[acofm89]

Originally Posted by Redmane

Sorry, sort of got centered on the wrong issue with repect to your question. I also have been offered command of a Balao, also too early, in fact during my current career, in late September of '42. Since I was hoping it would be a Gato, I initially accepted. And yes, I ended up at Mare Island to pick the boat up as well. Fortunately I had a saved game made just before docking at Pearl, so I loaded it back up and then declined the offer on the second go-'round. I'm not a modder so I have no clue as to why this occurs. I also started with a Gar, and hoped for an early upgrade to a Gato after my 3rd patrol, but got a refit instead. Then the offer of the Balao came after the 4th patrol, go figure. By the way, important side note: If you have a Tambor/Gar class boat in TMO and get a refit, for some reason the game will move your deck gun from aft to forward. This will make it uncrewable and essentially useless, but you can restore it to the aft deck by enabling the optional "TMO_Aft_deck-guns" mod found in the optional mods folder, which is in the Documentation folder for TMO.

Yeah, I just saw your post about that and replied. It's all a mystery to me. I guess if one really wants a Gato one might try to start out the Pacific campaign in a Porpoise or Tambor and see if it makes a difference. I know for a fact it doesn't happen ALL THE TIME