I general, 1000 renown points (per patrol!) will bring you 1 rating point. 100 renown and less (again per patrol) will give you -1. This means that you don't want to skip patrols in order to "speed up the war", always sink at least 1-2 "normal" ships before you decide to go home. :yep:
Every ship in the game has it's own specific renown values. For example, medium freighters have 120-150 points, tankers ~200-250 and some rare and valuable ships can have 500 points and even more...
Maintaining positive rating (1 and more) will bring you regular equipment upgrades and new U-boat offers. If you go negative than you may use your current sub type indefinitely...

Use KSDCommander to track your rating and renown points. You will also see realistic awards and medals there. Check it out, it's really a cool program. :yep: IN-game medals system is not historically accurate.

Don't think much about secondary missions and flotilla objectives, just be efficient and you'll be OK captain...

You can also take a look at this article... https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=3816

Hey Vecko, thanks for this info! Very helpful! I can already see that my rating is positive which is great. On my latest patrol I actually stumbled across a task force with a Queen Elizabeth class battleship that I sunk and got away clean from her destroyer escorts! Another 31000 tons to my credit! I'm sure BDU will be pleased! :03:

On a side note, I'm still a little disappointed that I can't upgrade my conning tower without the game crashing. I don't have any AA armament as a result. :wah: I hope this wont' affect the VIIC in later campaigns as well....

Have you stumbled across anyone else with the same issue I'm having? It's really strange because literally everything else works smooth as butter! The mod is extremely stable apart from this issue.

Hello Vecko,

I hope you've been doing well! I wanted to just ask again if there has been any development or fix for the conning tower issue? I recently upgraded to TWOS version 2.2.18 and I'm still having the same conning tower CTDs even on a new campaign. Every time I try to upgrade the conning tower and start a new patrol...CTD. When don't upgrade the conning tower everything is working fine. Any ideas?

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Hi,i am having the same problem, has anyone come up with a solution or workaround ?
cheers, top site by the way lads.

what version and are you using any other mods with TWoS

Welcome aboard!
 

The latest version is 2.2.24. I don´t have problems passing chapters.

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :Kaleun_Salute:

So it looks like I'm still having the same issues related to both conning towers and types of submarines crashing the TWOS mod.

I completed the Happy Times campaign and tried to do the automatic transfer to Western Approaches. Here's what I've noted:

1. When the popup occurs asking whether you'd like to upgrade your submarine, every time I select "Yes" it will take me to the new campaign select screen, I choose Western Approaches and then hit next/start...and the game will crash every time.

2. When the popup occurs and I instead choose "no" to upgrading the sub, the game will not crash and I'll be able to start the Western Approaches campaign (albeit with a type VIIB).

3. When I use the type VIIB I still cannot upgrade the conning tower otherwise the game crashes when I start the patrol. I can only use the generic small conning tower.

3. After being fed-up with the crashes I looked up the mod information on "alternate campaign progression" and followed it perfectly, thinking it would fix the issue. I manually ensured that I have the type VIIC by following the instructions. However, when I load the game I still have the type VIIB according to the captains log/sub-systems info screens.

4. It appears that for whatever reason, I am only able to use the type VIIB sub with no upgrades to the conning tower. The type VIIC refuses to load altogether, and any modification to the conning tower on the type VIIB results in crashes.

5. I am playing on version 2.2.22

Am I doomed to play the entire war with an entry level type VIIB? Has there been any workaround for this problem identified? Am I the only one with these issues? Would updating to version 2.2.24 help the issue? When updating to that version, would my saved games become incompatible?

Thanks for any feedback!

Hi PanzerDan86 and welcome back :salute:
Did you try to backup your gamesaves and reinstall the game/mod completely? Did you by any chance edit some game files by your self with custom mods or by using goblin editor?

Please upload your last HT gamesave, prior the campaign transfer....:yep:

And yes, 2.2.24 gamesaves should be compatible.

Hey! It's good to be back! :)

I haven't tried to backup may game saves or reinstall the game/mod completely. I did all of that a couple years ago when I wanted to get back into SH5...complete uninstall, wipe everything, start from fresh (followed all instructions). At that time (2019 I think?) everything ran smoothly (and still does) apart from the issues I've described in this thread. My current install of both game and TWOS was after a clean wipe.

I also do not edit any files on my own, I don't use any custom mods and have no idea what goblin editor is! hahaha! I have literally just SH5 and TWOS installed over it.

Here's a link with the savegame folder - https://www.mediafire.com/folder/clhj09mhsbpb0/0000015b

Also - my Generic Mod Enabler (v2.6.0.157) has the following mods active:
TWoS Env Settings - Brighter Nights
TWoS FX_Reduc. Fires and Expl._ Incr. Flooding via Zones
TWoS Neutrals Illuminated Only_until [Date]
TWoS Remove Map Plastic Cover
TWoS UI cmd_Auto Target ID

Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help! I appreciate you taking a look!

Hey Vecko! Hope you had a Happy New Year. Have you had a chance to take a look at the savegame file that I uploaded in my previous post?