GOAL:

To reasonably recreate convoys to the extent possible with the SH3 game engine
using available historical information pertaining to compositional elements.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

This mod is still a work in progress, and subject to radical changes at any time.
Presently some convoys are unmodified from the original game, as information on
their composition is less available and less richly detailed.  Not all convoys
feature historically realistic speeds yet, but are left at their original values
pending investigation.  The single merchant reduction still has to be properly
tuned.  Realistic convoy report frequency and Liberty ship adoption curve have
not been implemented yet.

CHANGES:

Convoys in the RND layer of SH3 v1.4 (and before) were completely unrepresentative
of actual convoy operations from 1939 through 1945.  To counter this,
ImprovedConvoys:

* Adds nationalities to convoys in historical proportions
* Adds cruisers and escort carriers in convoys that might have them
* Adds Captain Walker's Second Support Group to Bay of Biscay in '42-'45
* Rebalances convoy type proportions, with most convoys heavily cargo
* Implements adoption curve for American Liberty, Victory and British Ocean ships
* Increases convoy sizes for 1941-1945
* Increases escort variety
* Corrects the entry date of the Victory to Feb 28th 1944 (actually Jan)
* Corrects British Ocean class misreported as American Liberty class
* Corrects contact report and frequency to reasonable levels
* Corrects C Class destoyer so depth charge racks are available in 1939
* Reduces frequency of convoys in 1939-1940
* Reduces single merchant reports and traffic to 8% in 1939
* Reduces single merchant reports and traffic to 2% in 1940
* Reduces single merchant reports and traffic to 0.8% in 1941-1945
* Reduces single merchant traffic to 20% off U.S. coast until 1943 (Drumbeat!)
* Reduces single merchant traffic to 8% in the Mediterranean Sea

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