Good search/patrol patterns

DelphiUniverse · 09-27-11, 10:34 AM

I struggle to accept which search pattern is optimal. I can usually find an acceptable way to search any given area, but like I said using the optimal search pattern is what I am curios about.

I am also curios about the how far (distance) from the patrol point I should go, one grid perhaps?

IF enemy ships appear randomly on the map, then there are no effective algorithm/search pattern that can be applied, and that is a shame because in the real world there is an effective way to perform search patterns.

Trevally. · 09-27-11, 11:56 AM

There are some auto search patterns here.

One is for searching along a shipping lane and the other for a patrol area.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174400

In stock campaign - patrol zones are about 200km.
In OHII they range from 80km to 200km

09-27-11, 10:34 AM	#1
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Good search/patrol patterns I struggle to accept which search pattern is optimal. I can usually find an acceptable way to search any given area, but like I said using the optimal search pattern is what I am curios about. I am also curios about the how far (distance) from the patrol point I should go, one grid perhaps? IF enemy ships appear randomly on the map, then there are no effective algorithm/search pattern that can be applied, and that is a shame because in the real world there is an effective way to perform search patterns.

09-27-11, 11:56 AM	#2
Trevally. Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: AN1536 (Orkney) Posts: 5,451 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 28	There are some auto search patterns here. One is for searching along a shipping lane and the other for a patrol area. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174400 In stock campaign - patrol zones are about 200km. In OHII they range from 80km to 200km __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Trevally Mods for SH5