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Old 04-19-07, 04:16 PM   #16
shad43
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Dang, were is the love? Should be an option in the game to run as real number of patrols and playing until wars end. I can see where you worked hard to get your crew as best as they can be and then, wham, desk job In all reality, skippers did stand down after 4-5 patrols. So then the option to have this or extend the patrols should be added or modded. Maybe like, a message after patrol that says, retire or get new sub. Let the player decide.
I agree with Hawk, we all know the behavior is historical but it would be nice to have a choice, I've looked into the files for this and it seems the meat & potatoes of it are hardcoded into the sh4.exe, altering the associated upc files does not change the mechanics of career track, maybe some hex-editing whiz can figure it out.

Meanwhile I'll simply start an early war career and when it ends start the next career as close to the end date of the previous one as possible, this way I can chain them together and make it to the end of the war, each new career is just a new command with a new crew to train and I can keep track of my boats and tonnages as I go.

*don't call me sir, I work for a living - but anything is better than pimp!*
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