Editor Task Force question

[mussey]

PS - I'm very new with using the Editor so please bare with me and excuse some of these questions. [8|]

In the manual I read that a ship arrival date of 0 will put the ship on the map at the beginning of the scenario. Yet this German ship is set to 0 with its TF set to 105. How does this work?

[LargeSlowTarget]

If the ship arrival date is "0", the ship will be put on the map on Day 1 - if the "location" set in the "Ships" tab is available. If the location is a base, it is usually available on Day 1. But in your example Hipper is most likely set to arrive at the location "Task Force 8150". Since the Task Force 8150 is set to a delay of 105 days, Hipper cannot appear on the map on Day 1 but must wait 105 days until the TF she is set to becomes available.

[mussey]

Since the Task Force 8150 is set to a delay of 105 days, Hipper cannot appear on the map on Day 1 but must wait 105 days until the TF she is set to becomes available.

Thanks for the reply. I think this is correct. I just ran a test with ship set at 0, and its TF set to 2. The result was the TF arrived at hex on day 2. (As it should).

I then ran another test with Variable Reinforcements set to +/- 15 days, and it arrived at hex 11 days after its original date, so Variable setting doesnt appear to mess with this.

Question: Do you know if there is a way to have the TF linger at its Patrol Points for several days? Each of mine have 0 days to linger.

[LargeSlowTarget]

I don't think that it is possible to giver linger orders in the editor.

Hipper had a range of less than 4500 nm - quite a replenishment feat just to get her into the PTO^^

[mussey]

ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget

I don't think that it is possible to giver linger orders in the editor.

Hipper had a range of less than 4500 nm - quite a replenishment feat just to get her into the PTO^^

I thought that maybe there was a way to have a TF linger. I think I remember (?) that the KB lingers at Pearl Harbor for several days in one of Andy's Ironman.