Battle Generator creating unusable scenarios

[akmatov]

I particularly like Battle Generator as it is a way for a novice to experiment and become familier with SAI.  However, lately I've started getting  generated scenarios.  I proceed as normal, receive a message "Timed out! No Contact between fleets!" and the play map appears and I find my Battle Division steaming at a right angle into a coast line far from the intended theater (Like a Pacific Ocean scenario placed my Division ramming into Africa around Nigeria.)  This might be happening mostly with the Pick Force option selected, the one I prefer.  Last night I tried five times in a row with no success.

Any advice on this?

[andyhall]

No advice, but I've only experienced this a couple of times, when the generated forces didn't make contact holding to their initial courses and speeds. In those cases, it was in poor visibility conditions (night, rain), so there's a logic to that outcome.

Interested to see if others are getting similar problems frequently.



The Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916. Shelling a large vessel during the battle. Artwork by Felix Schwormstadt. Halftone image from the publication, “The Imperial Navy in the World War,” 1914-17. National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/10/21).

One feature I'd like to see added is the ability to create and save a force to use in generated battle scenarios. The player can create his own force each time, but that's repetitive. It would be a real convenience to allow players to call up a pre-designed force easily to pit against whatever the software throws at it.