[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

My guess here is that Tulagi is messed-up, but Milne more so. While you didn't transfer to it prior to its being "active", the Flotillas file does have it "active" prior to the base being there, and since SH4 does not use "dates" per se, but rather "time passed", that might further confuse the game, and it is probably thinking that the base is no longer active, as far as the Flotillas file goes. Plus, since Milne is "copied" from Brisbane, some dingbat forgot to change one of the "spawn-in" locations for Milne Bay... sigh. - Both fixed (hopefully) for the next version...

did a little recon work......
Driving a Sargo out of Tulagi for several missions (starting early 1943).
Current date is Sept 23, 1943.
based on the discussion here and my experience with NULL dates, i changed the Milne Bay Base availability dates from NULL to the same dates as the Flotilla dates.

[Flotilla 9]
ID= MilneBayCommand
NameDisplayable= MilneBay
AvailabilityInterval=1942-04-30, 1945-01-31

;*****************************************
; F8 Milne Bay MB Bases
;----------------------
[Flotilla 9.Base 1]
ID= MilneBay
NameDisplayable= MilneBay, Australia
ExternalBaseName= MilneBay
AvailabilityInterval= 1942-04-30, 1945-01-31
DepartureDescriptionOut1= 18461968, -3258416, 2.546314

On a hunch (boom-siss), i went and checked the US Bases file for the base-definition of Milne Bay.
Here is what is there:

[Unit 25]
Name=Milne Bay
Class=NavalBase
Type=407
Origin=American
Side=1
GameEntryDate=19430628
GameExitDate=19451231

Do you see the problem?

Next issue: Why do all Kaleuns based at Milne start outside of Brisbane?
Look at the Milne Bay Departure Lat/Long Above and compare it to the Brisbane Base Departure Lat/Long Below.

[Flotilla 3.Base 1]
ID= Brisbane
NameDisplayable= Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ExternalBaseName= Brisbane
Info= Brisbane-Base-Info
AvailabilityInterval= NULL, NULL
DepartureDescription1= 18381318, -3285618, 356.054810
DepartureDescription2= 18382104, -3285435, 0
DepartureDescriptionOut1= 18461968, -3258416, 2.546314

so, to fix Milne Bay as a base and the departure point

Replace the DepartureDescriptionOut1 line for Milne in Flotillas.UPC with this line:
DepartureDescriptionOut1= 18003850, -916000, 0
AND
Replace the
Name=Milne Bay
with
Name=MilneBay
in the US_NavalBases.MIS file.

For those unfamiliar with files locations,
Flotillas is located in \Data\UPCData\UPCCampaignData
US NavalBases is located in Data\Campaigns\Campaign

PB, these changes work. i am operating with them even as we speak.