[torpedobait]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

PearlHarborCommand is set at "NULL, NULL", as are several NavalBases and other Commands, and is a "Stock" setting as well. In the case of the Stock game, as well as FotRSU, since we did not change the "base" dates, means the effective dates are 1938-01-01 to 1945-12-31. One does have to be careful with the Mission Editor also, since it "starts" 1940-01-01 unless changed. Someone like iambecomelife, doing the WW1 Wolves of the Kaiser, has to dig and find all such references and dates, and make them what he wants - and there are a LOT of them. If a given Command has a date of say 1942-03-01, NULL, and anything below that command using NULL, NULL, would then mean 1942-03-01 to 1945-12-31, and not present any troubles. However, any use of "NULL" does mean that a mission under those bases would then have to be set to run two days before the listing for the CareerStart file (ie: 1942-02-27), which is where it gets a bit tricky, keeping dates aligned with each other. You also have to be careful of assignments in PatrolObjectives, where dates, like in the eqp and sns file HAVE to be specific dates, and NULL is not allowed. The use of NULL at the end of a Submarine's effective date means the same date as the Base and / or Command, which is where an automatic transfer might fail, so the actual date desired would have to be used.

All told, CaviteCommand is there from the beginning, and "dies" on 15 Apr 42. Cavite the NavalBase is there from the beginning, but dies on 10 Dec 41, where a person is then "transferred to Darwin effective 12 Dec 41, and active until the bombing there on 19 Feb 42, which then results in the Albany assignment, supposedly effective 24 Feb 42. The inactivating Albany on 15 Apr 42, while the sub goes to 16 May is probably where a problem would be. We'll have to see if torpedobait gets the Albany base as a valid docking facility. I do have my doubts... If not, he may have to load a Save prior to departing Darwin, and transfer to the Asiatic fleet at either Surabaya or Fremantle, as the case might be... Searaven is a Sargo, so Tilatjap might be available for transfer also, depending upon when he last leaves Darwin.

I intend now to go back to the save I took in the office prior to departing Darwin and request a transfer. Since I've never been to Albany I will try to transfer there. Otherwise, it'll be Brisbane for me, which is closer to a likely next hot spot in the war.

One thing I didn't mention in the details is that the mission I left for on Feb. 19 was the second out of Darwin. I did another starting on 1/18/1942. I don't think that matters.

If Darwin is closed as a Base on 19 Feb and that is my date of departure, could that cause a conflict somewhere?