Question about Destroyer Command ship behaviors

BradR · 09-06-14, 11:13 AM

Hi! I was wondering if some of you master modders could graciously help me with a problem I'm having with one of my Destroyer Command mods. Here's the problem. I created a very ambitious mod that is based on the Battle of Jutland. I basically created the entire Imperial German High Seas Fleet. Everything from the Battleships König and Grosser Kurfürst to the Destroyers H202 and S223. Everything has worked perfectly EXCEPT the ships aren't behaving as I've programmed them too. As far as I know, I programmed them to stay in formation and travel in a loop to two coordinates. An example taken from my actual program goes like this:

[SCENARIO]
Date = 19391013
Time = 1300
Type = TYPE A
Duration = 7200 //number of hours; 5 days
TimeOut = 0
Origin = 6.500000,56.500000
Weather = OVERCAST
Major = 10
Minor = 5
InitialZoom = 5
TitleEnglish = The Second Battle of Jutland, 1939
TitleGerman =
TitleFrench =
Preprocess = TRUE
DrawOvlyText = TRUE

[GROUP2]
Type = SHIPSQUADRON
UnitType = BATTLESHIP
Side = 2
Name = I Battle Squadron
Nationality = German
Order1.1 = ROE,Capital,Unlimited,Destroy,Cruising,Full,-1,-1
Order2.1 = Formation,FORM_AS_ARE,500,8,-1,-1
Order3.1 = Speed,Exact,21,-1,-1
Order4.1 = WayPt2,6.485000,57.500000,-1,-1
Order5.1 = WayPt2,6.485000,55.500000,-1,-1
Order6.1 = LoopPatrol,1,99,-1,-1
WayptDisplay = DO_NOT_SHOW

[UNIT4]
Group = 2
TypeAbrev = BB
Class = NBBTirpitz
Name = Sachsen
Location = 6.495000,55.915000
Orientation = 0
BoilersHot = TRUE
Fuel = 0.99
Captain = 100
Crew = 100
MultiSelect = TRUE
IconName = NSHIP
Display = DO_NOT_SHOW

Unfortunately the ships do not stay in formation or travel to the coordinates I programmed. Instead they go off in all different directions and for the most part, in a rightmost direction from the direction I would like them to go. If I could get the ships to travel on the course I set, the map would be perfect to me! I have a hypothesis as to why they don't behave the way I want them to. I think it may be because I have too many ships on the field. There are 147 ships in total on the German side. Have I overloaded the game engine with too many ships and that is why they do not behave as well as I would like? If anyone can confirm or disprove this hypothesis and let me know how to get the ships to behave as I want them too? It would be much appreciated. Thank you very much to the community for taking the time to read this post and provide any feedback.

Sincerely,
BradR.

09-06-14, 11:13 AM	#1
BradR Watch Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 18 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	Question about Destroyer Command ship behaviors Hi! I was wondering if some of you master modders could graciously help me with a problem I'm having with one of my Destroyer Command mods. Here's the problem. I created a very ambitious mod that is based on the Battle of Jutland. I basically created the entire Imperial German High Seas Fleet. Everything from the Battleships König and Grosser Kurfürst to the Destroyers H202 and S223. Everything has worked perfectly EXCEPT the ships aren't behaving as I've programmed them too. As far as I know, I programmed them to stay in formation and travel in a loop to two coordinates. An example taken from my actual program goes like this: [SCENARIO] Date = 19391013 Time = 1300 Type = TYPE A Duration = 7200 //number of hours; 5 days TimeOut = 0 Origin = 6.500000,56.500000 Weather = OVERCAST Major = 10 Minor = 5 InitialZoom = 5 TitleEnglish = The Second Battle of Jutland, 1939 TitleGerman = TitleFrench = Preprocess = TRUE DrawOvlyText = TRUE [GROUP2] Type = SHIPSQUADRON UnitType = BATTLESHIP Side = 2 Name = I Battle Squadron Nationality = German Order1.1 = ROE,Capital,Unlimited,Destroy,Cruising,Full,-1,-1 Order2.1 = Formation,FORM_AS_ARE,500,8,-1,-1 Order3.1 = Speed,Exact,21,-1,-1 Order4.1 = WayPt2,6.485000,57.500000,-1,-1 Order5.1 = WayPt2,6.485000,55.500000,-1,-1 Order6.1 = LoopPatrol,1,99,-1,-1 WayptDisplay = DO_NOT_SHOW [UNIT4] Group = 2 TypeAbrev = BB Class = NBBTirpitz Name = Sachsen Location = 6.495000,55.915000 Orientation = 0 BoilersHot = TRUE Fuel = 0.99 Captain = 100 Crew = 100 MultiSelect = TRUE IconName = NSHIP Display = DO_NOT_SHOW Unfortunately the ships do not stay in formation or travel to the coordinates I programmed. Instead they go off in all different directions and for the most part, in a rightmost direction from the direction I would like them to go. If I could get the ships to travel on the course I set, the map would be perfect to me! I have a hypothesis as to why they don't behave the way I want them to. I think it may be because I have too many ships on the field. There are 147 ships in total on the German side. Have I overloaded the game engine with too many ships and that is why they do not behave as well as I would like? If anyone can confirm or disprove this hypothesis and let me know how to get the ships to behave as I want them too? It would be much appreciated. Thank you very much to the community for taking the time to read this post and provide any feedback. Sincerely, BradR.