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

[von Zelda]

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?

[RConch]

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.

[BristolBrick]

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 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=81088))

[von Zelda]

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.