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Originally Posted by LukeFF
JS, another question for you: 
In the U-boat Availability file, how do I set when a particular U-boat type is no longer available for selection? It just seems wierd to me to see the Type VIIB available in 1944 and 1945. |
I don't think you want to make the change in the U-boat availability file.
U-boat availability.cfg makes changes to the Basic.cfg file.
While Basic.cfg has entries for when a boat becomes available, I do not believe it has corresponding entries for when a boat leaves service. Once a boat is available it stays available to the end of the war.
You can work around this (assuming I am correct above) by making the change in your Static settings.cfg file. While you cannot fine tune a change here by flotilla (as you can in U-boat availability) you can make a blanket change by date. It sounds like you want to make a blanket change and remove the VIIB across the board after a certain date anyway, so this should work.
In Static settings.cfg file, after the existing Basic.cfg section, whose last line is:
MEDALS_CREW|SunkInPatrolGerman=60000; TONNAGE, GC
Insert a second basic.cfg section as follows:
[1:data\Cfg\Basic.cfg]
ApplyToPeriod=19440101|19450601
SUBMARINE1|Month0=6
SUBMARINE1|Year0=1945
NOTES:
1. The "1:" gives this section a unique name
2. SUBMARINE1 section is the Type VII
3. The 0 suffix to Month and Year indicates the subtype B
4. Setting Month0 to 6 and Year0 to 1945 is the same as making it unavailable (as its intro date is now sometime after the war is over).
5. Put whatever date you want the sub to become unavailable, in YYYYMMDD format, in the Apply to Period line (In the above example it becomes unavailable on Jan 01 1944 and stays unavailable until the end of the war (June 01 1945).
6. WARNING 1: While I have made date changes like this, I haven't played a game with this specific change, so it's NOT tested in game.
7. WARNING 2: I wouldnt' do this if you're actually in posession of a VIIB.
Of course, JScones probably has a 2 second solution for this that I've overlooked.