Question: upgrade to type vii from type ii in stock silent hunter 3
 

Thanks to Steam, I'm able to continue after a 9+ year absence from SH3 GWX when my XP laptop died. My 2010 replacement laptop (Windows 7) which I still use would not load or play my old SH3 CD and GWX discs; so, I tossed them away.

Since retirement, I've started anew with the SH3 stock game from Steam plus SH3 Commander. It does wonderful but not as nicely as GWX.

I've played 9 patrols in my first campaign with a type II and I've earned over 6,000 renown points which I'm saving. What I don't remember is how one upgrades to the Type VII from the Type II in the stock game. I've been to the U-boat page where one uses renown to upgrade equipment but so far no ability to upgrade to Type VII.

Some information or suggestions would be helpful. Would a transfer to another flotilla possibly be helpful?

If you start to early in the game(war) the boat is not available.

Also the 7th is the flotilla that will have Type VII, available around August\September 1940.

I play GWX.

Yes, you can transfer flotillas to get a VII.

This old list by HammFist shows what uboats are available at what flottilas, when and where the flotillas are based.

1st Flotilla
Wilhemshaven 6/39 to 7/40
Brest 8/40 to 9/44

1939: U-Boat Type IIA
1940: U-Boat Type VIIB
1941: U-Boat Type VIIC
1942: U-Boat Type VIIC
1943: U-Boat Type VIIC
1944: U-Boat Type VIIC

2nd Flotilla
Wilhemshaven 8/39 to 8/40
Lorient 9/40 to 9/44

1940: U-Boat Type VIIB
1941: U-Boat Type IXB
1942: U-Boat Type IXC
1943: U-Boat Type IXC
1944: U-Boat Type IXC

7th Flotilla
Kiel 8/39 to 8/40
St. Nazaire 9/40 to 7/44
Bergen 8/44 to 5/45

1939: U-Boat Type VIIB
1940: U-Boat Type VIIB
1941: U-Boat Type VIIC
1942: U-Boat Type VIIC
1943: U-Boat Type VIIC/41
1944: U-Boat Type VIIC/41
1945: U-Boat Type VIIC/41

10th Flotilla
Lorient 1/41 to 9/44

1942: U-Boat Type IXC
1943: U-Boat Type IXC
1944: U-Boat Type IXC

11th Flotilla
Bergen 1/41 to 5/45

1942: U-Boat Type VIIC
1943: U-Boat Type VIIC/41
1944: U-Boat Type VIIC/41
1945: U-Boat Type VIIC/41

12th Flotilla
Bordeaux 10/42 to 8/44

1942: U-Boat Type IXB
1943: U-Boat Type IXC
1944: U-Boat Type IXC

29th Flotilla
La Spezia 9/41 to 8/43
Toulon 9/43 to 8/44

1941: U-Boat Type VIIB
1942: U-Boat Type VIIB
1943: U-Boat Type VIIC
1944: U-Boat Type VIIC

33rd Flotilla
Flensburg 9/44 to 6/45

1944: U-Boat Type VIIC/41
1945: U-Boat Type VIIC/41

(I have copy pasted this list from here)

Thanks for the information on flotillas. Doesn't say if it all applies to the stock game; maybe just the mod.

I'm in April 1940; probably a few months early for the the VIIB. I'll wait and see what happens.

Thanks again.