Best starting crew options?

[Raptor]

Bootsmann: grade 3, rank 0
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Oberfähnrich: grade 6, rank 11Why don't you match grade number to rank number for these two?

OOps. My typing error for the Bootsman. Grade and Rank should both be 3. I have corrected my post accordingly. Thanks for catching that.

Oberfähnrich pairing is the way SH3 designates him by default. It works, so I leave it that way.


and yes, TYPE does matter. As you point out, Type=0 is a seaman; TYPE=1 is a petty officer; TYPE=2 is an officer by default. If you are editing the .cfg files to change a given crewman's rank and/or quals, be sure you use the correct TYPE value. To change a seaman (Type=0) to a Petty Officer, change the 0 to a 1, change NrQual from 0 to 1, and then add the desired Qual line (Qualification0=x) to the file.



SH3 appears to choose which of the three sub type files to use based on your starting choices for the war year and flotilla in which you start. I know from experience that 1939 and 1940 use II_1.cfg, VII_1 .cfg, or IX_1.cfg. I believe 1941 sees the _2.cfg used. You could experiment like I did to find out the precise switch point. I suspect that it is hard-coded and therefore not editable. SH3 has some screwy logic in its coding.