Help in getting my Boat out of the Pens

FIREWALL · 06-19-11, 11:59 AM

I followed your simple instructions Jim and no luck.

Jimbuna · 06-19-11, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I followed your simple instructions Jim and no luck.

Sorry but should have mentioned 'not possible if using SH3 Commander' because you will then be going into the alternative method which involves Flotilla CFG files.

It will work in game mode only as per date and sub type in image posted above.

Reinhard Hardegen · 06-19-11, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Sorry but should have mentioned 'not possible if using SH3 Commander' because you will then be going into the alternative method which involves Flotilla CFG files.

It will work in game mode only as per date and sub type in image posted above.

I used to get it with an earlyer version of SH3, I was able to start with a type IX at the start of the war, if I unchecking the historical U-boat availability dates.

Jimbuna · 06-19-11, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Reinhard Hardegen

I used to get it with an earlyer version of SH3, I was able to start with a type IX at the start of the war, if I unchecking the historical U-boat availability dates.

Yes...but I've got GWX files loaded as well as the CFG file for SH3 Commander.

What I posted earlier should work...it took me one minute to carry out and a further two minutes to check and worked fine...check the date and sub type on the image above.

Sailor Steve · 06-19-11, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I followed your simple instructions Jim and no luck.

Were the instructions that simple? Are you supposed to write '12 >8' or are you supposed to change the month from 12 to 8?

[edit] I just went into SH3 Commander's Cfg/U-boat availability folder and changed

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

The IXB now shows up in the Flotilla Saltzwedel list for August! I don't know if I can actually get it, because I haven't tested it yet and I haven't changed it in GWX. Test coming up.

Reinhard Hardegen · 06-19-11, 07:48 PM

Yes I got it working with SH3, I now have a IX starting on 19 August 1939.

Thanks for all the help....

Sailor Steve · 06-19-11, 11:02 PM

Well whaddaya know?! I changed the start date in Commander, but not in the main game, and loaded it up. I was expecting a crash and having to go back and change the date in the game as well, but instead I found this:

Note the date in the first shot.

06-19-11, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Well whaddaya know?! I changed the start date in Commander, but not in the main game, and loaded it up. I was expecting a crash and having to go back and change the date in the game as well, but instead I found this:

Note the date in the first shot.

Outstanding, Steve.
Well done!

FIREWALL · 06-20-11, 12:27 AM

Success for me too.

Sailor Steve · 06-20-11, 08:58 AM

WOOHOO!

Fish In The Water · 06-20-11, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Reinhard Hardegen

Yes I got it working with SH3, I now have a IX starting on 19 August 1939.

Thanks for all the help....

Enjoy!!

06-19-11, 11:59 AM	#1
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I followed your simple instructions Jim and no luck. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-19-11, 07:48 PM	#6
Reinhard Hardegen Raiders of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: U-123 (CA7225) Posts: 495 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	Yes I got it working with SH3, I now have a IX starting on 19 August 1939. Thanks for all the help.... __________________ A quote from Donitz; “The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.” “For the lessons one fails to learn during peacetime, one pays a high price in war.”

06-19-11, 11:02 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well whaddaya know?! I changed the start date in Commander, but not in the main game, and loaded it up. I was expecting a crash and having to go back and change the date in the game as well, but instead I found this: Note the date in the first shot. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-20-11, 12:27 AM	#9
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Success for me too. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-20-11, 08:58 AM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WOOHOO! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo