Hydrophone question

finchOU · 05-29-12, 08:38 PM

Nothing?? :0/

saipan · 05-31-12, 03:42 AM

i am under the impression the mechants are always out there, i could be wrong though.

Sailor Steve · 05-31-12, 06:58 AM

No, they spawn when the game decides they will. If they were always there the game would be constantly be keeping track of 5,000 ships at any given moment. Even a mainframe would have trouble keeping up with that. The routes they spawn upon are written in. Except for harbors the ships are generated randomly.

Trevally. · 05-31-12, 07:42 AM

The ships are out there and start from one harbour and sail to the destination harbour.
When your U-boat gets to within 30km of those ships, they are then drawn in the 3d game.

So yes the game is keeping track of all traffic and then spawns within a 30km radius

Open a campaign with ME2 and press play - you can see this happening

05-29-12, 08:38 PM	#1
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05-31-12, 06:58 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No, they spawn when the game decides they will. If they were always there the game would be constantly be keeping track of 5,000 ships at any given moment. Even a mainframe would have trouble keeping up with that. The routes they spawn upon are written in. Except for harbors the ships are generated randomly. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-31-12, 07:42 AM	#4
Trevally. Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: AN1536 (Orkney) Posts: 5,451 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 28	The ships are out there and start from one harbour and sail to the destination harbour. When your U-boat gets to within 30km of those ships, they are then drawn in the 3d game. So yes the game is keeping track of all traffic and then spawns within a 30km radius Open a campaign with ME2 and press play - you can see this happening __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Trevally Mods for SH5

05-31-12, 03:42 AM	#2
saipan Gunner Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: so california Posts: 98 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	i am under the impression the mechants are always out there, i could be wrong though.