Unescorted convoys

Mush Martin · 04-04-07, 09:49 AM

Actually I beleive it has been done to a certain extent
but still easier to ask bbw than to go through all
the convoys in rnd layer.

MM

Jimbuna · 04-04-07, 10:04 AM

It is reflected in the number and 'capability/status' of the escorts as the war progresses. Air cover is also representative of reality ie: combat radius

Foghladh_mhara · 04-04-07, 10:35 AM

Of course there is the small matter of actually finding a convoy in the middle of the wide North Atlantic but thats a mere technicality

Think I'll give my patrol area a miss on this cruise and follow the Pet Shop Boys advice. Go West the man said and so I shall. About 600 miles off the Irish coast for starters and then the waiting will begin

bigboywooly · 04-04-07, 10:42 AM

Unfortunately its not possible for a rnd group to have the escorts leave after a certain point so any escorts are in from the stat till the end

Game engine limitation

Early war convoys do have less escorts though to make up for that
Not all early war convoys sailed without escorts in RL anyway - the bulk did

Mush Martin · 04-04-07, 11:14 AM

I had thought that it had been done by spawning them in and out
at the MOE area sorry I was wrong again then.
MM

bigboywooly · 04-04-07, 01:12 PM

No a ship is on from start till finish in the rnd

In the scr you can script ships leaving

In PQ17 the escorts are in 4 groups seperate to the merchants and they peel off and leave the convoy alone as happened

Not a simple job to do and unworkable to replace all the early war convoys in the rnd with individually scripted ones in the scr

The happy times mission is an example of a scripted convoy with a meeting point for escorts

Foghladh_mhara · 04-04-07, 06:22 PM

I guess my search for the undefended convoy is in vain then

Managed to find a convoy off the West of Ireland that was lightly escorted and sank the HMS Glasgow and 2 large merchants for 37000 tonnes. Coupled with the 14000 I got before reaching the convoy it wasnt a bad return on my quest though

04-04-07, 09:49 AM	#1
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Actually I beleive it has been done to a certain extent but still easier to ask bbw than to go through all the convoys in rnd layer. MM __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

04-04-07, 10:04 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It is reflected in the number and 'capability/status' of the escorts as the war progresses. Air cover is also representative of reality ie: combat radius __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-04-07, 10:35 AM	#3
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Of course there is the small matter of actually finding a convoy in the middle of the wide North Atlantic but thats a mere technicality Think I'll give my patrol area a miss on this cruise and follow the Pet Shop Boys advice. Go West the man said and so I shall. About 600 miles off the Irish coast for starters and then the waiting will begin __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

04-04-07, 10:42 AM	#4
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Unfortunately its not possible for a rnd group to have the escorts leave after a certain point so any escorts are in from the stat till the end Game engine limitation Early war convoys do have less escorts though to make up for that Not all early war convoys sailed without escorts in RL anyway - the bulk did __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

04-04-07, 11:14 AM	#5
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I had thought that it had been done by spawning them in and out at the MOE area sorry I was wrong again then. MM __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

04-04-07, 01:12 PM	#6
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	No a ship is on from start till finish in the rnd In the scr you can script ships leaving In PQ17 the escorts are in 4 groups seperate to the merchants and they peel off and leave the convoy alone as happened Not a simple job to do and unworkable to replace all the early war convoys in the rnd with individually scripted ones in the scr The happy times mission is an example of a scripted convoy with a meeting point for escorts __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

04-04-07, 06:22 PM	#7
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I guess my search for the undefended convoy is in vain then Managed to find a convoy off the West of Ireland that was lightly escorted and sank the HMS Glasgow and 2 large merchants for 37000 tonnes. Coupled with the 14000 I got before reaching the convoy it wasnt a bad return on my quest though __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture