Questions about how PACG generates patrols?

MarkShot · 03-27-06, 06:56 PM

I was browsing around the file structure.

I assume PACG basically randomly picks patrols templates found in the directory structure:

Topp\data\year\base\class\patrol.sdf

Thus, if I wanted to eliminate the possibility of a certain patrol being generated for a career, I could simply remove the particular file, correct?

Or if wanted to increase the probability of a certain patrol, I could just make multiple copies of the same file in the directory, but of different names, correct?

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Furthermore, I am looking at the SDFs. It seems that every PA patrol exposes the player to three enemy TF/convoys per patrol with a possibility of one of four variants. So, if one was trying to determine where to hunt while watching the contact reports, then there can at most be three lanes of shipping traffic present in the patrol area, correct?

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Thanks.

03-27-06, 06:56 PM	#1
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Questions about how PACG generates patrols? I was browsing around the file structure. I assume PACG basically randomly picks patrols templates found in the directory structure: Topp\data\year\base\class\patrol.sdf Thus, if I wanted to eliminate the possibility of a certain patrol being generated for a career, I could simply remove the particular file, correct? Or if wanted to increase the probability of a certain patrol, I could just make multiple copies of the same file in the directory, but of different names, correct? --- Furthermore, I am looking at the SDFs. It seems that every PA patrol exposes the player to three enemy TF/convoys per patrol with a possibility of one of four variants. So, if one was trying to determine where to hunt while watching the contact reports, then there can at most be three lanes of shipping traffic present in the patrol area, correct? --- Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!