Lossing Renown

[BDF]

I just started playing SH3 again and this time I downloaded the Grey Wolves 3.0 mod (which is awesome). I've just done 3 patrols and I started the game with 1500 renown and after 2 successful patrols (the 2nd and 3rd patrol) my renown is at 1454... I've never had this happen when I used to play.

What really irritates me about this is I'm hoping to have enough renown to upgrade to a type VII boat so I can have longer cruises with additional torpedoes.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I think GWX only gives renown for vessels sunk, and not just turning up at your designated grid and waiting for 24 hours.

I also think there is a mod to replace this, maybe by WB, iirc :DL

[BDF]

That's what I find so odd though. I go to my patrol area and patrol the sector for 24 hours as instructed. Then on my 2nd and 3rd patrol after my 24 hour period I headed north closer to Scapa Flow and on both patrols sank 3 cargo ships... My first patrol was a waste and I ran out of fuel without recording a single kill but the last two were successful considering I only have 5 torpedoes in my little boat.

[stoneys-nutz]

With GWX you dont get any renown for the grid patrol, only for sinking ships.
If you want to change the amount of renown you get you can go to the cfg file and change it there so you get renown for completing the patrol.

SH3-Data- CFG- Basic, in the file you will find that you can change the amount of renown you recieve.

Hope this helps, good luck and let us know how it goes.
If you are using SH Commander dont start the game, just start normally, (just once) and then you can use Commander to start the game after that.

[BDF]

I understand about not getting renown for completing my mission and that doesn't concern me.

What I don't understand is starting my career with 1500 renown and never using any of it; so I could save up to "buy" a type VII boat. Now after sinking 6 ships (5 cargo ships and 1 tanker) my renown is less than what I had before setting out to sea :06:

I've been playing this game for years and I never encountered this problem before.

[Draka]

The only reason stock/GMX gives negative renown is if you have sunk friendly/neutral shipping - did you check the flags being flown carefully?

[BDF]

The only ship I can think of that was questionable was a French cargo ship. I was tracking the ship for a few hours then I noticed the flag was French so I broke off the attack. :cry:

Then I received a radio message for Bdu stating that French ships were fair game (France had declared war on Germany). :DL

It was dark so I raced on the surface at flank speed to get ahead of the cargo ship and I sunk her with 2 torpedoes. What I'm wondering is if it was to soon... I got the radio message and within 3 - 5 hours of the message I had sent a French ship to the bottom.

The other 5 ships I sank were British.

[Herr-Berbunch]

And what was the dates of the sinkings? If it's before 3 Sept '39 then all are neutral!

France declared war only some six or seven hours after Britain :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

And, did you add any crew - usually you don't get a full compliment and have to recruit at some point, some cost renown and some don't.

[ediko]

Yes probably too soon. Don't worry. Maybe you should 'cheat' a little to add that lost renown? After all Kaleuns weren't punished for sinking neutrals and it wasn't even neutral when you sunk it, so I think it would be only fair.