Making convoy ASW escorts.

[Coiler12]

I figured this was the right forum to ask.

I want to make sub vs. convoy scenarios, but my attempts have been failures. Basically, if I've put an RP box around the convoy, the escorts on the default settings go slowly and fall behind the convoy, making it an easy target. I can correct it by making the convoy go slower and the escorts faster, but I don't want a reversed min-max where a convoy trundles along at two knots while the escorts go so fast their sonar fails.

So, what's the sweet spot for where to put the escorts and how to set them (presumably with some having sprint and drift?)

[Rudd]

I wouldn't put escorts on a mission and just station them around transports, with one further in front on sprint and drift. You may have to put one of the slow transports as the "lead" to keep the speed of the group in check.

[hellfish6]

In the mission editor you can tell the patrolling units to move at loiter/cruise/full/etc speed.