Is there a mod to increase convoy frequency?

[U-214]

Hi,i have searched this forum,but i have only found mods that reduce traffic.I already use reduced traffic mod for single ships,but i 'd like to know if there is a mod that increases the frequency of convoys.It's boring sailing without finding anything.I found there is an "improved convoy" mod,but i understand it reduces traffic.

Thanks for the help.

[FAdmiral]

I am using RUB 1.41 with the 1.4b patch and in 1 year doing 6
patrols (still on #6), I have found 4 large convoys to date.
1 on Patrol 1 and 1 on Patrol 3. On my recent Patrol 6, I found
2 in just 36 hrs time. They have ALL been in approx. the same
spot. AM52 & the AM just above it coming in from the Northwest
at 7 kts, course ESE (approx. 120 deg.) All have had 18 to 20
ships, some American, with the majority British. The first one
had 1 DD escort, the 2nd had just a Corvette. Both the ones
on this patrol had 2 escorts, a V&W and a Corvette. I sunk 7
ships in all between the 2 convoys without even a scratch....


JIM

[gdogghenrikson]

yes, improved convoys does decrese single merchant traffic but it is well worth it for that mod

[rulle34]

Originally Posted by U-214

Hi,i have searched this forum,but i have only found mods that reduce traffic.I already use reduced traffic mod for single ships,but i 'd like to know if there is a mod that increases the frequency of convoys.It's boring sailing without finding anything.I found there is an "improved convoy" mod,but i understand it reduces traffic.

Thanks for the help.

I think the "world" mod series increased the traffic quite much. Have a slight memory when trying it that convoys almost meet each other in the Atlantic

I think you can find that mod at Terrapin's site http://u-boot.realsimulation.com/

[HW3]

I'm using improved convoys mod and have found at least one convoy on every patrol, may times 2 or more.

[Twelvefield]

The current RUB seems to increase convoy activity. I had 4 convoys - large convoys- in my last time out, where before I was lucky to find 1 convoy.

For more convoys, be sure to look at the paper map that came with the game, and search in the places marked on the map!

[CCIP]

IC doesn't increase convoy frequency - I think it almost completely keeps it the same, since the original game had it more or less right.

It's the composition of convoys that makes the big difference - convoys in IC are generally a bit larger, and a LOT more varied.

And, since the latest version, they're also more 'slippery', using zig-zags and alternate routes to spoof your plans of catching them too easily

[U-214]

Thanks for the replies!I too have only met convoys at AM52 till now and it's getting a bit boring going there everytime.I would prefer many convoys so to have challenge against the escorts.I ll try the world mod as suggested.

Thank you!

[Commander1980]

I think the only thing that has to be done to find more convoys, is to change the radio report range in contacts.cfg. You'll get the convoy reports much earlier and you'll see more of them. Maybe like this:

Display Range To Opportunity Radio Contacts=900 ;[>0] kilometers
Display Range To Important Radio Contacts=2500 ;[>0] kilometers

[U-214]

Thank you very much.I ll try it.

Regards

[U-214]

Update: the contacts.cfg solved my problem.Thank you my friend.Now i have up tp 5 convoys on the map at the same time.Who needs lonely merchants now?

[FritzHeinz]

Or you can use the Spysat mod, which will give you ALL convoys on the map! (which btw makes SH3 almost an arcade game )

EDIT:

I've heard that there's work on a revised Spysat mod with the 'stock traffic density' in stead of the endless stream of convoys...