[REQ] Everything has a price.. (Torpedo "costs")

[AntEater]

I think it is a bit exaggerated that you have to spend renown on Mk 23 and Mk 18 torps. Mk 18s were pretty much standard equipment in 1944, while Mk 23 was just a dumbed down version of Mk 14.
Can the renown "prices" be lowered or eliminated?
Or is the steep price for an electric just in January 1944? Do they come fore free later??
I never sofar made a career in 1944 so I don't know.

[AntEater]

Well, apparently not...
Btw, am I the only one to read my posts?
Did I violate some kind of netiquette in these forums or why do all my posts remain unanswered?
Or did I just imagine that I exist??

[U-Bones]

In Cfg/Basic.cfg you will find sections like this towards the bottom

[TORPEDO_TYPE4];T III FaT II (G7e)
Idx=4
Year=1943
Month=3
PrototypeYear=1942
PrototypeMonth=9
Renown=250

This is where it was done in SH3, and as you can see, comments still reflect German ordinance. Assuming this is still where renown is controlled, you will have to map it out to the US fish, or simply reset all torps to no or minimal renown costs.

[modisch]

I haven't gotten far enough in a career to reach new torps... but the cfg/basic.cfg file seems to be obsolete. The new data appears to be in the \Data\UPCData\UPCUnitsData\Ammunition.upc

You can find entries for torps like:

[Ammunition 12]
ID=Mk23Torpedo
NameDisplayable= Mark 23 Torpedo
Type= AmmoTorpedo
Subtype=Mk23TorpUS
AmmunitionIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
AmmunitionIntervalOptions1= 1943-01-01, 1944-01-15, 100
AmmunitionIntervalOptions2= 1944-01-16, 1946-12-31, 0
Volume= 1
PackSize=1


That seems to indicate from 1943-01-01 to 1944-01-15 the torpedo is available at 100 reknown per. 1944-01-16 onward it's free.

So verify your reknown price for the mk32s your trying to buy. If it's 100 per, then this file is probably how it's set... And if so, then yes, price drops over the course of the war.

[Ammunition 11]
ID=Mk18Torpedo
NameDisplayable= Mark 18 Torpedo
Type= AmmoTorpedo
Subtype=Mk18TorpUS
AmmunitionIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
AmmunitionIntervalOptions1= 1943-07-12, 1944-01-15, 500
AmmunitionIntervalOptions2= 1944-01-16, 1944-08-31, 200
AmmunitionIntervalOptions3= 1944-09-01, 1950-05-31, 0
Volume= 1
PackSize=1

The Mk18 drops from 500 in 1942 to 200 in 1944 to 0 in late 1944. I dunno how well this parallels historical availability but there ya go.

-m