"Say hello to my (sticky) little friend!"

maillemaker · 12-31-22, 03:49 PM

A few times in SH3 and SH5 I have encountered the "sticky escort" bug. This is the first time I've ever had it happen with a friendly. I left Lorient, and I have this friendly destroyer that shadows me about 18KM away.

I hoped to drag it along with me (at 64X time compression!) on my mission but so far only neutrals have spawned. Would be neat to hit a convoy and have a commerce raider along for help!

maillemaker · 01-01-23, 02:33 AM

Well, I gave up on using my little friend. No enemies were spawning. So I saved and reloaded, and then my little friend was like, "What the heck am I doing out in the middle of the Atlantic?" and made a beeline back for France.

Then I found a nice juicy convoy and wiped out most of the ships in it.

After my last attack, I had one torpedo left. All the remaining ships were low-tonnage junk, so I issued a coup de grâce and took out an escort as my goodbye gift.

les green01 · 01-03-23, 02:02 AM

i had it happen once like you i reloaded the save

12-31-22, 03:49 PM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	"Say hello to my (sticky) little friend!" A few times in SH3 and SH5 I have encountered the "sticky escort" bug. This is the first time I've ever had it happen with a friendly. I left Lorient, and I have this friendly destroyer that shadows me about 18KM away. I hoped to drag it along with me (at 64X time compression!) on my mission but so far only neutrals have spawned. Would be neat to hit a convoy and have a commerce raider along for help!

01-03-23, 02:02 AM	#3
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	i had it happen once like you i reloaded the save __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

01-01-23, 02:33 AM	#2
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Well, I gave up on using my little friend. No enemies were spawning. So I saved and reloaded, and then my little friend was like, "What the heck am I doing out in the middle of the Atlantic?" and made a beeline back for France. Then I found a nice juicy convoy and wiped out most of the ships in it. After my last attack, I had one torpedo left. All the remaining ships were low-tonnage junk, so I issued a coup de grâce and took out an escort as my goodbye gift.