Neutral destroyers in convoy´s? (GWX)

Vikinger · 01-10-07, 01:45 PM

HI.
I was on a patrol in september 1941.
Just outside grand canaria i encounterd a convoy.

I got spotted by the escort and attacked by 2 destroyers.
To my suprise i saw they was going under french flag???

France at that time in war is consider as neutral. So what are they doing in convoys that consist of british merchants?

And since they attacked me i manage to sink one of them before i had to escape and my patrol log showed it was a neutral ship i had sunk.

So i thought, ok its a bug or some file in the roster/france that shouldnt be there so i checked it out but oddly there was not any destroyers/black swan frigate/flower corvette listed in the ordnance there.

So question still remains. How on earth can they show up under french flag when they are not on the roster for the country?

And how can i fix it/ where to look for it?

melnibonian · 01-10-07, 03:04 PM

I know the feeling. I had my encounters with the French as well. I am not 100% sure but I think the neutral warships will attack you if you give them the chance. The merchants are OK. If you stay out of their way they will not fire at you. Also if you attack a neutral ship all other ships of this country will consider you an enemy. I think this lasts for 24 hours but please do not quote me on that, I might be wrong.

Vikinger · 01-10-07, 03:32 PM

Yeah they came after me and attacked as i was an enemy to them.

It must be some way to fix this so not neutral escorts show up in convoys.
It take away a lot of the realism feeling.

The problem is not in the roster file coz for the french there is no excorts ship in thier roster more than an armed trawler. So it must be on some other file we have to look for the problem.

melnibonian · 01-10-07, 03:34 PM

I'll pass it to the GWX devs. If it can be fixed it will. My view is though that there is something to do with the SH3 game engine. In any case I'm just speculating. I'll let the Devs know and they will see what they can do.

In the mean time keep sinking them (neutrals or not)

Vikinger · 01-10-07, 03:39 PM

Hehe. No one is safe from my trigger happy finger

Thx for passing it on.

azn_132 · 01-10-07, 05:39 PM

Which french flag is it? The Free French or just regular french flag?

01-10-07, 01:45 PM	#1
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	Neutral destroyers in convoy´s? (GWX) HI. I was on a patrol in september 1941. Just outside grand canaria i encounterd a convoy. I got spotted by the escort and attacked by 2 destroyers. To my suprise i saw they was going under french flag??? France at that time in war is consider as neutral. So what are they doing in convoys that consist of british merchants? And since they attacked me i manage to sink one of them before i had to escape and my patrol log showed it was a neutral ship i had sunk. So i thought, ok its a bug or some file in the roster/france that shouldnt be there so i checked it out but oddly there was not any destroyers/black swan frigate/flower corvette listed in the ordnance there. So question still remains. How on earth can they show up under french flag when they are not on the roster for the country? And how can i fix it/ where to look for it?

01-10-07, 03:04 PM	#2
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I know the feeling. I had my encounters with the French as well. I am not 100% sure but I think the neutral warships will attack you if you give them the chance. The merchants are OK. If you stay out of their way they will not fire at you. Also if you attack a neutral ship all other ships of this country will consider you an enemy. I think this lasts for 24 hours but please do not quote me on that, I might be wrong. __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

01-10-07, 03:34 PM	#4
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'll pass it to the GWX devs. If it can be fixed it will. My view is though that there is something to do with the SH3 game engine. In any case I'm just speculating. I'll let the Devs know and they will see what they can do. In the mean time keep sinking them (neutrals or not) __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

01-10-07, 03:32 PM	#3
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	Yeah they came after me and attacked as i was an enemy to them. It must be some way to fix this so not neutral escorts show up in convoys. It take away a lot of the realism feeling. The problem is not in the roster file coz for the french there is no excorts ship in thier roster more than an armed trawler. So it must be on some other file we have to look for the problem.

01-10-07, 03:39 PM	#5
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	Hehe. No one is safe from my trigger happy finger Thx for passing it on.

01-10-07, 05:39 PM	#6
azn_132 Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 950 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Which french flag is it? The Free French or just regular french flag?