Question regarding type XXI and Rub 1.43

[misterpinna]

From the RuB 1.43 README:

The Type XXI: only 11th Flotilla got the Type XXI operational before the war's end. This mod makes only very small concessions to playability in this regard - if you want to command a Type XXI, you will have to transfer to one between the beginning of July and mid-August 1944. You will then spend a frustrating few months as your new boat undergoes delay after delay. You will finally get your new boat between March and May 1945 - if you're lucky you will have enough time left to do a patrol in it before the war ends.

This means that the mod team made something to the config files to delay the type XXI release, right? Now I am in autumn 1943, with a type IX, and I would like to have the chance to try the type XXI in the early 1944 (as the original settings permitted, afair). Is it possible, using RuB 1.43 (I like it very much) to have the type XXI in april '44?

Thanks in advance for the replies

[Nopileo]

You could disable RUb after you dock in April 1944. Then restart SH3 after disabling RUb and get the XXI with any equipment you want. Then exit again and re-enable RUb (I assume you use the mod enabler?). Then when you start with RUb you should have the XXI fully equipped, and the date should be the same as when you left the game after 'buying' and upgrading the XXI with RUb disabled.

The XXI don't need many upgrades though, as most hi-tech equipment is already installed. But it is not cheap...

Edit: There is a bug with the snorkel radar for the XXI, so you should not install that, as you will get a 'radar destroyed' as soon as you start the patrol. Use the original, 'non-snorkel' radar instead.

[misterpinna]

Thanks. I will try in that way...