More for fun then realism (edited)

Ducimus · 09-25-05, 06:51 PM

Been spending some time fiddling with the type 21 sub. Essentually trying to see if i can get it earlier into the war.

Not very realistic i know, but to me its fun to see how one of wwII's "wonder weaons" would have done had it been introduced earlier.

So editing the basic.cfg files and the floatilla.cfg files isnt much of a big deal. You just edit when the boat becomes available as well as its euipment if you want to, as well as which floatilla can get it and when.

Now herein lies the problem, Through alot of trial and error ive discovered that introducing this boat brings about a 0 patrol grid bug. Meaning, your not asigned a patrol grid. Small detail to some (just edit your patrol file), but it kind of took some of the wind out of my sails.

So again, through trial and error ive discovered that in order to stay *cough* in contact with BdU to get a patrol assignment, the earliest you can start in a XXI uboat is in 1943, and ONLY in the 11th floatilla. You can start in the 7th, and the 10th in 1943, but you'll just get 0 patrol grind. Although ill bet if you start in 1944 with a XXI in the 7th floatilla it might work, since the 7th gets the XXI later on in the war anyway.

My though is that theres a script or variable, or config file somewhere that im missing that dictates who, and when. Not just basic defiitions found in the basic.cfg. My theory as so far has been that introducing a boat that has equipment on it that exceeds the timeperiod maybe doing something funky. So to that end ive aslo stripped the type 21 the most basic gear and its still not getting a patrol grid. Intrestingly enough the snorkel, even when you remove it, stays on the ship. So that theory im shying away from now, and leaning more on some other setting that im not seeing.

Im out of ideas other then some scripted sequence of events somewhere that im missing. probably just as well though, in an incharacter sense introducing a "wonder weapon" in any year less then 1943 isn't as fun.

09-25-05, 06:51 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	More for fun then realism (edited) Been spending some time fiddling with the type 21 sub. Essentually trying to see if i can get it earlier into the war. Not very realistic i know, but to me its fun to see how one of wwII's "wonder weaons" would have done had it been introduced earlier. So editing the basic.cfg files and the floatilla.cfg files isnt much of a big deal. You just edit when the boat becomes available as well as its euipment if you want to, as well as which floatilla can get it and when. Now herein lies the problem, Through alot of trial and error ive discovered that introducing this boat brings about a 0 patrol grid bug. Meaning, your not asigned a patrol grid. Small detail to some (just edit your patrol file), but it kind of took some of the wind out of my sails. So again, through trial and error ive discovered that in order to stay cough in contact with BdU to get a patrol assignment, the earliest you can start in a XXI uboat is in 1943, and ONLY in the 11th floatilla. You can start in the 7th, and the 10th in 1943, but you'll just get 0 patrol grind. Although ill bet if you start in 1944 with a XXI in the 7th floatilla it might work, since the 7th gets the XXI later on in the war anyway. My though is that theres a script or variable, or config file somewhere that im missing that dictates who, and when. Not just basic defiitions found in the basic.cfg. My theory as so far has been that introducing a boat that has equipment on it that exceeds the timeperiod maybe doing something funky. So to that end ive aslo stripped the type 21 the most basic gear and its still not getting a patrol grid. Intrestingly enough the snorkel, even when you remove it, stays on the ship. So that theory im shying away from now, and leaning more on some other setting that im not seeing. Im out of ideas other then some scripted sequence of events somewhere that im missing. probably just as well though, in an incharacter sense introducing a "wonder weapon" in any year less then 1943 isn't as fun.