Higgins Boats

[bob596]

Since I've loaded blitzkrieg I no longer have access to Higgins boats in U.S. Marines or the U.S. Pacific campaign. I've loaded the patch and hot fix.

[Shards]

Hi Bob,

We're looking into this! Sorry for your temporary landing craft downgrade!

[dmwban]

Since I've loaded blitzkrieg I no longer have access to Higgins boats in U.S. Marines or the U.S. Pacific campaign. I've loaded the patch and hot fix.

Do you mean the LVT upgrades for infantry?
If yes, then I have the same issue after update, without blitzkrieg installed.
If not, I'll open my own thread.

[bob596]

Yes it was an upgrade that you could choose in the 3rd or 4th scenario. You had 2 choices, a medical jeep or Higgins boats. now neither is available.

[Shards]

HI,

You should be able to select Infantry Landing Craft in Marines, just like you can in US Pacific.

Would you mind testing the attached file?

It goes in Order of Battle - WWII\Order of Battle - WW2_Data\Content\Data

PLEASE BACK UP YOUR EXISTING FILE!

Thanks,

[dmwban]

Hello,

I still think that my problem is related to the TO-problem.
Edit2: Though I have US Pacific only.
The whole higgings boats effect is gone. I have a saved game where one of the specializations was Higgins boats. Now my units land with half efficiency (5) and there are no LVT upgrades available for infantry units anymore. I still have some units with LVT, which had been upgraded before the patch. I tested your file but nothing changed.

I had a look at the specialisations.txt:

[HIGGINS_BOAT]
id = 11
factions = usa, usarmy, marine_corps
level = 0
type = passive

then I had a look at the specialisations.csv after the patch:

name;id;category;factions;date;requires;unlocks;cost;effects;skirmish
;;;;;;;;;
// LAND;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Boot_Camp;1;land;all;/;/;;5;infantry_experience;yes
Tank_School;5;land;all;1939;/;;5;tank_experience;yes
Field_Medics;31;land;usa;/;/;;10;Field_Medics;yes
Nuclear_Bomb;11;land;usa;1945;Tizard_Mission;;10;nuke;yes
Landing_Craft_Tank;35;land;usa;1943;Landing_Craft_Infantry;;7;landing_craft_tank;no
Auftragstaktik;3;land;germany;1940;Boot_Camp;;10;Auftragstaktik;no
Beutepanzer;4;land;germany;1941;/;;5;Beutepanzer;no
Waffen_SS;10;land;germany;8/1940;/;;10;Waffen_SS;no
Waffen_SS_II;56;land;germany;6/1942;Waffen_SS;;10;Waffen_SS_II;no
Waffen_SS_III;57;land;germany;10/1943;Waffen_SS_II;;10;Waffen_SS_III;no
Banzai_Charge;2;land;japan;1940;/;;5;Banzai_Charge;no
Bushido_Code;6;land;japan;1940;/;;5;bushido_code;no
Forced_Labour;73;land;japan, germany;6/1941;/;;7;forced_labour;no
Super_Sensha;72;land;japan;1943;/;;10;super_sensha;no
Landing_Craft_Infantry;34;land;japan, britain, usa;6/1941;/;;7;landing_craft_infantry;no
Defensive_Doctrine;69;land;japan;/;/;;5;build_bunkers;no
;;;;;;;;;
// NAVAL;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Naval_Academy;12;naval;all;/;/;;5;naval_experience;no
Damage_Control;13;naval;all;1942;/;;7;Damage_Control;no
Wolfpack;14;naval;germany, usa, britain, japan;1941;/;;7;wolfpack;no
Unrestricted_Submarines;60;naval;germany;/;/;;7;unrestricted_submarine_warfare;no
Liberty_Ships;36;naval;usa;1942;/;;5;Liberty_Ships;no
Block_Construction;64;naval;usa;1941;/;;10;block_construction;no
Gruppe_Monsun;74;naval;japan;9/1943;/;;7;gruppe_monsun;no
British_Pacific_Fleet;75;naval;usa;11/1944;/;;10;british_pacific_fleet;no
;;;;;;;;;
// AIR;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Flight_School;17;air;all;/;/;;5;aircraft_experience;no
Pilot_Rotation;18;air;all;5/1942;Flight_School;;10;Pilot_Rotation;no
Drop_Tank;19;air;all;7/1940;/;;7;Drop_Tank;no
Advanced_Aeronautics;21;air;all;1944;Tizard_Mission;;7;Advanced_Aeronautics;no
Elite_Air_Groups;67;air;japan;4/1941;/;;5;Elite_Air_Groups;no
Scrambling;68;air;all;5/1940;Radar_I;;10;scrambling;yes
;;;;;;;;;
// GENERAL & SHARED;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Radar_I;25;naval, air;usa, britain, germany, japan, ussr;1940;/;;5;Radar_I;no
Radar_II;26;naval, air;usa, britain, germany;1942;Radar_I, Tizard_Mission;;5;Radar_II;no
Proximity_Fuse;28;land, naval;usa, britain, ussr, germany;1943;Radar_I;;5;Proximity_Fuse;no
Tokyo_Express;40;land, naval;japan;1942;/;;7;destroyer_supply_bonus;no
Kamikaze;66;all;japan;1944;Bushido_Code;;5;kamikaze;yes
Yanagi_Missions;70;land, air;japan;1943;/;;10;yanagi_missions;no
War_Economy;47;naval, land;all;/;/;;5;war_economy;no
Female_Laborers;45;land;all;1941;War_Economy;;6;female_laborers;no
Rationing;44;all;all;1942;Female_Laborers;;7;rationing;no

And your file:

name;id;category;factions;date;requires;unlocks;cost;effects;skirmish
;;;;;;;;;
// LAND;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Boot_Camp;1;land;all;/;/;;5;infantry_experience;yes
Tank_School;5;land;all;1939;/;;5;tank_experience;yes
Field_Medics;31;land;usa, marine_corps;/;/;;10;Field_Medics;yes
Nuclear_Bomb;11;land;usa;1945;Tizard_Mission;;10;nuke;yes
Landing_Craft_Tank;35;land;usa, marine_corps;1943;Landing_Craft_Infantry;;7;landing_craft_tank;no
Auftragstaktik;3;land;germany;1940;Boot_Camp;;10;Auftragstaktik;no
Beutepanzer;4;land;germany;1941;/;;5;Beutepanzer;no
Waffen_SS;10;land;germany;8/1940;/;;10;Waffen_SS;no
Waffen_SS_II;56;land;germany;6/1942;Waffen_SS;;10;Waffen_SS_II;no
Waffen_SS_III;57;land;germany;10/1943;Waffen_SS_II;;10;Waffen_SS_III;no
Banzai_Charge;2;land;japan;1940;/;;5;Banzai_Charge;no
Bushido_Code;6;land;japan;1940;/;;5;bushido_code;no
Forced_Labour;73;land;japan, germany;6/1941;/;;7;forced_labour;no
Super_Sensha;72;land;japan;1943;/;;10;super_sensha;no
Landing_Craft_Infantry;34;land;japan, britain, usa, marine_corps;6/1941;/;;7;landing_craft_infantry;no
Defensive_Doctrine;69;land;japan;/;/;;5;build_bunkers;no
;;;;;;;;;
// NAVAL;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Naval_Academy;12;naval;all;/;/;;5;naval_experience;no
Damage_Control;13;naval;all;1942;/;;7;Damage_Control;no
Wolfpack;14;naval;germany, usa, britain, japan;1941;/;;7;wolfpack;no
Unrestricted_Submarines;60;naval;germany;/;/;;7;unrestricted_submarine_warfare;no
Liberty_Ships;36;naval;usa;1942;/;;5;Liberty_Ships;no
Block_Construction;64;naval;usa;1941;/;;10;block_construction;no
Gruppe_Monsun;74;naval;japan;9/1943;/;;7;gruppe_monsun;no
British_Pacific_Fleet;75;naval;usa;11/1944;/;;10;british_pacific_fleet;no
;;;;;;;;;
// AIR;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Flight_School;17;air;all;/;/;;5;aircraft_experience;no
Pilot_Rotation;18;air;all;5/1942;Flight_School;;10;Pilot_Rotation;no
Drop_Tank;19;air;all;7/1940;/;;7;Drop_Tank;no
Advanced_Aeronautics;21;air;all;1944;Tizard_Mission;;7;Advanced_Aeronautics;no
Elite_Air_Groups;67;air;japan;4/1941;/;;5;Elite_Air_Groups;no
Scrambling;68;air;all;5/1940;Radar_I;;10;scrambling;yes
;;;;;;;;;
// GENERAL & SHARED;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;
Radar_I;25;naval, air;usa, britain, germany, japan, ussr;1940;/;;5;Radar_I;no
Radar_II;26;naval, air;usa, britain, germany;1942;Radar_I, Tizard_Mission;;5;Radar_II;no
Proximity_Fuse;28;land, naval;usa, britain, ussr, germany;1943;Radar_I;;5;Proximity_Fuse;no
Tokyo_Express;40;land, naval;japan;1942;/;;7;destroyer_supply_bonus;no
Kamikaze;66;all;japan;1944;Bushido_Code;;5;kamikaze;yes
Yanagi_Missions;70;land, air;japan;1943;/;;10;yanagi_missions;no
War_Economy;47;naval, land;all;/;/;;5;war_economy;no
Female_Laborers;45;land;all;1941;War_Economy;;6;female_laborers;no
Rationing;44;all;all;1942;Female_Laborers;;7;rationing;no

I cannot find any specialisation with id 11 except the one for the land forces, which is the nuclear bomb.
Did the IDs change?

Edit1: Does anybody have a specialisations.csv from before the update? Then we could compare them and perhaps see what happened to the higgins boat specialisation.

Thanks

[Shards]

Higgins Boats changed in the last patch to:

Landing_Craft_Infantry;34;land;japan, britain, usa, marine_corps;6/1941;/;;7;landing_craft_infantry;no

As I understand it, the .txt file is deprecated now and the game just uses the .csv file.

edit: with the updated CSV, the Marines spec tree looks like this: http://imgur.com/a/PopcC

[Shards]

Hello,

I still think that my problem is related to the TO-problem.
Edit2: Though I have US Pacific only.
The whole higgings boats effect is gone. I have a saved game where one of the specializations was Higgins boats. Now my units land with half efficiency (5) and there are no LVT upgrades available for infantry units anymore. I still have some units with LVT, which had been upgraded before the patch. I tested your file but nothing changed.

Hi,

Do you have a Campaign save for that saved game? Could you try loading that and seeing if the Infantry Landing Craft Specialisation is selected. You should get it automatically if your save had the Higgins boats in the previous patch.

If it's not working, could you upload your save game to us?

Thanks!

[dmwban]

Hi,

Bob, is it working now for you?

Has anybody restarted a US campaign (Marines or Pacific) and got the Higgins boat spec. working?

If not, here are some saves. Higgins boats do not work: 5 efficiency after landing and no more LVT upgrades available for inf. units.

Thanks a lot for your help

[bob596]

I placed the files in WWII\Order of Battle - WW2_Data\Content\Data. I now have the Landing craft in the US Pacific but still not in US Marines

[bob596]

I've tried everything that has been suggested so far. Still no Higgins boats in US marines. They now work in US pacific so I know I must be getting close. I've added the hot fix's, replaced the specialization file in data, added some other files I received in the forum but to no avail. Please let me know if there will be a patch coming out that will address this. thanks

[Shards]

HI bob,

Adherbal is working on the next patch now, with a fix for this amongst others. We're hopeful to get it released early next week

Thanks!

[bob596]

Is the patch with the Higgins boat fix still coming out?

[bob596]

Please disregard my last. I got it and it works. Thanks

[Shards]

Great!