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Originally Posted by Oneshot/Onekill
And the other thing that really bugs the crap out of me is there isnt a typeVIIA in the game. Most of the type VII U-boat numbers at the beginning of the war in the game are not type VIIB U-boats, they are typeVIIA's!
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If you are using SH3Cmdr, then yes, VIIA numbers are included for the Type VIIB for much the same reason that IIB numbers are included for the Type IIA.
Why? Because in RL 2 Flotilla never had VIIBs as depicted in SH3, they had VIIAs**. So the options for modders are to either remove the VIIB from the Flotilla altogether, thus effectively writing 2 Flotilla out of the game until December 1939 when the first IXB arrives, or maintain the status quo with the "close" VIIB model. I should point out here that it is not SH3Cmdr that determines which flotillas have which boats, but individual mods like GWX, NYGM etc. TMK *no* mod removes the VIIB from 2 Flotilla.
So, with this in mind, to maintain compatibility with all mods, SH3Cmdr adds VIIA numbers for the benefit of players taking the VIIB in 2 Flotilla, as it was decided (waaay back in mid-2005) that offering VIIA numbers was better than offering none at all, or automatically writing out the VIIB from the flotilla completely via the historic u-boat availability option.
This is covered in more detail in the forum archives.
However, if the numbers distract you, then just get rid of them. Open 'U-boat numbers.cfg' (SH3 Commander\Cfg folder) and edit the 'ALL' and '903' keys under the '[VIIB]' section. Change the VIIA numbers to whatever you want, or remove them altogether. Alternatively, you could edit both SH3Cmdr's 'U-boat availability.cfg' and your favourite mod's 'Flotilla.cfg' and remove the VIIB from 2 Flotilla completely. This is the most accurate solution, although a *better* solution might be to use SH3Cmdr to apply VIIA specs to the VIIB when the player is in 2 Flotilla; either way, SH3Cmdr provides
you the flexibility to play the game the way that you want to.
**Source: '2nd U-boat Flotilla' by Lawrence Paterson - IMHO the definitive work on the 2nd Flotilla.