[REL] Real ASW Mod

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Thank you for your report rudewarrior.

Hopefully, when each new DC / DC dropping mechanism will have its own model, it will be a lot easier for us telling wether a certain upgrade has been applied when supposed. Talking about start/end dates though, we should keep in mind that the ones set in eqp and sns files seem to be randomized in game, as discussed in this thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...11#post2468211

[padi]

Originally Posted by gap

Thank you for your report rudewarrior.



Hopefully, when each new DC / DC dropping mechanism will have its own model, it will be a lot easier for us telling wether a certain upgrade has been applied when supposed. Talking about start/end dates though, we should keep in mind that the ones set in eqp and sns files seem to be randomized in game, as discussed in this thread:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...11#post2468211

Interesting, never realized that...
I have only checked the year and not the exact date...

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Originally Posted by padi

Interesting, never realized that...
I have only checked the year and not the exact date...

Apparently, start dates as set in game files are not to be considered the exact date that a certain equipment was fitted aboard a certain vessel, but the earliest date the said equipment started being fitted.

In other words, if you equip Fletcher-class destroyers with Mark 9 depth charges starting from March 1st, 1943, and then you run a mission with a little fleet of them taking place on the same date, it is possible that only a small number of vessels, or none at all, will have those DC's aboard. As in real life, it takes some time for upgrades to be fully adopted. If you change mission's date to mid March, you will see that an higher percent of destroyers will have the new DC model. I have not exact figures, but probably the game will require a few weeks, or maybe 2-3 months from its start date, for a new equipment to have a 100% chance of having been actually implemented

[padi]

Originally Posted by gap

Apparently, start dates as set in game files are not to be considered the exact date that a certain equipment was fitted aboard a certain vessel, but the earliest date the said equipment started being fitted.

In other words, if you equip Fletcher-class destroyers with Mark 9 depth charges starting from March 1st, 1943, and then you run a mission with a little fleet of them taking place on the same date, it is possible that only a small number of vessels, or none at all, will have those DC's aboard. As in real life, it takes some time for upgrades to be fully adopted. If you change mission's date to mid March, you will see that an higher percent of destroyers will have the new DC model. I have not exact figures, but probably the game will require a few weeks, or maybe 2-3 months, for a new equipment to have a 100% chance of having been actually implemented

Sonds very good and realistic!

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Originally Posted by padi

Sonds very good and realistic!

Yes, it is, at least for the purposes of this mod. Yet, it is not so realistic (but still not too bad) for those refits that are knows to have taken place within a certain timeframe, like gun refits aboard capital ships for instance. In those cases maybe it can be convenient anticipating the new equipments by 2-3 weeks compared to their historical appearance