Don Bowen
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Joined: 7/13/2000 From: Georgetown, Texas, USA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: John Lansford Well, where were they before they "appeared"? Or did they just spring full-formed from Zeus' brow? I actually have a lower opinion. In AE, ships that arrive from off map (i.e. from the Atlantic) will generally appear at off map bases. Ships that appear on map at a specific location were built there, or in a few cases, converted, recommissioned, etc. at that location. Sometimes a ship will appear at an on-map location simply because we are unable to find data to determine where/when it should appear at one of the off map bases. Especially that maddening "left New York on the 29th and arrived Pearl on the following 22nd" that DANFS so very loves. And, for some small or merchant ships, there is just not enough data so they "appear" at the national home base - just like WITP. However, in AE, it is important. For purposes of arrival, ships that appear at on map bases are considered to be built or commissioned there. If that port is captured before the ship arrives - it will be lost. You will see it in the lost ship report as "destroyed before completion" or, if the scheduled arrival is a long time after the port is captured, as "cancelled". Important for modders.
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