Synchronised Sailing (Or Lack Of...)

[+Piecemeal]

Hi guys. Some time back after adding a carrier station to SFG I also added some escort vessels to my carrier:

 

Name=Echo Station

Position=500000.00,650000.00

Radius=5657

ActiveYear=1955

Location=3

Alignment=FRIENDLY

CarrierStation=TRUE

Target[001].Type=Type_42

Target[001].Offset=420.07,-860.34

Target[001].Heading=90

Target[002].Type=Stalwart

Target[002].Offset=-508.07,-660.34

Target[002].Heading=90

Target[003].Type=Type_82

Target[003].Offset=1308.07,660.34

Target[003].Heading=90

 

The trouble is, whenever I start a mission on the carrier deck, those escorts are just dead in the water and don't move along with the carrier. I've looked at my DESERT_MOVEMENT.ini for "Echo Station":

 

[Route008]

RouteType=SHIPPING

StartArea=Echo Station

EndArea=Echo Station

RoutePosition[001]=500000.00,700000.00

RoutePosition[002]=525000.00,675000.00

RoutePosition[003]=500000.00,650000.00

RoutePosition[004]=475000.00,675000.00

RoutePosition[005]=500000.00,700000.00

 

Anyone know how to solve my seafaring woes?

[+suhsjake]

There is no way of getting ships to sail together.

 

One way is to place all the ships as carriers. they start out together, but in the end they wind all fudged up.

Second way is to make the carrier not move and place ships around it as static targets.

 

Hope that helps

[+Piecemeal]

There is no way of getting ships to sail together.

 

One way is to place all the ships as carriers. they start out together, but in the end they wind all fudged up.

Second way is to make the carrier not move and place ships around it as static targets.

 

Hope that helps

 

Surely it must be possible. Here's a screenshot someone took last year that I'm using as a loading screen for my F-8s:

 

 

This is a perfect example of what I'm trying to achieve :yes:

[Rambler 1-1]

perhaps you could make the other ships part of the carrier, just positioned wayy off to the sides, and with their own wakes, guns, etc. Sort of like the fake pilot method of attatching parts to a plane, but have the parts you add on spaced hundreds of meters off.

 

EDIT: this is just a shot in the dark, btw. I haven't done much with ships for a while.

Edited March 20, 2009 by Rambler 1-1

[+suhsjake]

In missions its very possible to have ships in formations, not so in campaigns.

[+Piecemeal]

perhaps you could make the other ships part of the carrier, just positioned wayy off to the sides, and with their own wakes, guns, etc. Sort of like the fake pilot method of attatching parts to a plane, but have the parts you add on spaced hundreds of meters off.

 

EDIT: this is just a shot in the dark, btw. I haven't done much with ships for a while.

 

 

Good idea, but I'd say it'd take a LOT of testing :yes:

[Rambler 1-1]

If I ever get a sh!tload of free time, it's one of the many things I want to try. I have a list, you know. :yes: