[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

i encountered a small convoy with two Heian Marus and a two or three-stack troopship along with the usual escorts during storm conditions (wind=13 km/s)

as we were setting up for a shot first one and then the other Heian went down.
we were way up north and there was no US CVA air activity. i confirmed this by watching via the external camera.

we went on to sink the troopship and later, during the hunt for us, one of the DD's went down.

i can understand the loss of the DD under these conditions but are major ships, such as Heian Maru, expected to sink during a storm?

continuing this discussion...
we were tracking a convoy of six ships with escorts that were southbound early July 1943, just east of northern part of Honshu.
the weather was mild, winds were 5 m/s and i cannot recall from which direction.
we were ahead of the convoy, moving approx North, when the lead DD sailed past us. we turned to starboard to engage the merchies, when suddenly there were explosions galore, and 1,2,3,4 dead ships appeared on the Nav Map.
i used the external view and saw that the winds had suddenly increased (10 m/s per the weather report) and the result was that the convoy lost both its Heians and two of three escorts. just.like.that.
brutal.

i believe the surviving escort was a DD and the two that were lost were a DE and a FF.

EDIT: this behavior is very consistent. from 10 m/s wind speed on up to 15 m/s is deadly to DE/FF and Heians. it just happened again. same location. same ships. 11 m/s wind speed.

how does one adjust the damage profile for ships? i have never dabbled into .dat or .zon files using the S3ditor, but i would be willing to try with a bit of guidance from a ship-building guru.

anyone care to volunteer for that assignment?