Question about CFG file and U-boat

[TriskettheKid]

Hi there.

I'm currently trying to figure out how to use late-war U-boats in the early part of the war and early-war U-boats in the later years (because sometimes I'd just like the challenge of playing a IIA boat that I'd get in 1939 in the year 1945 instead).

So I figured that the only way I could do this and not make such a change permanent would be to change a CFG file in my SH3 Careers folder.

I tried giving one of my profile's a XXI in the port he was in in 1941.

I opened Patrols_0 and made SubType=3 and SubVersion=0. I saved and opened up the career.

While I did get the XXI, the conning tower was all screwy. I had a 2x30 flak gun right in front of my UZO and scopes. Also, in the crew screen, I'd see the correct body of a XXI, but the conning tower of a VIIB.

Did I do something wrong?

Also, I'm using GWX if that matters.

[JScones]

This is one of the most frequently asked questions here, so a quick search of the forum should find all the answers you need. :up:

For instance, do a search using "XXI 1939" as the keywords. You'll find a few threads. IIRC one in particular is titled "XXI in 1939". It should get you started. The others tend to be the "I can't get it to work" threads which are helpful if, well, you can't get it to work...

[TriskettheKid]

Alright, I followed the advice found in the thread about the XXI in 1939, but I've noticed some problems that I couldn't find the answers to in the thread:

1. I now need 8 officers and 70 Petty Officers instead of the original 6 officers and....24? 26? Petty officers.

I need the numbers on those two so I can change it back.

2. In changing the .sns file, I noticed that things went all the way to Sensor 12, yet in the parameters from the thread that I was supposed to paste, it only went up to Sensor 11. What was not included? What got missed?