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somedude88 · 12-21-10, 04:51 AM

First post, big fan of modded SH series... not so much vanilla SH series... Ubisoft had better start hiring modders here...

A pretty amazing thing happened when I was on my third patrol...
I attacked a destroyer... (it was a very lucky shot considering how fast it was going.)
But it didn't go down immediately... and came at me with a vengeance... it sank in about 5 minutes and me, being the destroyer-fearing commander that I am, dived to the bottom and waited for it to sink...
When I got the all clear, I did a very foolish thing.
I blew the ballasts before checking for any enemy contacts on the surface...
And surprise! I came face to face with 2 British Auxiliary Cruisers. Both were about 1500-2000 meters, off my starboard at 20-25 degrees. We open up on each other at about the same time.
But instead of diving... which I should have done... I decide to fight it out on the surface in a gun battle...
Not what I would have done in real life...
10 minutes and 90 rounds later... Both Auxiliary Cruisers are dead in the water, sinking extremely slowly... took over 30 minutes each... total tonnage from that battle, 20,000 tons... I, on the other hand, came out of this without a scratch... they didn't even nick the paint... not even a single machine gun round from their AA found their way to me. Funny thing is... I wasn't moving the entire battle... I sat and fired at the ships as they used evasive maneuvers to avoid torps I never launched...

I'm guessing that the scenario is not realistic... I should have been plastered all over the seafloor going head to head with 10 enemy guns to my measly one...

Problem was... I changed the crew before I looked at the names of the seamen manning the gun... I had a PO with gun qual... so I remembered to give him a Iron Cross First Class. But should those seamen get medals too?

The point is... Does SH3 Commander give out medals with Auto-fix? I know that the autofix works on the U-boat clasp... but awarding medals and promotions with SH3 is really awkward. I don't know what I'm doing so I always go overboard... Every sailor under my command has a Iron Cross 2nd class... is that realistic? isn't there like a rulebook or something detailing promotions and medals?

And what about wounded crew members that heal-up on the return trip? Does SH3 Commander remember their names too for the wound badge? Can they be autofixed with the wound badge?

12-21-10, 04:51 AM	#6
somedude88 Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 120 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	SH3 Commander medals? First post, big fan of modded SH series... not so much vanilla SH series... Ubisoft had better start hiring modders here... A pretty amazing thing happened when I was on my third patrol... I attacked a destroyer... (it was a very lucky shot considering how fast it was going.) But it didn't go down immediately... and came at me with a vengeance... it sank in about 5 minutes and me, being the destroyer-fearing commander that I am, dived to the bottom and waited for it to sink... When I got the all clear, I did a very foolish thing. I blew the ballasts before checking for any enemy contacts on the surface... And surprise! I came face to face with 2 British Auxiliary Cruisers. Both were about 1500-2000 meters, off my starboard at 20-25 degrees. We open up on each other at about the same time. But instead of diving... which I should have done... I decide to fight it out on the surface in a gun battle... Not what I would have done in real life... 10 minutes and 90 rounds later... Both Auxiliary Cruisers are dead in the water, sinking extremely slowly... took over 30 minutes each... total tonnage from that battle, 20,000 tons... I, on the other hand, came out of this without a scratch... they didn't even nick the paint... not even a single machine gun round from their AA found their way to me. Funny thing is... I wasn't moving the entire battle... I sat and fired at the ships as they used evasive maneuvers to avoid torps I never launched... I'm guessing that the scenario is not realistic... I should have been plastered all over the seafloor going head to head with 10 enemy guns to my measly one... Problem was... I changed the crew before I looked at the names of the seamen manning the gun... I had a PO with gun qual... so I remembered to give him a Iron Cross First Class. But should those seamen get medals too? The point is... Does SH3 Commander give out medals with Auto-fix? I know that the autofix works on the U-boat clasp... but awarding medals and promotions with SH3 is really awkward. I don't know what I'm doing so I always go overboard... Every sailor under my command has a Iron Cross 2nd class... is that realistic? isn't there like a rulebook or something detailing promotions and medals? And what about wounded crew members that heal-up on the return trip? Does SH3 Commander remember their names too for the wound badge? Can they be autofixed with the wound badge?