Changing the submarine's name to USS-some name

SgtPotato · 06-17-09, 07:49 PM

Sorry, guys. I couldn't find the thread about how to change the submarine's name to "USS-_________" by opening up with notepad. Can you guys point me to the right direction of a link? Thanks.

captgeo · 06-17-09, 07:53 PM

I do not know where it might be on this fourm, but here is a link to UBI that deals with that subject.

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...185#4971074185

and welcome aboard mate !!

SgtPotato · 06-17-09, 09:12 PM

oh thanks, man. That's what I'm looking for.

mookiemookie · 06-17-09, 09:41 PM

Bad luck!

captgeo · 06-17-09, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Bad luck!

OK, explain please, what is the "bad luck" part.......hmmmmm

Wicked Popsicle · 06-17-09, 10:58 PM

right when I changed the name of my boat I died on the mission. But of course I play the way of rambo on 100%. I usually die on the 2nd or 3rd mission anyway

Stealhead · 06-17-09, 11:15 PM

For a long time it has be considered bad luck to change the name of ship after it has be comissioned. The only exception is when a ship changes ownership from one navy to another.

Akula4745 · 06-18-09, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Wicked Popsicle

right when I changed the name of my boat I died on the mission. But of course I play the way of rambo on 100%. I usually die on the 2nd or 3rd mission anyway

LOL Wicked!

Torplexed · 06-18-09, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Wicked Popsicle

right when I changed the name of my boat I died on the mission. But of course I play the way of rambo on 100%. I usually die on the 2nd or 3rd mission anyway

Try changing your sub's name to USS Rambofish. When the enemy sees that black headband around the conning tower, they'll flee.

SgtPotato · 06-18-09, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Try changing your sub's name to USS Rambofish. When the enemy sees that black headband around the conning tower, they'll flee.

mookiemookie · 06-18-09, 09:17 AM

When they raised the Squalus and got her back into service, they renamed her the Sailfish. All of the sailors who served on her knew her history though and called her the Squal-fish.

It's a case of renaming a ship not leading to bad luck; she survived the war and had 40,000 tons of sunk ships to show for it.

Or maybe it wasn't...the Squalfish sunk the Japanese aircraft carrier Chuyo which was carrying the survivors of the Sculpin (who was the boat who had found where the Squalus had gone down in 1939) as POWs. Only one of them survived the sinking.

Wicked Popsicle · 06-18-09, 12:17 PM

I can name my boat the rambofish and put Duel M-60s on my boat to take on the japs and if a task force gets to close I gut them with my big rambo knife

Task Force · 06-18-09, 01:11 PM

There are some lines you have to change in the save file.

oah and you died after changeing it... well you know what they say.

Highbury · 06-18-09, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

When they raised the Squalus and got her back into service, they renamed her the Sailfish. All of the sailors who served on her knew her history though and called her the Squal-fish.

Well the sailors were threatened by Cmdr. Morton C. Mumma, Jr. (the fist Captain after re-commission) with being marooned at the next port of call if the referred to the ship as Squalus, so they came up with the nickname Squalfish. The Skipper liked that no better and threatened courts-martial if he heard it lol.

Stealhead · 06-18-09, 07:37 PM

It is just an old sailor tradtion not to rename name a ship so long as it is in the same Navy so you could change the name if this ship went from the Navy to the Coast Guard. And if you belive in luck or not the Squalus/Sailfish did have the misfortune of killed her allies (even though the crew did not know POWs where aborad). in a strange way was it fate that a ceratin amount of men would die in realtion to the Squalus in some way shape or form its almost like it was Squalus was going to take the men that should have died inside her in 1939. Or could the bad arua around Squalus been so bad it even spread to the Sculpin two times over? Very weird if you sit and think about it.

Another old sailor thing. They used to think if you had a chicken and a pig tattooed on your feet it meant that youd survive if you went overboard or your ship sank. In the age of sail the crates they kept chickens in tended to stay afloat the longest.

06-17-09, 07:49 PM	#1
SgtPotato Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your ocean, sinking your ships Posts: 721 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Changing the submarine's name to USS-some name Sorry, guys. I couldn't find the thread about how to change the submarine's name to "USS-_________" by opening up with notepad. Can you guys point me to the right direction of a link? Thanks.

06-17-09, 07:53 PM	#2
captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I do not know where it might be on this fourm, but here is a link to UBI that deals with that subject. http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...185#4971074185 and welcome aboard mate !! __________________

06-17-09, 10:58 PM	#6
Wicked Popsicle A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 73 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	right when I changed the name of my boat I died on the mission. But of course I play the way of rambo on 100%. I usually die on the 2nd or 3rd mission anyway __________________

06-18-09, 09:17 AM	#11
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	When they raised the Squalus and got her back into service, they renamed her the Sailfish. All of the sailors who served on her knew her history though and called her the Squal-fish. It's a case of renaming a ship not leading to bad luck; she survived the war and had 40,000 tons of sunk ships to show for it. Or maybe it wasn't...the Squalfish sunk the Japanese aircraft carrier Chuyo which was carrying the survivors of the Sculpin (who was the boat who had found where the Squalus had gone down in 1939) as POWs. Only one of them survived the sinking. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

06-18-09, 12:17 PM	#12
Wicked Popsicle A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 73 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I can name my boat the rambofish and put Duel M-60s on my boat to take on the japs and if a task force gets to close I gut them with my big rambo knife __________________

06-17-09, 09:12 PM	#3
SgtPotato Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your ocean, sinking your ships Posts: 721 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	oh thanks, man. That's what I'm looking for.

06-17-09, 09:41 PM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Bad luck! __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

06-17-09, 11:15 PM	#7
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	For a long time it has be considered bad luck to change the name of ship after it has be comissioned. The only exception is when a ship changes ownership from one navy to another.

06-18-09, 01:11 PM	#13
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	There are some lines you have to change in the save file. oah and you died after changeing it... well you know what they say. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-18-09, 07:37 PM	#15
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	It is just an old sailor tradtion not to rename name a ship so long as it is in the same Navy so you could change the name if this ship went from the Navy to the Coast Guard. And if you belive in luck or not the Squalus/Sailfish did have the misfortune of killed her allies (even though the crew did not know POWs where aborad). in a strange way was it fate that a ceratin amount of men would die in realtion to the Squalus in some way shape or form its almost like it was Squalus was going to take the men that should have died inside her in 1939. Or could the bad arua around Squalus been so bad it even spread to the Sculpin two times over? Very weird if you sit and think about it. Another old sailor thing. They used to think if you had a chicken and a pig tattooed on your feet it meant that youd survive if you went overboard or your ship sank. In the age of sail the crates they kept chickens in tended to stay afloat the longest.