[Beery]

Originally Posted by Seadogs

All I am saying is that from my personal experience if I start a campaign in 1941 out of pearl or Manilla I get the option to upgrade to a Gato out of pearl after my second patrol. If I take the offer it is a 100% gaurantee that it will be my last patrol.

So you're saying that the game will force retirement on you after two patrols? Okay, then that is definitely a bug. Actually, you shouldn't get the choice of a Gato until about April 10th 1942, which is when the first Gato to go on a war patrol (Drum) left its base. I'm actually in the process of making the individual submarines conform to their actual dates in war service for RFB. It's a time consuming task and the Gatos and Balaos are last on the list (because there are so many of the darned things, LOL). But when it's done it should go some way towards reducing this problem (for those who use the mod).

But the OP wasn't saying that he was forced to retire after two or even three patrols. He was annoyed because the game didn't give him enough time in his Gato. We really don't know how many patrols he'd done - he doesn't tell us. He just says he did three in a Gato. But then everyone assumed he meant he did three patrols in total. My point is that he never said that. In fact when I read his post in context it made me suspect that the Gato was not his first boat.