Does ship simply disappear after it reaches its last waypoint?

Silver_Silence · 08-27-08, 11:19 PM

I was hunting a large merchant ship off Casablanca. I hit it with one torpedo and follow it submerged, tracking it with hydrophone, waiting for it to sink. The whole time the ship is more or less ahead of me until my sonarman lost track of it. I thought it simply come to my hydrophone's blindspot at 0 degree. I take a look with my periscope and couldn't see the merchant vessel. I realize that I come to Casablanca! This must be its intended destination. After searching the port though, I can't find my ship.

Does it simply disappear after it reaches port? I was hoping it would come to a stop instead.

Sailor Steve · 08-27-08, 11:24 PM

A lot of them do disappear when they reach that last waypoint. It is adjusted in the Mission Editor, and can be changed.

If the ship is written directly into the SCR (Scripted) layer, it will stop and sit there if it is set to not delete. If it's in the RND (Random) layer, then you might have it generating several times during a game, and all of them ending up colliding as they reach the end. At least I think that's how it works.

Sandman_28054 · 08-28-08, 03:10 AM

I snuck into the harbor just above Dover, (Southport ?) and sat just out the port like a spider waiting in a web.

Yes they do very often, when they reach the last way-point of their track, dissapear.

Sneak into the harbor around Bristol.

Many ships coming into the port, but none reach it.

Red Heat · 08-29-08, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Silver_Silence

I was hunting a large merchant ship off Casablanca. I hit it with one torpedo and follow it submerged, tracking it with hydrophone, waiting for it to sink. The whole time the ship is more or less ahead of me until my sonarman lost track of it. I thought it simply come to my hydrophone's blindspot at 0 degree. I take a look with my periscope and couldn't see the merchant vessel. I realize that I come to Casablanca! This must be its intended destination. After searching the port though, I can't find my ship.

Does it simply disappear after it reaches port? I was hoping it would come to a stop instead.

The secret its to find the "pufff point" before the ship disapper...

Silver_Silence · 08-29-08, 08:41 AM

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The secret its to find the "pufff point" before the ship disapper...

Yeah I didn't notice because I zoomed in on the nav map busy plotting out the target solution. Better yet if we find out the spawn point where ship puff in. But then they won't do it if we are within 50km. Still I think they should make the ship to stop at the destination point at least for a few hours just to make it more realistic.

Jimbuna · 08-29-08, 09:38 AM

Well, as Steve pointed out earlier, it is doable....but one hell of a mammoth task if you want it to happen consistently

08-27-08, 11:19 PM	#1
Silver_Silence Seaman Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 38 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Does ship simply disappear after it reaches its last waypoint? I was hunting a large merchant ship off Casablanca. I hit it with one torpedo and follow it submerged, tracking it with hydrophone, waiting for it to sink. The whole time the ship is more or less ahead of me until my sonarman lost track of it. I thought it simply come to my hydrophone's blindspot at 0 degree. I take a look with my periscope and couldn't see the merchant vessel. I realize that I come to Casablanca! This must be its intended destination. After searching the port though, I can't find my ship. Does it simply disappear after it reaches port? I was hoping it would come to a stop instead.

08-27-08, 11:24 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	A lot of them do disappear when they reach that last waypoint. It is adjusted in the Mission Editor, and can be changed. If the ship is written directly into the SCR (Scripted) layer, it will stop and sit there if it is set to not delete. If it's in the RND (Random) layer, then you might have it generating several times during a game, and all of them ending up colliding as they reach the end. At least I think that's how it works. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-29-08, 09:38 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Well, as Steve pointed out earlier, it is doable....but one hell of a mammoth task if you want it to happen consistently __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-28-08, 03:10 AM	#3
Sandman_28054 Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 547 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	I snuck into the harbor just above Dover, (Southport ?) and sat just out the port like a spider waiting in a web. Yes they do very often, when they reach the last way-point of their track, dissapear. Sneak into the harbor around Bristol. Many ships coming into the port, but none reach it.