Land Convoys

[gunboat]

Does selecting 'New Order East & West' when playing Germany in SR cause land convoys to be created as in using the New Order events in plain HOI? If not, is there a way to do this? It is the only way to assist vichy or italy without the possibility of massive convoy losses at sea. (And it just makes sense that trains can run between 'next door neighbors) Thanks again to Nighty for all the effort.

 

[gzav]

you can create convoys from anywhere to anywhere else by editing the savegame file.

 

[gunboat]

Could someone perhaps post an example or describe how that would be best done? (editing in land convoys) Thanks.

 

[unmerged(11117)]

That'd be good, coz Vichy sux at keeping the Org level up on its troops.

 

[unmerged(16470)]

I usually do land convoy for Slovakia. What I do (though there maybe more efficient editing method) is to first create a legit naval convoy (say from Kiel to Danzig) within the game. Then I quit the game, and go to the save file and look for that convoy. Then I only need to edit the provinces (source, target, intermediate path) to change it into a land convoy But sometimes, when I get too greedy, I change the number of merchant ships in that convoy too, shame on me

 

[gunboat]

That is what I eventually figured out as well - make a normal convoy for each land convoy you need, then edit the save file and replace the province numbers with the ones you need for the land convoy. Not as nice and easy as the auto ones in New ORder Events, but simple enough.