Liberty Ships appearing too early with UC overlay for GW :(

panthercules · 04-15-06, 08:19 PM

On my second patrol with GW, in July 1941. Just before leaving port this time I decided to try loading up the new UC campaign overlay for GW. I'm cruising off the NW coast of Africa in my Type IXB, when I stumble upon a lone merchant. While stalking it to get into firing position, I was puzzled to see a shape that looked about as big as a C2 or C3 but had masts that looked more like a small freighter, except too many of them - finally figured out that it was a Liberty ship - my first one sighted in three careers.

After sending it to the bottom, it struck me that it seemed to be a bit early for Liberty ships to be showing up out there. I just did some research and discovered that the first Liberty ship (SS Patrick Henry) wasn't actually launched until September 27, 1941 (and presumably took at least a few weeks after to be ready for sea duty).

Is there any simple setting that determines when the various ship types first appear? I wouldn't have thought it was like Rubini or the GW team to make a mistake like this and have these ships showing up too early, given the amount of attention to detail and historical accuracy that is evidenced by their great mod efforts, so I suspect that there may not be any good/easy way to set these start dates with more precision.

I don't know whether this is a GW or a UC thing, and it's obviously a minor point, but if it could be fixed easily it would be good.

04-15-06, 08:19 PM	#1
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Liberty Ships appearing too early with UC overlay for GW :( On my second patrol with GW, in July 1941. Just before leaving port this time I decided to try loading up the new UC campaign overlay for GW. I'm cruising off the NW coast of Africa in my Type IXB, when I stumble upon a lone merchant. While stalking it to get into firing position, I was puzzled to see a shape that looked about as big as a C2 or C3 but had masts that looked more like a small freighter, except too many of them - finally figured out that it was a Liberty ship - my first one sighted in three careers. After sending it to the bottom, it struck me that it seemed to be a bit early for Liberty ships to be showing up out there. I just did some research and discovered that the first Liberty ship (SS Patrick Henry) wasn't actually launched until September 27, 1941 (and presumably took at least a few weeks after to be ready for sea duty). Is there any simple setting that determines when the various ship types first appear? I wouldn't have thought it was like Rubini or the GW team to make a mistake like this and have these ships showing up too early, given the amount of attention to detail and historical accuracy that is evidenced by their great mod efforts, so I suspect that there may not be any good/easy way to set these start dates with more precision. I don't know whether this is a GW or a UC thing, and it's obviously a minor point, but if it could be fixed easily it would be good. __________________