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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
... Clearly, this is a "convoy" because the three escorted ships are Kasagisan Cargo ships. the Date time is October 16, 1944 at approx 1730 local time.
the contact was a Large Group east of Patrol Zone 11-C.
the escort leader is the Matsu. The Otori is at the opposite end of the convoy, heading due East in the screenshot. the other two escorts in this group are a CH-class and a Corvette Subchaser. One of them might be riding a bit high also.
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OK, I have found only one "single-file" group, and it only uses DE... I have found a group that is listed as a by-twos grouping, that has the required escort possibilities, so maybe the game takes a 3-ship group and does them single-file, no matter what?? dunno. Anyway, I am going on that assumption for now. The group spacing looks fine, so I am double-triple-plus-checking its routing and ~ALL~ ships that could participate in the grouping. I do know that some of them have been found to be "problem children", so it could well be that. It might also be that the group you see, was crossing paths with another group going the opposite way at the render distance, which is also tough to say... but I do not immediately see anything incorrectly set. One last question though, if you zoom way in on that group, what is the spacing of the Kasagisans? They should 800+ meters apart.
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Originally Posted by Macgregor the Hammer
Looking at the numerous images that have been posted, has funnel smoke density and visibility been improved in 1.39? Sure looks like it!
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No, we haven't changed any, and don't plan on it. It should not be easy (usually) to see smoke on the horizon. It should be something you have to look for. I do wish the game's watch crew's were able to report smoke better, but alas, the game AI is what it is... They usually don't even report the masts. Someone did tweak the watch crew for a mod that could get really close to that, but then they could see through islands and fog also...
Each ship can be slightly different, due to ship speed, but as well as by what they burn, of course. I have seen smoke on the horizon many times in the mod, but it is usually either a single coal-burner, or a grouping of oil burners. I seldom see warships that way, but usually have to wait on the masts, which generally come after the sonar contact...