Mission-Pride of Rotterdam leaves home port.

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[Geve]

Hi,

I have just completed the mission, Pride of Rotterdam leaves home port.

Manoeuvring  the ship from the tight corner at the pier is the toughest, but things get very amusing.......the traffic, before heading out to sea, includes 3 Vermaas s, two on the port side and one on the starboard! The Mission editors could have used other ships and motor boats.......but 3 Vermaas.........and a little later all 3 plus a fast speedboat disappear before your very eyes!

Out in the North Sea, the ships manoeuvres go wonky ...........and this may be owing to strong currents......I am a new player so this is my guess.....before the last waypoint the ship at sea view disappears and I went on with the bridge view(!) However, I managed to reach the last waypoint.........and got some promotion in the passenger ranking.

Geve       

[Traddles]

AI traffic follows a preset track and when it reaches the end of the track it returns to its starting point and retraces its route. That is why the ships vanish! Finally your ship runs into thick fog and has to rely on the chart & radar to reach the finalwaypoint.
I should point out that Rotterdam is the busiest port in Europe such that three containerships and quite a number of inland vessels is normal, at times even more traffic is entering or leaving the port.
A study of these manuals shows the way in which AI traffic behaves and how it is routed.
http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php/topic,2886.msg28895.html#msg28895

Traddles.

[Geve]

Dear Traddles,

ok, the last part was thick fog, sorry I did not realize that.

Again, as always, thanks Traddles.


Geve