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Beery · 09-15-05, 04:47 PM

Yes. The files that govern U-boat numbers are the SSType***.dat files in data\Roster\German\Submarine. These are the first place the game goes to find U-boat numbers. If it doesn't find them there I believe it may go to the Flotilla.cfg file in the data\Cfg folder, but I'm not sure on that.

It is possible to modify which boats get assigned to a flotilla, but it means that you'd have to use SH3 Commander in order to do it. A mod would have to be made for SH3 Commander that inserts the relevant flotilla-based SSType***.dat files into the game. It's a lot of work (as many as 1100 U-boat entries would need to be sorted out) to make such a mod, so I doubt it will happen soon.

The latest version of SH3 Commander gives players the ability to change their boat number to a correct number for their boat's flotilla.

09-15-05, 04:47 PM	#2
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes. The files that govern U-boat numbers are the SSType*.dat files in data\Roster\German\Submarine. These are the first place the game goes to find U-boat numbers. If it doesn't find them there I believe it may go to the Flotilla.cfg file in the data\Cfg folder, but I'm not sure on that. It is possible to modify which boats get assigned to a flotilla, but it means that you'd have to use SH3 Commander in order to do it. A mod would have to be made for SH3 Commander that inserts the relevant flotilla-based SSType*.dat files into the game. It's a lot of work (as many as 1100 U-boat entries would need to be sorted out) to make such a mod, so I doubt it will happen soon. The latest version of SH3 Commander gives players the ability to change their boat number to a correct number for their boat's flotilla. __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.