Gimmee better sub! (TUTE)

[Sniper297]

With all due respect, SIR, send this antique back to the junkyard you stole it from and gimmee a REAL sub. What do you mean they haven't invented a real sub yet? Slackers.

For those who want to start a career in 1941 with the options that SHOULD have been available at the time, this is a hacking tutorial involving only text editing in notepad. For this example I'm using the porpoise, substitute GAR or GATO for porpoise if that's the one you want to hack. Red indicates where a date was replaced with "NULL" so there's no restriction on the first date the upgrade is available, or the early/mid conning towers were replaced with late.

\Data\Submarine\NSS_Porpoise\NSS_Porpoise.upc

Find "conning"

[UserPlayerUnit 1.UnitPartSlot 1]
ID=PorpoiseConningSlot
NameDisplayable=Conning Tower Slot
Type=NULL
AcceptedTypes=PClassConningTower
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault1= NULL, 1942-07-31,

PClassConningLateWar
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault2= 1942-08-01, 1943-05-31,

PClassConningLateWar
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault3= 1943-06-01, NULL,

PClassConningLateWar
ExternalNodeName3D= Z01

Now whatever year you start a career you got a late war conning tower.

\Data\UPCData\UPCUnitsData\UnitParts2Porpoise.upc

EDIT, REPLACE in the FIND window "AcceptedTypes=USLightAA"

REPLACE WITH window, "AcceptedTypes=USLightAA, USHeavyAA".

Replace all.

Now a 40MM BOFORS can be mounted on a Porpoise.

Same folder UpgradePacks.upc

Find "heavy"

[UpgradePack 10]
ID= Upack40mmSingle
NameDisplayable= 40mm AA Gun
FunctionalType= UpFTypeWeaponFlak
UpgradePackSlotType= USHeavyAA
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1= NULL, 1943-04-05, 300
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions2= NULL, NULL, 150
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= 40mmSingleUS

Now whatever year you start a 40MM BOFORS will be available.

Find "porpoiseSJ"

[UpgradePack 17]
ID= UpackPorpoiseSJRadar
NameDisplayable= SJ Surface Search Radar
FunctionalType= UpFTypeSensorRadar
UpgradePackSlotType= PorpoiseSurfaceRadars
Type=NULL
;UpgradePackInterval=NULL, 1943-09-01
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=NULL, 1942-10-01, 500
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions2=NULL, 1943-04-01, 100
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions3=NULL, 1943-09-01, 0
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= SJRadarApp, NULL,

SJRadarAntennaEarlyPorpoise, SJRadarAntennaEarlyPorpoise2


Find again (F3);

[UpgradePack 20]
ID= UpackPorpoiseSJ1Radar
NameDisplayable= SJ-1 Surface Search Radar
FunctionalType= UpFTypeSensorRadar
UpgradePackSlotType= PorpoiseSurfaceRadars
Type=NULL
;UpgradePackInterval=NULL, 1943-09-01
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=NULL, 1942-10-01, 500
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions2=1942-10-02, 1943-04-01, 100
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions3=1943-04-02, 1943-09-01, 0
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= SJRadarApp, SJ1RadarApp,

SJRadarAntennaLatePorpoise, SJRadarAntennaLatePorpoise2

That's optional, for an actual career I edit the SJ but not the SJ-1, so I start the war with the earlier cranky model - better than no radar at all. Result;



More options for the Porpoise in 1941.



Now I can teach enemy planes not to mess with the US Navy.