I dont know a darn thing about this

RConch · 07-15-10, 02:18 PM

Help me out please folks.
All these years of playing GWX, I still don't know how the ships\planes appear on the map or cross my path.
Do the ships begin at a port and head to a port or is it just where I am on the map?
I guess the term is "spawn" but how?
I am trying to figure out convoy patterns if it is possible, such as 7 day\10 day ect.
Or does that not come into play?

Thanks

Sailor Steve · 07-15-10, 02:24 PM

Open the Mission Editor and then open the RND file.

Ships in convoys have trouble maintaining position in tight turns, and they cannot change those positions (I'm talking about in-game, not real life), so convoys start outside of ports and end before the reach their destinations. Ships in harbors are scripted (open the SCR file to look at them) and are either docked, anchored or carefully programmed to stop before they hit something.

FIREWALL · 07-15-10, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Open the Mission Editor and then open the RND file.

Ships in convoys have trouble maintaining position in tight turns, and they cannot change those positions (I'm talking about in-game, not real life), so convoys start outside of ports and end before the reach their destinations. Ships in harbors are scripted (open the SCR file to look at them) and are either docked, anchored or carefully programmed to stop before they hit something.

Jimbuna · 07-16-10, 03:29 PM

Just to add a little more detail.....the SH3 world as far as your U-boat is concerned is approx 50km around you and only those items within that area will spawn ingame eg: a convoy leaving Halifax say 2000 km from you will only spawn when it 'crosses your path' if you are in its line of travel.

The SH3 game engine loads all the information worldwide during its loading operation and is continuously calculating tens of thousands of options as you play, hence the lengthy loading times.

07-15-10, 02:18 PM	#1
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	I dont know a darn thing about this Help me out please folks. All these years of playing GWX, I still don't know how the ships\planes appear on the map or cross my path. Do the ships begin at a port and head to a port or is it just where I am on the map? I guess the term is "spawn" but how? I am trying to figure out convoy patterns if it is possible, such as 7 day\10 day ect. Or does that not come into play? Thanks __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

07-15-10, 02:24 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Open the Mission Editor and then open the RND file. Ships in convoys have trouble maintaining position in tight turns, and they cannot change those positions (I'm talking about in-game, not real life), so convoys start outside of ports and end before the reach their destinations. Ships in harbors are scripted (open the SCR file to look at them) and are either docked, anchored or carefully programmed to stop before they hit something. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-16-10, 03:29 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Just to add a little more detail.....the SH3 world as far as your U-boat is concerned is approx 50km around you and only those items within that area will spawn ingame eg: a convoy leaving Halifax say 2000 km from you will only spawn when it 'crosses your path' if you are in its line of travel. The SH3 game engine loads all the information worldwide during its loading operation and is continuously calculating tens of thousands of options as you play, hence the lengthy loading times. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!