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Originally Posted by propbeanie

When did you accept the new boat? Did you happen to make a Save prior to that? This is an SH4 issue, in that the game "rewards" the player for being so good at the game, that you are given a new boat that is technically NOT active yet, such as the Balao. Here are three of its earliest possible assignment dates:

Mare Island (F6) 1943-05-24 to 1943-07-12 (to BrisbaneCommand)
Brisbane (F3) 1943-06-03 to 1943-11-12 (to MilneBayCommand)
Pearl (F1) 1943-07-01 to NULL (to NULL - stays at Pearl)

You cannot accept the Balao before May 24, 1943, and hopefully the game will send you to Mare Island when it does that. It is not active at Brisbane until June 3, 1943, and when based there, you shouldn't accept the boat before that date. The problem is the game does not tell you what class of boat you are being upgraded to... and I am not certain that if you continue to play with just plain re-fits that it will allow you to dock after June 3rd either... The game is really strange about this. We put green circles around most of the possible home ports to remind players to Save there, since you are coming into the busy area near the port. The red circles are about where you will be prompted to dock, and you should Save the game before that. Let us know if you have a previous Save to go back to before you accepted the new boat. If not, it is sometimes possible to edit the Save game files, and get you a valid boat to use. The edits do fail sometimes though. Sorry, but that's the way the cookie crumbles in this strange game sometimes.

If you would though, give us the details on that boat assignment you have. Also, run JSGME, use "Tasks..." and then "Export activated mods list to -->" and then either Clipboard or Text File, and paste the info into your next reply please.

Thanks for that.. My bad accepting the Balao too early in time.. I've re-started
the career.