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Originally Posted by merc4ulfate
TMO & RSRD
Just wish they would give me a boat with a deck gun sometime. It is December of 44 and still no deck gun ...
Mark
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Are you opting for the bow mounted, or aft mounted deck gun when you start the game?
Also, someone on another thread made mention if you start with an Sboat, it comes with an aft gun, and if you have the bow mounted option, it biffs the game.
I choose the aft option myself, and have never had an issue with not having a deck gun. I think it has been discussed and a possible remedy found if you edit one or more files, but it should be in the TMO thread in the SH4 Mods section. It's a stock bug, that people have worked diligently to try to resolve.
From page 36 of the TMO 2.0 manual,
Special note on deck gun placement:
Due to a hardcoded bug in the SH4 game engine, it is not possible to switch locations of the deck gun once a game has been saved to file. Trying to move the deck gun from fore to aft, or vice versa will result in the crew member slots disappearing. In order to circumvent this bug and prevent it to happening during play, the deck guns have been “fixed” to a location. By default, TMO defaults to mounting deck guns forward of the conning tower, as this is the most popular placement.
The exception to this are the Tambor, and Gar, which ONLY have an aft mount due to the larger 5”/51 caliber deck gun they can equip. A bow mount for these two classes is not available.
If you prefer your deck gun mounted aft of the conning tower, enable the “TMO_Aft_deckguns” alternate mod found in the documentation directory.
EXTRA SPECIAL NOTE:
You must make your deck gun selection before you start your career game. If you prefer a bow mount, you need not do anything except start your game. If you prefer a stern mount, you must enable the alternate mod discussed above. Once you make this selection, you cannot change without causing the “deck gun crew bug” to appear, and you will not have crew slots for your deck gun crew.
So as far as the game is concerned, make your gun mount selection, and forever hold your peace!