Stationary Merchant

bill clarke · 09-04-05, 02:12 AM

I am in the middle of a great patrol, anyway my lookouts spot a merchant, at long range and ahead of me, so I pick up speed and increase time compression a bit. So when i get closer and have a look, I find the merchant is not moving at all, I continue for a while longer she is still dead in the water, so I put a fish in to her.
What could have caused this AI behaviour ?

joea · 09-04-05, 02:51 AM

Damage from a storm is one possibility. Imagine she had engine problems or damage and lost contact with her convoy.

Twelvefield · 09-04-05, 04:37 AM

Strictly speaking, it's quite possibly a glitch in the code. But in keeping with the reality of the game, you can pretend that it could be engine trouble, it could have been hit by an airplane or another sub , it could be storm damage, a man overboard, etc.

Take the gifts when you can get them!

Floater · 09-04-05, 06:41 AM

I've found they're never actually stationary, even though they're reported as doing 0kts. They actually doing a fraction of a knot, and this is rounded down to 0 (or "Stationary" in contact reports). It's worth bearing that in mind if you follow up a contact to a "stationary" vessel some distance away.

capt_frank · 09-04-05, 07:07 AM

tea time...

Von Scheerbach · 09-04-05, 10:52 AM

I'm not so sure they are AI glitches....I actually came across a C2 that was listing and had a fire going on one of aft cargo piles....it was doing 1 knot.....I assumed it was a victim of an air attack, and put it out of it's misery!

09-04-05, 02:12 AM	#1
bill clarke Captain Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia Posts: 519 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Stationary Merchant I am in the middle of a great patrol, anyway my lookouts spot a merchant, at long range and ahead of me, so I pick up speed and increase time compression a bit. So when i get closer and have a look, I find the merchant is not moving at all, I continue for a while longer she is still dead in the water, so I put a fish in to her. What could have caused this AI behaviour ?

09-04-05, 06:41 AM	#4
Floater Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: England Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I've found they're never actually stationary, even though they're reported as doing 0kts. They actually doing a fraction of a knot, and this is rounded down to 0 (or "Stationary" in contact reports). It's worth bearing that in mind if you follow up a contact to a "stationary" vessel some distance away. __________________ Kriegstanz website Kriegstanz forum

09-04-05, 02:51 AM	#2
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Damage from a storm is one possibility. Imagine she had engine problems or damage and lost contact with her convoy.

09-04-05, 04:37 AM	#3
Twelvefield Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 186 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Strictly speaking, it's quite possibly a glitch in the code. But in keeping with the reality of the game, you can pretend that it could be engine trouble, it could have been hit by an airplane or another sub , it could be storm damage, a man overboard, etc. Take the gifts when you can get them!

09-04-05, 07:07 AM	#5
capt_frank Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the North Carolina Sticks Posts: 335 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	tea time...

09-04-05, 10:52 AM	#6
Von Scheerbach A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 79 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I'm not so sure they are AI glitches....I actually came across a C2 that was listing and had a fire going on one of aft cargo piles....it was doing 1 knot.....I assumed it was a victim of an air attack, and put it out of it's misery!