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Originally Posted by aanker (Post 1081478)

Understood. - sorry, no offense intended.

Non taken.:DL

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Originally Posted by elanaiba (Post 1081252)

I don't think we have any code for "downgrade" BUT if you return with a broken boat (as in 80%+ damage) and you're not mothballed with it, you'll get whatever boat is available - upgrade, downgrade or whatever.

Hmmph. And here I always thought it was a downgrade when one returned with their boat all shot up. At the least, it should be a "equal or lesser class" when given a new boat in this circumstance.

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Originally Posted by aanker (Post 1081055)

You can pre-select what boats you get the option to command. After being assigned USS Drum for the umpteenth time, for variety I edited my cfg files with Notepad to have some other boats that I am interested in. I whittled down the list to about 20 entries keeping a variety of DOC - DOD (to be sure they were active and not sunk and on Eternal Patrol). Next career I'll pre-select 20 or so other boats in the cfg files for each class:
Data\Roster\\American\Submarine\SSGato.cfg etc, etc

For example, after several patrols commanding the GAR class USS Grayback (SS-208) in this career, I was just assigned USS Cod (SS-224). Not that there is anything wrong with USS Drum (SS-228):
"The DRUM can't be beat" (actual WW II slogan)

I'm stumped - Reporting back that I was just assigned USS Balao (with no hull number) even though USS Balao wasn't included in my whittled down 'special roster' with hull numbers that I mentioned above. In addition this was in Jan 43 - before the DOC of the stock USS Balao in the cfg files.

Fixing it was simple enough in the leaving port save file - and I decided to test the theory of 'bad luck to come' if changing a boats name.

Edit: I changed the name to a different early BALAO class.

So, although you can preselect your command most of the time like I did for the GATO class USS Cod (SS-224), the SH4 game engine lets you know who the real boss is.... lol. - Funny.

Edit 2 - SH4 must have decided to read the UPC file and selected:
UnitName= USS Balao - which might explain why it had no hull number. My edited roster has the boats and the hull numbers.

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NSS_Balao.upc
...
[UserPlayerUnit 1]
ID=Balao
NameDisplayable=Balao
UnitName= USS Balao
Type=Balao
UpgradeClass=3
UnitInterval= 1943-02-04, 1963-07-11
....

Happy Hunting!

Art

If you have TMO then you can also get a Tench class the last class of sub made in WWII in late 44 early 45 in fact it is possiable to select a Tench from the start if you pick the early 1945 start date. Someone said that the Balao was the best you can get not true with TMO another plus for the Tench it has ST radar and hold 28 torpedos to me there is no reason to turn down a better sub unless you reallt like the one you are in but most skippers did have this option they got assigned to a new sub. And if you like how the Gar looks then you like how the Tambor and Gato classes look they are all the same externaly so if you like the later war cut down tower it will look the same on all 3 and might as well go with the Gato in that case as they can dive deeper than all but the Balao and Tench.

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Originally Posted by LukeFF (Post 1081771)

Hmmph. And here I always thought it was a downgrade when one returned with their boat all shot up. At the least, it should be a "equal or lesser class" when given a new boat in this circumstance.

Looking back at it, it may be equal or lesser indeed!

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Originally Posted by elanaiba (Post 1090026)

Looking back at it, it may be equal or lesser indeed!

That would only make sense. I can't really imagine a skipper, upon returning to base with a shot-up Gato, would be given a brand-new Balao to take out and thrash up!