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Just thought of a question! [:D]

Would it be possible to get a list of the ship types that do their jobs when sitting in a port? The introduction of Babes expanded that list beyond the original, but I've never been able to find a list of the ones that work without being formed into TFs. I suppose for completeness any that must be disbanded in port to work should be noted.

For example, ACM work when disbanded in port. I'm not sure if they do work when in a TF.

Another example, AVD, AVP, and AV all work when disbanded in port and work when in a TF at a base.

My fault, my fault, my most grievous fault. Back in 2009 we were thinking about some stuff. Some of it got into patch-2, some didn’t. Some of what didn’t is in our personal mods. It’s been in there so long, we tend to forget.

So just make TFs of whatever flavor and have them sit there in harbor; minesweep, asw, surfcom, whatever. It works exactly the same way but just needs the one human intervention step. Sorry ‘bout that.

No, don't want to revisit all the old stuff and make lists. Am old and tired and working on other things. Ciao. JWE

I use the patched-in "Refuel and rearm all ships in this port" (wording from memory) button to one-step all the small fry. Works OK for the Allies. Fuel to burn as it were.

Just a few I can think of; ACM, AMc, YO,(I think), PC,(I believe I have seen these ships attack subs while not in a TF)....GP

Found some old emails in the archive. Guess I can't claim senior memory loss anymore [:D]:

Put YMS / YP / HDML / AMc into a ‘Local Sweep” TF in a harbor. Create LS TF, populate it and just let it sit there. Max of 4 craft per TF. The TF will take care of any mines and also do ASW work whenever the craft have DCs. Auto Select for LS TF will preferentially look for AMc, which mostly don’t have DCs, so a mix including some HDMLs or YMS/YP is desirable.

Plan was to have creation and selection done automatically, but the AEaster egg wasn’t quite ready in time for patch-2, so it didn’t get into the general release product, and is only in some private test mods; that would be the source of the confusion.

@witpqs, these 4 types were defined especially for the LS TF utility. They are harbor patrol craft and, indeed, are the only types that can go into a LS TF. That’s about all they are able to do, in any case. Mine are created automatically, but I also create/craft them, depending. Brits/CW gets half and half AMc/HDML. US gets AMc/YP or YMS. Creating/crafting is a no-brainer op, just do it once and leave them alone, so should be no issue.

The point of the utility is to generate and/or raise a DL on a minefield or sub. Once this is done, a LS TF can deal with the threat (over a bit of time) or one can make a full boogie TF from other assets in-harbor and prosecute.

[ed] Yeah, Moose has it wired. A one-step make and a one-step refuel, and it's darn near the automagic version but with a bit more flexibility - which I always like.

Ciao. JWE

Thanks! [:)]

I have some local sweepers set up. The only thing a player need watch for is once in a blue moon check on the accumulated damage and rotate out ships that need fixin'.