[REL] FTT Career game fixes - standalone version

[Deep6]

This is an immediate mod to add. Someone said they thought the exit dates on your original assigned boat might be the trigger, I was going to chang all of mine out to 1946 but did not have time to look into it.

[leovampire]

Got the boot! I was in a New Class Balao with the newer style tower but after my 11th patrol only the 2nd one for this sub I was told the sub was being retired and so was I for less than satisfactory performance which I don't understand because I was running 55% realizm and compleated everything they ever wanted on all patrols and then some plus had over 1 million tons of shipping sunk and this was my 4th boat issued to me. Started in the Asiatic fleet and never requested a transfer away from Pearl once they gave me the Drum they sent me to Brisbain when I was finaly given the Balao then sent to Fremantle and then the boot!

Dave

[Ducimus]

Did you start in an S boat?

[leovampire]

It was a Sargo class boat

[Ducimus]

What exactly did it say?

It occured to me the other day there might be more then one reason to get forcibly retired. The only one i addressed goes along the lines of the navy decided to "retire your boat and you along with it".

Other forced retirement issues (sink a friendly, poor performance, whatever) are out of my scope.

[leovampire]

We have decieded to retire your boat from service but due to your less than exemplery performance you will also be retired from service.

Now I had done a total of 11 patrols and in those 11 patrols finished over 70 sub missions from new ones given after compleating what they first wanted as well as ones told to me after informing sub command of task forces and convoys. And I was averaging over 100,000 tons of shipping in each Patrol when I returned to base and recieved 6 Medal of Honors due to the Real Medal mod I had installed and many others.

I started with the Sargo/USS Sea Dragon, went to a Gato/USS Drumm, then got the Balao/USS Balao. I Started in the Asiatic fleet and was booted in June of 1943 after being back in Freemantle. Was transfered to Pearl for the Drumm and was still at Pearl for the Newer Tower style Balao and they transfered me to Brisbane from there. After being out for 3 months on patrol and compleated everything they wanted and out of torpedo's they said return to Freemantle Base when I did my sub and I got booted. Was promoted to Captain in short order as well because of all the sub missions and tonage I sunk.

So who the hell knows what the game wants to go from there!

Dave

[Ducimus]

Ok, thats a much deeper issue, one that im not sure can be resolved by modding or not.

Thank you for pointing this out to me though, as it points out that i need to update my documention on exactly what type of retirement this mod fixes, and what it doesnt.

At any rate ill have an updated file posted late tonight or tommrrow.

[leovampire]

Just wanted to give you as much info as you needed and see what happens maybe it is something that can be told to the Dev teams if it will help them out more understanding it.

Dave

[Argus00]

mothballed - non S-class start

Began career in Pearl, with Tambor (F1Tambor). Accepted command of new sub USS Drum (F1Gato, looked in save files), remained in Pearl. Yesterday (game date = February 19, 1943) I was offered a new command again - this time, the USS Balao (F3Balao - I'm less than notable in performance, yet I get to skip the F2 boats and am offered the F3...). Along with the new command, I was transfered to Brisbane as starting base for my new patrol, but when I returned to Brisbane I couldn't end my patrol. Checked the save files and sure enoiugh, the end port was listed as Fremantle. So I refuel and get to Fremantle, only to be mothballed!

In the Careertrack.upc file, the reason for port/fleet change (Brisbane to Femantle) is listed as "FlotillaDisbanded", not sub type/class retired.

I'll try to edit the sub exit date as suggested here, see if this fixes me too.

[Ducimus]

I forgot all about this mod, and went back and uploaded a new version, that was included in FTT 2.5. (same D/L on first page.

Primary changes are
S-Class exit dates removed.

Boats stationed in Brisbane, will be transfered to Fremantle when that flotiall disbands, rather then be retired.


NOTE:
Their are different reasons why you might be retired in the course of a career game. This only address retirement due to your boat type being retired . It does NOT address other retiement causes.

[MaxT.dk]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I forgot all about this mod, and went back and uploaded a new version, that was included in FTT 2.5. (same D/L on first page.

Primary changes are
S-Class exit dates removed.

Boats stationed in Brisbane, will be transfered to Fremantle when that flotiall disbands, rather then be retired.

Great! Thanks man Waited for this new release since yesterday (when you've said to me in another thread that there will be a new version out)

Thanks again!

[leovampire]

Or should you start your career in Pearl and just forget about the Asiatic fleet until the DEV's fix it?

Dave

[MaxT.dk]

So... I've been out on the mission... Those f*ckers never msged about the base change, but after searching the forums, I found out, that I had to dock at the other side of the Australia...

Fine... some more time spent to get there... I dock, I get some medals, I get mothballed! WTF!

I get back to the forums, I get this MOD in the hope it'll help me, I load it, I go back to SH4 and load the latest save (still in the mission and not docked), I dock, I get some medals, I get mothballed... #"%¤"&%#!!!!!!

I guess I'll have to reload the last save from where I was docked, then it'll work, right?

Please don't say I have to start the whole career from the beginning...

[Ducimus]

Try going back to where you were in port previous to your last patrol. Failing that, start looking in your saved game file for a sub exit date. While ive had someone tell me the game doesnt store the exit date there, (once the career is started), ive never realy dug in there to confirm that. So there is a chance that getting rid of sub exit dates via the flotilla.cfg wont effect a game already in progress if its storing that information locally in your mydocuments/sh4 directory.

[MaxT.dk]

Is there any possibility for me to send you my last save games, Ducimus? I'm not that fond with editing it and to be frank, I'm not sure what to look for...

I will send you any files you will require. Pretty please?