A little trick to finding your home port
 

Most have probly noticed that while on patrol your home base will change. Sometimes you will get a message informing you that it has changed, but most the time you wont.

If you are not sure where to dock to finish your patrol open up in notepad(default location):

mydocuments/sh4/data/cfg/savegames/<savegame folder>/careertrack.upc

search the text for CSS_BaseChange

the LAST OCCURANCE of this text will be the base that you can dock at and look something like this:

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 29]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_BaseChange
NameDisplayable=
CurrentDate=1942-04-24 00:00:00
BaseIDLink=Brisbane

So in this case my base will be Brisbane and i would be allowed to end my patrol there.

Hope this help some folks out; cause it sure drove me nuts.

Thanks. My S boat out of Manila had an unannounced base change. I first went to Melborne, then to Pearl, before finally landing in Brisbane :damn:

look west then north.

It seems they like to place you at the most forward port to the front, that means go to the westward most base and then north. If there is a basenorth of the western most base, thats yours. If there isnt a base north of the western most base, then the western most base is yours.

Nice work, another feature that I like about this game, not just going to a grid patrolling and that is it.

RDP

Sometimes I get the base that I'm supposed to go to and sometimes not. What I do is hit the nearest base and get lucky. If not, I refit and head to the next sinking ships along the way. Sooner or later SUBCOM either provides the new base or I just keep working my way to each.

This is how they came up with 'There is a sailor in every port and port in every sailor' :rotfl:

That's what i call going with the flow.

Maybe someone needs to make a "Girl in Every Port" mod/minigame, kinda like a "hot coffee" for SH4 that would make those long time compression session really worth it while searching for your home.

Thanks for the tip its a good one.

I dont think that having to dig through a games data file to find your "home base" is exactly a nice feature though.

Thanks for that.

I started out in Manilla, and after 2 patrols got myself back there only to be greeted by hostile fire on the way in. Made my way to Java where I finished one spectacularly successful patrol in Fremantle with 108,000 tons. For this I was awarded a new Gato class sub! WOOOO and indeed HOOOOOOOO!

However my next patrol is now out of Pearl...

All through this patrol I've not been sure whether I need to go back to Pearl or take my Gato to Fremantle.

Am I part of the Asiatic Fleet still or am I now a Pearly?

At least I can now go and check...

OK... As an addition to my post above...

I've opened my careertrack.upc file and sure enough, you're right and the last entry for BaseIDLink is Fremantle:

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 54]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_BaseChange
NameDisplayable=
CurrentDate=1942-03-01 00:00:00
BaseIDLink=Fremantle

However...

My last two entries in that same file are:

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 77]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_NewCommand
NameDisplayable=USS Drum
CurrentDate=1942-03-05 20:22:38
UserPlayerInstanceDisplayableName=USS Drum
UserPlayerUnitIDLink=Gato

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 78]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_PatrolStart
NameDisplayable=USS Drum
CurrentDate=1942-03-27 02:22:38
DepartureBaseIDLink=PearlHarbor
DepartureFlotillaIDLink=PearlHarborCommand
ObjectiveTypesAssigned=


And although I docked at Fremantle I'm now in Pearl with my new sub. The interesting lines are highlighted...

Am I now under Pearl Harbour command and expected to go back there or am I still part of teh Asiatic Fleet and supposed to return to Fremantle?

Hmmm... :hmm:

I posted this the day after SH4 was released, but thanks for the heads up.

This thread needs to be linked in the FAQ and or Guides section.

I see this question come up almost daily.

Thanks for the tip. I've been sailing from port to port trying to dock, and it's doing my head in.

"DepartureBaseIDLink=PearlHarbor
DepartureFlotillaIDLink=PearlHarborCommand
ObjectiveTypesAssigned="

These are the crucial entries in your last save.

"This thread needs to be linked in the FAQ and or Guides section.

I see this question come up almost daily."

There are several discussion threads devpted to this subject.

In addition to getting a base change you are not aware of, it's also possible to be made aware of a base change that does not get saved to your careerTrack file and CareerStatusSave ## entry.

In sort, you really cannot reliably end the patrol without lookin at this file. I wonder if the International Date Line bug affecting the Stragegic Map and Base Changes are related.
-Pv-

We should not have to dig through files to find it where our base was changed to...imagine going back to your old base and digging through real file folders of orders and requisitions and such "Captain I found a form to send toliet paper earmarked for us to Brisbane!!" "Ah that must be our new base then..." :shifty:

Base Change
 

I Tried This, My Doc/ Sh4/cfg/ Etc. It Work Great.
I Always Check Status After In Finish Game.