IX in 1939

[Hari123]

Hello folks!

I became a IX-fan during the time and so here is my question:
Is it possible to make a Typ IX playable in 1939 for GWX3.0?

[Sailor Steve]

Not only possible, but easy. If you use SH3 Commander you can go straight to Commander's Cfg folder and change

[SUBMARINE2]
903_NbVersion=4; 5
903_Version0=0 ; IXB
903_Name0=IXB
903_Month0=12
903_Year0=1939
903_Version1=1 ; IXC
903_Name1=IXC
903_Month1=1
903_Year1=1941
903_Version2=2 ; IXC/40
903_Name2=IXC/40
903_Month2=7
903_Year2=1942
903_Version3=3 ; IXD2
903_Name3=IXD2
903_Month3=6
903_Year3=1945
903_DaysSpentInBase=75

to

[SUBMARINE2]
903_NbVersion=4; 5
903_Version0=0 ; IXB
903_Name0=IXB
903_Month0=8

The Type IXB will now appear in Wilhelmshaven in August 1939.

You can do it in the files in the main SH3 folder as well, but Commander makes it so easy I've long forgotten how.

[Hari123]

Thanks Steve

I´ve forgotten to mention it that I am using SH Commander. I made the changes and well it was really easy.

Again thanks

[MantiBrutalis]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not only possible, but easy. If you use SH3 Commander you can go straight to Commander's Cfg folder and change

The Type IXB will now appear in Wilhelmshaven in August 1939.

You can do it in the files in the main SH3 folder as well, but Commander makes it so easy I've long forgotten how.

Doesn't that change just the availability? If he wants to start with IXB right away, he should look at Flotilla.cfg. Just finding chosen flotilla and year should be easy, Then just to change the TypeSub and VersionSub.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by MantiBrutalis

Doesn't that change just the availability?

That's all that needs to be changed when you use Commander. The IXB is already in the 2nd Flotilla, it just doesn't show up until December. That change lets it show up in August, or September, whenever you choose.

[Hari123]

Are the same changes necessary for the IXC?

EDIT: Got it, take care of the checkbox for the "Correct U-boat availability dates"

EDIT2: The IXB works, but when I use the same date(6,1939) for the IXC it doesn´t work. I can select the IX but on the loadout screen I have a Typ II turret(wtf)!!!

Thanks for your help!!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Hari123

EDIT2: The IXB works, but when I use the same date(6,1939) for the IXC it doesn´t work.

That may have been what MantiBrutalis was talking about. I don't know, but maybe the IXB is listed in the main game files as being ready at the beginning of the war, and Commander had it starting in December, which was when the real IXB was available (the version that started the war was the IX [there was no IXA]). If the game lists the IXC as starting later, maybe there are othe parameters that need to be changed.