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The Knights cross with oak leaves seems to be the top award. I have that. But what about the U-Boat War Badge and Clasp? How do I get those? Is there a file that controls my awards? Is there a mod for awarding them?
KL-alfman
01-14-10, 03:06 PM
just install SH3Commander!
a great help in playing.
just install SH3Commander!
a great help in playing.
I have it installed. SH3 Commander doesn't seem to control awards for the Captain of the sub (me). It just lists them. I want to be able to control awards for me. :)
KL-alfman
01-14-10, 03:19 PM
I have it installed. SH3 Commander doesn't seem to control awards for the Captain of the sub (me). It just lists them. I want to be able to control awards for me. :)
hmm, I haven't heard or read about a way to modify your Kaleu's character.
I'm afraid you just have to "earn" them. :D
hmm, I haven't heard or read about a way to modify your Kaleu's character.
I'm afraid you just have to "earn" them. :D
Aww fooey. :) I think I am supposed to have the U-Boat War Badge right now. THe whole rest of my crew has them. Why not me????
GREY WOLF 3
01-14-10, 03:53 PM
The Knights cross with oak leaves seems to be the top award. I have that. But what about the U-Boat War Badge and Clasp? How do I get those? Is there a file that controls my awards? Is there a mod for awarding them?
ask bernard:rotfl2::rotfl2:
From my experience, you will get it eventually... but indeed much later than you'd have assumed.
Deputy, you don't say how many patrols you've done or what your tonnage and kills are, though I'm guessing you've done quite a lot to get your oak leaves!
On my most recent career using stock SH3 my captain earned the Iron Cross, 2nd class and the u-boat war badge after completing his third patrol. At the time I presumed to have earned these from passing unspecified patrol, tonnage and warship milestones.
Therefore I would guess that these are related to the number of patrols completed and your tonnage (possibly with a breakdown for merchants and warships), though this is entirely speculation on my part.
Okay, before a bunch of people jump on me, I am playing a "what if" campaign. The what if being a Type XX1 U-boat at the beginning of the war and advanced homing torpedoes. HEre are the stats on me so far:
Promotions
23JAN35 SEEKADETT
01APR36 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT37 LEUTNANT Z. S.
28AUG39 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
23SEP39 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT
Medals
28AUG39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
28AUG39 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
23SEP39 KNIGHT'S CROSS
23SEP39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
Badges
NIL
U-Bootwaffe Postings
26SEP38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01AUG39 U-Flotilla Saltzwedel (7 patrols)
U-Boat Commands
01AUG39 U-46 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/U-46_Crew_List.html), Type VIIB (3 patrols)
13OCT39 U-2513 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/U-2513_Crew_List.html), Type XXI (4 patrols)
PatrolDatesShips Sunk
(Merchant/Warship)Tonnage
(Merchant/Warship)Comments1 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_0.html)01AUG39 - 05AUG39 (5 days)7 (7/0)14738 (14738/0)2 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_1.html)25AUG39 - 28AUG39 (4 days)2 (2/0)6322 (6322/0)3 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_2.html)17SEP39 - 23SEP39 (7 days)5 (4/1)18273 (16583/1690)4 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_3.html)13OCT39 - 15OCT39 (3 days)2 (2/0)10047 (10047/0)5 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_4.html)04NOV39 - 11NOV39 (8 days)7 (6/1)24756 (23656/1100)6 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_5.html)01DEC39 - 06DEC39 (6 days)7 (3/4)29145 (14732/14413)7 (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Log_6.html)26DEC39 - 01JAN40 (7 days)3 (3/0)8176 (8176/0)TOTALS:7 patrols (40 days)33 (27/6)111457 (94254/17203) (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Personnel%20Files/SH3/Mikel_Bonomo/Aces.html)0 enemy planes downed
0 crew lost
KL-alfman
01-14-10, 05:41 PM
many got the badge after the first patrol and some even the "Germand Cross" after the second or third .....
dunno how to help you in this case.
many got the badge after the first patrol and some even the "Germand Cross" after the second or third .....
dunno how to help you in this case.
Can the German Cross be awarded to the Captain? I know the crew can get it. But I didn't see a spot in the little wooden case for it.
KL-alfman
01-16-10, 10:34 AM
Can the German Cross be awarded to the Captain? I know the crew can get it. But I didn't see a spot in the little wooden case for it.
it's the round one in the upper row
Kimmers
01-16-10, 02:46 PM
that's all good, but i never EVER get my u-boat war badge or my u-boat front clasp, how strange eh, and its been three careers.
oh i think i got it once, but it was after i cam in empty handed like twice in a row. Perhaps thats the ticket?
Sgtmonkeynads
01-17-10, 07:19 AM
Sounds silly, but in five years of playing, i have only gotten my front clasp ONCE!!!! and that was after starting a mission, then accidently ramming a destroyer in port. Damage was bad enough I just ended the patrol in harbor, about 300 Yrds from where it began. Once the awards screen came up, it said I got it. So, i have no idea how you realy go about getting one. Oh, and wound badges are impossible.
SilentEnemy
01-17-10, 12:12 PM
Same problem here :x so far I've done 8 patrols with tonnage from 50k to 200k and no U-Boat War Badge and Clasp medal :down:
LOL....so I guess I'll go hunting for freindlies in port and see what happens :D
There definitely seems to be a problem with the awards for the Captain of the boat. Sure wish I knew what the fix was. :hmmm:
KL-alfman
01-18-10, 03:42 AM
in my beginner's career I was awarded with Iron Class II and the German Cross after the third war-time patrol. date was late November39 and I had sunk 68k tons.
I really don't know what triggers the awards ......
In my current career, I got the clasp together with the knights cross (31 OCT 39) and the badge together with the oak leaves (30 NOV 39).
Awards keep coming by the way... German cross and swords for the knight's cross followed, then diamonds for the knights cross, then golden oak leaves for the knights cross.
While this didn't happen IRL (the only recipient of the highest grade was a pilot) this is in accordance with the official RL specifications: a new grade of the knights cross every 100k tons of sunk allied shipping.
Sounds silly, but in five years of playing, i have only gotten my front clasp ONCE!!!! and that was after starting a mission, then accidently ramming a destroyer in port. Damage was bad enough I just ended the patrol in harbor, about 300 Yrds from where it began. Once the awards screen came up, it said I got it. So, i have no idea how you realy go about getting one. Oh, and wound badges are impossible.
Well I just got the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Crossed Swords....for sinking the Admiral Hipper in the harbor. I'm beginning to think that at least some, if not ALL, awards aren't based on tonnage but on TYPE OF SHIP sunk.
I've just completed my fourth patrol. For doing so I was promoted to Oberleutnant zur see, got the Iron cross first class and the u-boat clasp after sinking nearly 85k tons of warship (Hood and a very lucky shot on Nelson that missed my intended target), with sufficient merchants to take my tonnage to about 115k.
However:
At the very start of the patrol I saved my game after transiting the Kiel canal, then exited the game with return to base instead of using save and exit. Obviously I reloaded the save to continue the patrol another time, but for my heroic navigation of an inland waterway I was awarded with the promotion and the Iron Cross, first class.
I think this proves that the game just makes it up as it goes along!
Panser: I think you are exactly right. The awards for the boat Captain seem to be strictly random. Last night I went on a pretty unsuccessful patrol. I was down around Gibralter looking for targets of opportunity. I got too close to the harbor and had to sneak away from some anti-sub patrol boats. The weather was horrible and on my way out of the straights of Gibralter I picked up a lone ore ship. It was a big one and I fired all 6 torpedoes at it since I hadn't fired anything anyway and it was close to the end of my patrol. Only one torpedo hit and I lost the ore ship in the bad weather. I increased the time to 32X and headed home and suddenly saw a message that the ore ship sank! When I exited the patrol I saw I was awarded diamonds to the Knights Cross, the Submarine badge, and the Close Combat sub badge!
And I have the ultimate weirdness today....I sank a British sailing sloop and a passenger-cargo ship and went back to port and was awarded the German Cross.
I can't believe that nobody has hacked into whatever file is responsible for these awards, or hasn't made a program that awards them more logically. As it is it's so random and weird that you have no real way of knowing how any of the awards and decorations are earned.
psykopatsak
01-22-10, 03:13 PM
i havent gotten any badge or the german cross, but i DO have the ultimate Knights Cross deluxe. i have sunk every type of ship there is, and is at about 1 600K tons...:stare:
i havent gotten any badge or the german cross, but i DO have the ultimate Knights Cross deluxe. i have sunk every type of ship there is, and is at about 1 600K tons...:stare:
Smells like glitch
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