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Originally Posted by Moonlight
Update, 2 equipment improvements, highlighted in lime.
2nd July 1942 , USS Grayling (SS 209) GAR.
Equipment Loadout,
Mk14 Torpedoes,
20mm Machine Gun 
3" Stern Mount Deck Gun,
SJ, Surface Search Radar, ( EMPTY) 
Improved SD Radar, Air Search Radar
Still no SJ radar yet, kept out of Midway base until the 1st July 1942, I can see already that we're going to have a problem with this bloody SJ Radar.
Question Why do I get SJ Radar on the boat if I start a career in June 1942 but don't get it on July 2 1942?  |
As I mentioned, it varies, but - did you start with the bathtub conn on the Grayling? Do you still have the same conn? The real Grayling got her SJ between August and October 1942 (at Pearl), and the game will do similar at times... In the game though, the SJ is June of 1942 (at the earliest), but the Improved SD doesn't come until March of 1943 (again, at the earliest), while the 20mm single is May of 1942...
?? How are you breaking these radars?...
- I have not had issue one with getting an SJ on a Porpoise or Sargo, and have not gotten an Improved SD until much later, but I have not done a Gar or Tambor... let me look closer at the boats and conns themselves for that one. The Gar is a clone of the Tambor, in the game and in real life...
Edit: Ah-haa!... in a Save folder I have, there is an entry for Improved SD Radar at 800 renown points beginning July 1 of 1942... dig dig dig... I thought we had removed the "purchasing" of equipment early - but apparently did not remove the restriction of the equipment coming early... but there are several like that in UpgradePacks with the dates that co-incide with some of the reported issues, yet the upc file does not allow for that... wrench wrench cuss swear hammer hammer bigger-hammer etc... This is why Ducimus made so many "variants" of the radars, with basically one for each Class... cuss swear mutter
- as for the failure of the SJ, much more digging is required. I've been concentrating on looking through the Gato files, not the Tambor. I still can't see the "leak" for the early SD though... did you lose 800 renown points when it was mounted? The game should be "asking questions" about that kind of stuff...
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Originally Posted by the beast
I believe I was being sent to the Marshall Islands for reconnisance. I will write back later with the results of the patch.
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Gotcha. Thanks. Be sure and delete the Save folder through Windows Explorer and see how it works, or if it doesn't... You do still have a back-up copy of your Save folder, correct?
Edit: the orders of Patrol Marshalls Early 02 would have been (updated in the patch file):
When in all manner ready you may depart Pearl. Proceed to the Marshall Islands chain and patrol the designated area for several days. You are to conduct anti-shipping operations, but we really need some eyes and ears on the Kwajalein Atoll area to see how built-up the Japanese installations there are or if they have anything there. We need reports on traffic patterns of both air and sea, as well as any shore assets you can see. Track the weather and tides accurately. Be careful. We suspect this is their main base in the Marshalls but are not certain. You may roam about the area freely, but must eventually complete the patrol in your assigned area. You are not to proceed any further south to avoid infringing on other submarines' assigned areas.||Enroute you are to run submerged when within 500 miles of an enemy air base during daylight hours. When on the surface at night, you are to run on one engine to conserve fuel. You are reminded to husband your torpedoes as well as fuel. Patrol the designated area for approximately ten (10) days, non-continuous. You are to continually maintain radio. We have no idea as to the IJN ASW capabilities. Be careful. You are on your own out there.
and you then have been sent to Maloelap / Wotje and then to Rangelap...