Convoy spawning

Ringy · 03-12-10, 04:46 AM

Is there any way to increase the spawning of convoys ect ?

It seems every time I leave a zone its swarming with enemy ships and when I return there's nothing.

A tweak perhaps to increase slightly the spawning chances would be great or is this hard coded ?

Ringy.

reaper7 · 03-12-10, 05:15 AM

Ya, noticed that. I sail around for days trying to find even a lone merchant, then when I've finally used up all my torps and heading home...
There's convoy after convoy....

bigboywooly · 03-13-10, 12:17 PM

Convoys are actually set to spawn around correct dates

Providing I am reading the files correct
In SH3 and 4 the spawn rates were by minutes controlled from each convoy

GroupName=HX42Convoy ( GWX3 RND )
Category=0
CommandEntry=40
Long=-8866764.000000
Lat=4855298.000000
Height=0.000000
DelayMin=60
DelayMinInterv=7200 < divided by 60 divided by 24 = 5 days ( in reality a lil too often

In SH5 I cant find anything like that on the files but in the covoy.mis
( C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Campaigns\CampaignProjects\Total_Germany )

[LanesGraph.Node 21.NodeGroup 1]
Type=HX_
Name=HX
Country=British
Speed=9.000000
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231
ReportPosTime=2170
ReportPosProbability=60

[LanesGraph.Node 21.NodeGroup 1.NGMission 1]
Name=Liverpool
ObjectiveType=0
TargetNode=Liverpool
PathNodes=
UsePath=false
CooldownMonths=0
CooldownDays=8.000000 < A guess but think this is time elapsed between convoys
CooldownHours=1
Priority=0
RewardPoints=0
StartDate=19390916
EndDate=19451231

A quick look at the HX series on http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html gives approx 8 day sailings between convoys

What you may want to look at is the report info

ReportPosTime=2170 < 36 hours between reports
ReportPosProbability=60 < % chance of a map report

Am near totally convinced the cooldown days are what controls the gap between sailings

03-12-10, 04:46 AM	#1
Ringy Sailor man Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 46 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Convoy spawning Is there any way to increase the spawning of convoys ect ? It seems every time I leave a zone its swarming with enemy ships and when I return there's nothing. A tweak perhaps to increase slightly the spawning chances would be great or is this hard coded ? Ringy.

03-13-10, 12:17 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Convoys are actually set to spawn around correct dates Providing I am reading the files correct In SH3 and 4 the spawn rates were by minutes controlled from each convoy GroupName=HX42Convoy ( GWX3 RND ) Category=0 CommandEntry=40 Long=-8866764.000000 Lat=4855298.000000 Height=0.000000 DelayMin=60 DelayMinInterv=7200 < divided by 60 divided by 24 = 5 days ( in reality a lil too often In SH5 I cant find anything like that on the files but in the covoy.mis ( C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Campaigns\CampaignProjects\Total_Germany ) [LanesGraph.Node 21.NodeGroup 1] Type=HX_ Name=HX Country=British Speed=9.000000 StartDate=19380101 EndDate=19451231 ReportPosTime=2170 ReportPosProbability=60 [LanesGraph.Node 21.NodeGroup 1.NGMission 1] Name=Liverpool ObjectiveType=0 TargetNode=Liverpool PathNodes= UsePath=false CooldownMonths=0 CooldownDays=8.000000 < A guess but think this is time elapsed between convoys CooldownHours=1 Priority=0 RewardPoints=0 StartDate=19390916 EndDate=19451231 A quick look at the HX series on http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html gives approx 8 day sailings between convoys What you may want to look at is the report info ReportPosTime=2170 < 36 hours between reports ReportPosProbability=60 < % chance of a map report Am near totally convinced the cooldown days are what controls the gap between sailings __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-12-10, 05:15 AM	#2
reaper7 sim2reality Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AM 82 Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 30	Ya, noticed that. I sail around for days trying to find even a lone merchant, then when I've finally used up all my torps and heading home... There's convoy after convoy....