Question about hospital ship

[Redbear]

Hi all! I need some help understanding how to add the hospital ship (specifically the one with lights from Anvart) to the campaign. I have an unmodded campaign (no GW , etc.). I would like it to spawn randomly as a single ship, but not appear in convoys. I looked through all the hospital ship threads, but they have me kinda confused. Can anyone give me some basic instructions on what to edit (I assume in the .RND layer) and how? I would appreciate it! Good hunting!

[andy_311]

If you got GW they are already in there.

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by andy_311

If you got GW they are already in there.

:rotfl: he said he hasnt
Anyway the lit one isnt in GW - yet

There arent any Hospital ships in the stock game

To add some you will have to search your .scr for an entry like this

[Unit 1923]
Name=US Liner#1
Class=PPL
Type=103
Origin=American
Side=1
Commander=0
CargoExt=1
CargoInt=0
CfgDate=19380101
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=false
DockedShip=true
GameEntryDate=19411220

And change to

[Unit 1923]
Name=US Hospital Ship
Class=HSL
Type=103
Origin=American
Side=1
Commander=0
CargoExt=1
CargoInt=0
CfgDate=19380101
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=false
DockedShip=true
GameEntryDate=19411220

There are 5 Type=103 entries in the stock .scr - some of which are liners and the others troopships so only change 1 or 2

The .rnd is a little different as thats where the covoys are spawned from
There are some entrys for single ships such as this one

[RndGroup 1562.RndUnit 1]
Type=103
Origin=British
Side=1
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=0
CfgDate=19390101
No=1
Escort=false
SpawnProbability=100
CrewRating=3

As you can see there is no Class= line on that one so it will pick any type=103 ship in the British roster--Liner\troopship and your hospital ship if you have put it in there
You can add the line if you like so the Hospital ship will appear for that entry

[RndGroup 1562.RndUnit 1]
Class=HSL
Type=103
Origin=British
Side=1
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=0
CfgDate=19390101
No=1
Escort=false
SpawnProbability=100
CrewRating=3

As with anything make sure you are back in port before trying this and back up your original in case of problems

You can add the ships thru mission editor but thats another story

[Redbear]

Thanks a lot Bigboywooly! I'm currently on patrol north of the Azores, but I will give it a try when I get back to port. I appreciate the help. Good hunting!

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by fredbass

So are the hospital ships off limits? Or does it depend on the flag?

Nooooo totally off limits whatever the flag
Minus 10,000 renown hit for one of them babies plus a quick court martial and a one way trip to the Russian front

[fredbass]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Nooooo totally off limits whatever the flag
Minus 10,000 renown hit for one of them babies plus a quick court martial and a one way trip to the Russian front

I just found that out on another thread, thus you'll notice I deleted my first post, but thanks anyway.