaskForce (or is the TF icon large square too?)
Circle: Submarine
Triangle: Airplane

AVGWarhawk · 01-04-07, 02:26 PM

Well, that explains that now does'nt it?

danlisa · 01-04-07, 02:33 PM

Definitive - a circled convoy is being shadowed by a wolf pack.

01-04-07, 01:57 PM	#1
BooBooLovesAll Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 106 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Convoy Shapes.. I searched via the forum and google.. and couldn't come up with an answer to my question. Whats the difference between the square convoy and the circled ones? (on the map). Is it just to give variety?

01-04-07, 01:59 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think but do not quote me....the circle convoy is a slow 4 kts type convoy. The square are you faster convoys. The reason I said this because I got a message on a slow convoy (4 kts) and it appeared as a circle. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-04-07, 02:26 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Well, that explains that now does'nt it? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-04-07, 02:33 PM	#9
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Definitive - a circled convoy is being shadowed by a wolf pack. __________________

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01-04-07, 01:59 PM	#2
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i heard somewhere that it means they are being shadowed by a wolfpack (AI wolfpack i think) not sure though

01-04-07, 02:02 PM	#6
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	maybe it was being shadowed by a wolfpack

01-04-07, 02:14 PM	#7
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	The stock icons are: Small/Large Square: Merchant/Convoy Small/(large) Diamond: Warship/TaskForce (or is the TF icon large square too?) Circle: Submarine Triangle: Airplane