Fleet Coordinates for VietnamSEA Terrain?

[+Geary]

Does anyone have coordinates to place a small USN fleet around the carriers at Yankee and Dixie Stations on the VietnamSEA terrain?

The carriers in campaigns look very lonely out there by themselves.

[alexis99]

Interesting idea. Thought on it myself.

However, the carrier moves, (usually doing hard to port when I'm coming in to land). I didn't think the fleet ships moved. Figured the carrier would crash into them.

Co-ordinates for the Carrier are in the Campaign files. I moved mine to make the flight to the coast a little shorter.

If you make a single mission though, you can have the carrier with some escort ships, because I believe the carrier does not move in a single mission.

 

[+Geary]

alexis99,

  I have some coordinates I got from a few single missions.

  I'm just not sure where I would put them; terrain targets.ini; campaign data.ini... 

  I haven't had time to try anything yet.  Hope to get time soon.

  Until then, the carriers are on their own in campaigns.

[alexis99]

Like I say, I'm not sure the ships wouldn't bump into each other. But if you look at the below aide memoire it shows how everything connects in a campaign for Navy pilots.

So I assume you would add ships as if they were carriers. You could give them new carrier stations as in stage #1. But that would probably mean they wouldn't show, because I believe only 1 carrier can be active in a campaign.

You could try adding as in stage #2, and that's where I think they'll go bumping into each other

 

STR/WOV/WOE ADDING CARRIERS TO CAMPAIGNS: (Based on a WOV campaign)

1. LOCATE CARRIER STATION: TERRAIN FOLDER - TARGETS INI
2. ATTACH CARRIER TO STATION: CAMPAIGN - DATA INI
3. ATTACH AIRCRAFT TO CARRIER: CAMPAIGN - DATA INI
4. ATTACH AIRCRAFT TO SQUADRON: CAMPAIGN INI

#1. LOCATE CARRIER STATION: TERRAIN FOLDER - TARGETS INI
[TargetArea085]
Name=Dixie Station (Matches Base Area in #2, and Base Area in #3)
Position=774000.00,352000.00 (Can be altered. Use Mission Editor to determine coordinates)

#2. ATTACH CARRIER TO STATION: CAMPAIGN - DATA INI
[CarrierUnit008]
CarrierType=CVN-65 (Folder name in OBJECTS - GROUND OBJECTS)
CarrierNumber=65 (Matches Carrier Number in #3)
BaseArea=Dixie Station (Matches Target Area Name in #1, and Base Area in #3)

#3. ATTACH AIRCRAFT TO CARRIER: CAMPAIGN - DATA INI
[AirUnit011]
AircraftType=A-6A (Any USN aircraft)
Squadron=VA-192 (Can be called anything, but should match first part of Unit name in #4)
BaseArea=Dixie Station (Matches Target Area Name in #1, and Base Area in #2)
CarrierBased=TRUE (Make sure it says this)
CarrierNumber=65 (Matches Carrier Number in #2)

#4. ATTACH AIRCRAFT TO SQUADRON: CAMPAIGN INI
[USNUnit005]
UnitName=VA-192 Golden Dragons (Can be called anything, but should match squadron in #3)
UnitID=11 (Matches [AirUnit011] in #3)
StartDate=03/30/1972 (Make sure all elements have same date overlaps)
AircraftType=A-6A (This will then show in Create Campaign page)