Dock a ship temporarily [Mission Editor] ?

Originally Posted by uboot48

Fractional numbers did not come to my mind.
I will experiment your tip, thanks !

I was thinking simply to make the ship disappear on a last way point and then re-enter,
but that would require 2 objects with the same name. It could cause problems (?), and have no control over time ( only DATE) .

Does the ship get alerted from a patrol plane ?

i think so but if its not firing at the plane its not alerted. in order to be "alerted" ships need to be directly attacked or be in very close to the ship being attacked.

i only know this from observation so i dont know the exact circumstances of the trigger for alerting so do some testing

[uboot48]

I spent so much time and can't make it work accordingly to my tune.
The harbor AI is quite dump, even if the unit is ELITE class.
If the way-points are too close my Bismarck tends to ignore it, or do own way.
I did make a way-point ( with 0.2 speed ) to work but I had quite few crashes during testing.
The patrol plane did not make any alert, and when is too low it gets shot instantly.
So I might give up after all, there is no point in trying to achieve something that game engine does not support.
It is sad, I actually giving up any mission creation, don't like to have my hands tight up.

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Originally Posted by uboot48

I spent so much time and can't make it work accordingly to my tune.
The harbor AI is quite dump, even if the unit is ELITE class.
If the way-points are too close my Bismarck tends to ignore it, or do own way.
I did make a way-point ( with 0.2 speed ) to work but I had quite few crashes during testing.
The patrol plane did not make any alert, and when is too low it gets shot instantly.
So I might give up after all, there is no point in trying to achieve something that game engine does not support.
It is sad, I actually giving up any mission creation, don't like to have my hands tight up.

As a last resort you might ask Trevally

try asking here in this thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=190953

or start a new thread asking about "how mission triggers work"

[Trevally.]

Here is a mission where a DD is docked for 1 hour.
It is the replaced by another DD (same) that will goto a waypoint.
Your uboat is just off watching:-

[Mission]
IsVisible=true
MissionType=0
MissionDataType=0
MultiMissionType=0
IsTutorial=false
Year=1941
Month=5
Day=18
Hour=10
Minute=0
CurrentYear=1941
CurrentMonth=5
CurrentDay=18
CurrentHour=10
CurrentMinute=0
GroupMissionStartDelay=0
IconIndex=0
Fog=0
FogRand=0
Clouds=0
CloudsRand=0
Precip=0
PrecipRand=0
WindHeading=0
WindSpeed=5.000000
WindRand=0
WeatherRndInterval=5
SeaType=0
ActivationAchievements=

[Unit 1]
Name=_GE DD Type 34#1
Class=DDType34
Type=4
Origin=German
LayerOperation=0
Side=2
Commander=0
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
Doctrine=0
CfgDate=19410501
MainEquipment=1
SecondaryEquipment=1
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=true
DockedShip=true
IsEscort=false
GameEntryDate=19380101
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19410518
GameExitTime=1059
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=-2410000.000000
Lat=6304000.000000
Height=0.000000
IsFromSingleMis=false
Heading=0.000000
Speed=0.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
HighPrioContact=false
RandStartRadius=0.000000
TacticalUnit=false
AvailStartDate=19380101
AvailEndDate=19451231
TempHeading=0.000000
TempNextWP=0
CombatSubmarine2D=false
CombatRadius2D=30.000000
CommandedSpeed2D=0.000000
Num2DCombatKills=0
Intercept2DCooldown=6.000000
NextWP=0

[Unit 2]
Name=_GE DD Type 34#2
Class=DDType34
Type=4
Origin=German
LayerOperation=0
Side=2
Commander=0
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
Doctrine=0
CfgDate=19410501
MainEquipment=1
SecondaryEquipment=1
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=true
DockedShip=false
IsEscort=false
GameEntryDate=19410518
GameEntryTime=1100
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=-2409982.000000
Lat=6304000.000000
Height=0.000000
IsFromSingleMis=false
Heading=0.000000
Speed=5.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
HighPrioContact=false
RandStartRadius=0.000000
TacticalUnit=false
AvailStartDate=19380101
AvailEndDate=19451231
TempHeading=0.000000
TempNextWP=0
CombatSubmarine2D=false
CombatRadius2D=30.000000
CommandedSpeed2D=0.000000
Num2DCombatKills=0
Intercept2DCooldown=6.000000
NextWP=0

[Unit 2.Waypoint 1]
Speed=5.000000
Radius=0.000000
Loop=-1
LoopProbability=100
Long=-2410304.000000
Lat=6306734.000000
Height=0.000000
IsFromSingleMis=false

[Unit 3]
Name=_Type VIIC#1
Class=SSTypeVIIC
Type=200
Origin=German
LayerOperation=0
Side=2
Commander=1
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
Doctrine=0
CfgDate=19410501
MainEquipment=1
SecondaryEquipment=1
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=false
DockedShip=false
IsEscort=false
GameEntryDate=19410301
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=-2409519.000000
Lat=6303995.000000
Height=0.000000
IsFromSingleMis=false
Heading=270.000000
Speed=0.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
HighPrioContact=false
RandStartRadius=0.000000
TacticalUnit=false
AvailStartDate=19380101
AvailEndDate=19451231
TempHeading=0.000000
TempNextWP=0
CombatSubmarine2D=true
CombatRadius2D=30.000000
CommandedSpeed2D=0.000000
Num2DCombatKills=0
Intercept2DCooldown=6.000000
NextWP=0

[EditorParams]
InitLongOff=0.000000
InitLatOff=0.000000
ZoomIndex=0
Prefix=

[uboot48]

Trevally, miles of thanks !
I am coping your "code" right now with high hopes.

[uboot48]

Trevally,
Unit 1 stays where begins, and Unit 2 appears all of a sudden as seen on screenshot. We have no movement to waypoint 1.
I guess the ENGINE is very confused about our "ghost trick"
I still playing with every possible combination, but no success ...