Op Monsun Conning Tower Bug.

[merc4ulfate]

My upgrade bug did not happen until 1943

"The only way to continue your career is to copy parts of the saved game file before the upgrade to a dummy file..."


You will be constantly generating a dummy file since there is no speciifc date nor year the bug occurs. As with other upgrades the specific date or year is less as significent as the player stats. The upgrade may be available from 1941 on but the date a player may obtain it will vary.

[skidman]

Originally Posted by merc4ulfate

My upgrade bug did not happen until 1943

Quote from lurker:

"9.Conning Towers / Turms

Unlike SH3, Turmumbau (Conning Towers) cannot be upgraded manually, but are coded to upgrade on certain dates within the *.upcge files. The only U-boats that are programmed for this upgrade are the Type VIIC, Type IXB and Type IXC. This is the schedule for the different subs

Type VIIC

Turmumbau I - 1940-07-30 to 1942-06-15
Turmumbau II - 1942-06-16 to 1943-12-10
Turmumbau III- 1943-12-11 to 1945-05-15

Type IXB

Turmumbau I - 1939-07-30 to 1942-08-18
Turmumbau II - 1942-08-19 to 1945-05-15

Type IXC

Turmumbau I - 1941-01-02 to 1943-02-15
Turmumbau III - 1943-02-16 to 1945-05-15

However you will have to earn this upgrade, there is a condition where you have to have had at least one patrol that was considered a good patrol."

So if you start your career before July 1940 and manage to get a decent patrol rating the first Turmumbau will take place August/September 1940, in any case before 1943. Been there, got the tower.

Originally Posted by merc4ulfate

You will be constantly generating a dummy file since there is no speciifc date nor year the bug occurs. As with other upgrades the specific date or year is less as significent as the player stats. The upgrade may be available from 1941 on but the date a player may obtain it will vary.

Sorry, but You do not get the idea behind the dummy routine: The bug will occur only after a conning tower upgrade. You will have to create three dummies if you want a "continuous" career from 39 to 45 involving the Typ VIIc, or two dummies for Typ IX.

Depending on the date the tower is awarded You will find more or less suitable starting dates for Your dummy career. In my case I gained 6 weeks worth of patrolling in 1942 (Turmumbau II) and lost 4 weeks in 1944 (Turmumbau III). Fair enough. I kept my rank, crew, sinkings (captains log), medals, and name (number) of my boat. The last dummy involved a change of flotilla (same home base) which I considered acceptable.

Apart from that: The new dummy boat will have equipment like snorkel, radar etc. that should have been awarded to the old boat before (because it was available and the Kaleun was successful enough). My guess is: The upgrade scheme in OM does not work at all.

The use of dummies and messing around with saved game files may not be ideal, yet it is the only way to make it to the end of war. If You really love playing OM (like I do, because apart from graphics it is in many aspects much better than SH5 with a myriad of mods), you will have to dummy (or fix OM and a lot of people will bow to you).