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PeKlo
08-26-08, 02:02 PM
Hello everyone!
I've been playing SH4 1.5 American campaign for some time now and several of my crewmembers have developed 'special' (green) abilities. The thing is, that most of these abilities were given to persons with no affiliation to the compartment where this ability could be used, eg. a person positioned on the watch developed an ability used in engine room. So I was thinking if there is a way to modify savegames and stick these abilities to the 'right' people. Any thoughts about how it could be done?
Seminole
08-26-08, 04:55 PM
I know it doesn't make any real world sense...but you can move those with special abilites to the best suited compartments. The special ability most likely overides the regular job description inconsistiency....don't you think?
Go4It
08-27-08, 12:13 AM
What I'd like to see is a 1.51 patch or a mod that'll fix this, were these special abilities are only given out to crew with in there compartment. In my American carerr it's late 1944 an I have 4 officers with special abilties for the watch tower an the in base for selection of new crew I have NO good selection for any good replacements for officers. OH I have 51460 renoun an nothing to spend it on.... Found a good location were passenger liner(s) pass once a week SE of Mindanao...
PeKlo
08-27-08, 02:20 AM
I know it doesn't make any real world sense...but you can move those with special abilites to the best suited compartments. The special ability most likely overides the regular job description inconsistiency....don't you think?



Yes I can, but then since the officers I move do not have the specialization (blue) for the new compartment, the efficiency of those compartments drops quite a bit. And this random developing of special skils does not make very much sense. Never saw a guy that would learn how to operate engines better than others while spending all his days looking through binoculars.
Bosje
09-08-08, 05:14 AM
yes this needs fixing, i had gunnery experts in the conning tower, sensor experts in the torpedo room and the already mentioned watchcrew developping a talent for engines. annoying and stupid to say the least. *mutters random curses and wanders off*