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Old 11-21-08, 01:41 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Hoss1193
Posted this toward the bottom of a different thread, might have gotten lost in the shuffle.

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Preamble: I've searched through quite a few of the Crew Managment/Promotion threads - have gained lots of good info, but haven't found an answer to this particular question. In fact, these thread reviews actually generated this question, as many others seem to have had a different experience. Am playing the stock game (1.5) which I guess *might* have something to do with it.

What is the max number (or proportion) of Officers/CPOs in the crew?

Am in late '44. For most of my career (all my Gato/Balao time), have been limited to 6 Officers/CPOs combined. With a crew of 80+, this seems pretty low. I'm also maxed out on Petty Officers, but at least I seem to have a reasonable number of them (32).

My impression from reading other threads is that other folks have many more Khaki and perhaps P.O.s than this. Am trying to figure out why. I've got tons of renown (with little to spend it on), I don't think that's the reason.

My confusion is compounded by the fact that at career beginning, the game started me with MORE officers/chiefs/petty officers...in a smaller submarine.

Any insights?
IMO you should have kept the original crew above rank 7 with stock 1.5 even though it may be considered by some to be 'unrealistic'. The Dev's designed SH4 to be played a certain way with features like the 'special ability' crewmen that start to appear if you do it their way.

There is an edit around here: "What's With The New Crew Limit? Can It Be Removed?"
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=135499

Do as 'Skwasjer' suggests in post #5 to get your old initial crew proportions back.

Post #2 deals with editing the UPC files in Data\submarine for each submarine making a permanent increase - which is probably why you have seen that some people have more crew above rank 7.

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Art

Edit: Snaptrap, "Sailor rest your oar"

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