Escorts in Wolves of Steel

[TheNolan]

lol good call kapuhy.

Yes I'm still in 1940 so maybe tactics will evolve. Still a great game either way.

Merry Christmas everyone

[John Pancoast]

Also, in terms of tactics used by the ai escorts in the Sh games set in the Atlantic, that silly move where the port/starboard escort peels off on a regular basis to go on a long extended sight seeing jaunt, thereby leaving said beam of the convoy completely unescorted and exposed, is completely ahistorical and unrealistic.
I suspect the developers put it in the game so players could do exactly what it allows; an easy way to attack the convoy.

[kapuhy]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Also, in terms of tactics used by the ai escorts in the Sh games set in the Atlantic, that silly move where the port/starboard escort peels off on a regular basis to go on a long extended sight seeing jaunt, thereby leaving said beam of the convoy completely unescorted and exposed, is completely ahistorical and unrealistic.
I suspect the developers put it in the game so players could do exactly what it allows; an easy way to attack the convoy.

Do you by chance have links to some sources on how the escort behaviour should look in real convoy?

At the moment I'm busy with importing new ships, but SH5 AI is scriptable (TDW and vdr1981 already did a lot of improvement on it compared to vanilla game) and more realistic behaviour might be something to work on for the future, either for me or the other modders.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by kapuhy

Do you by chance have links to some sources on how the escort behaviour should look in real convoy?

At the moment I'm busy with importing new ships, but SH5 AI is scriptable (TDW and vdr1981 already did a lot of improvement on it compared to vanilla game) and more realistic behaviour might be something to work on for the future, either for me or the other modders.

I'll provide more later, but for now "U-Boat Killer" is a good source along with various websites.
I'll provide more books/links later.

[kapuhy]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

I'll provide more later, but for now "U-Boat Killer" is a good source

Thanks, bought an ebook just now :-)

[John Pancoast]

Bit more time now. Other books include "Convoy Escort Commander", Clay Blair's books, the three volumes of "U-Boat War in the Atlantic" for a German viewpoint, "Decision at Sea: The Convoy Escorts".
A good website is here, the online interactive section mentioned. Another is http://jproc.ca/sari/asd_gen.html
Anyway, something to start with if desired.