How can I get Nelson on the "Victory"??

Thread: How can I get Nelson on the "Victory"??

  1. OG Grenadier's Avatar

    OG Grenadier said: October 26, 2011 11:26 PM

    Default How can I get Nelson on the "Victory"??

    He starts out at the beginning of the GC on the "Rose" or something, which is an awesome First Rate, but later in the game the Victory becomes available. Is there a way to transfer the Flag (so to speak) from ship to ship? Does disbanding an admirals ship put that admiral back in the "admiral pool" for selection later? Anyone? Bueller?
    "My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
    - - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944

    "Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
    — Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
     

  2. KingIzzystero said: October 27, 2011 06:02 AM

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    Isn't the "Victory" just a generic ship? In fact I remember that there is no such thing as the actual HMS Victory in this game. Baffling to say the least, considering it was in Empire. But one of the pre-order bonuses is HMS Elephant. Whatever they did there I will never understand. So unless you get a ship and rename it to Victory then you are out of luck.
     

  3. MortenJessen's Avatar

    MortenJessen said: October 27, 2011 09:32 AM

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    In vanilla, there are no special ship designated HMS Victory. There are an HMS Elephant (3rd Rate) and a Santisima Trinidad (Heavy 1st Rate). Just do as Kinglzzystero suggests and rename the ships he is on, as you can not exchange admirals from ship to ship.
     

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    Steph said: October 27, 2011 10:07 AM

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    You can also use esf editor to change the type of ship if you want.
     

  5. Maidel's Avatar

    Maidel said: October 27, 2011 01:23 PM

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    You can move admirals from ship to ship, you just have to scuttle the one hrs currently on.
     

  6. OG Grenadier's Avatar

    OG Grenadier said: October 28, 2011 05:50 PM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maidel View Post
    You can move admirals from ship to ship, you just have to scuttle the one hrs currently on.
    BINGO! Thank you Sir! Will have a play with that.
    "My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
    - - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944

    "Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
    — Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
     

  7. 43rdFoot's Avatar

    43rdFoot said: October 30, 2011 12:24 PM

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    Or you can just rename it "HMS Victory". That is much easier.
    http://www.243regiment.com/index.html

     

  8. Tango12345's Avatar

    Tango12345 said: October 30, 2011 12:27 PM

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    Except that that won't work if one is a purist, since HMS Victory did not have 122 guns

    It is by far the easiest solution however.
     

  9. Steph's Avatar

    Steph said: October 30, 2011 12:45 PM

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    Editing the startpos with esf editor to change the unit for the Victory is not very difficult
     

  10. OG Grenadier's Avatar

    OG Grenadier said: October 30, 2011 04:18 PM

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    Thanks all! I am actually using Toons amazing All-In-One mod which as most of you may know, introduces a lot of new units!
    "My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
    - - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944

    "Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
    — Field Marshal Sir William Slim.