[Raptor]

Get The SH3 Crew You Want by Default

By default, SH3 assigns your crew with default ranks and both number and type of qualifications. You then have to dismiss and/or add additional or replacement crew from the barracks by using your default 500 available renown. Since in real life, there was no such thing as a non-qualified officer or petty officer, why not start with what you want by default?

Edit /SilentHunterIII/data/Cfg/crew_config_boat type_#.cfg
Where Boat types = II, IX, VII, or XXI
Where # = 1, 2, or 3

Note that you will have to edit 12 files individually as SH3 defaults to 1, 2, or 3 depending on the war year in which you get your boat type.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO EDIT THESE FILES ONE TIME. After that, every career will start with these settings.


You will need to edit each crewman's GRADE, RANK, and QUALIFICATION(s) and perhaps the NuQUAL. Here are the keys:

GRADES:
Grade 0 = Matrosengefreiter (seaman)
Grade 1 = Matrosenobergefreiter (able seaman)
Grade 2 = Matrosenhauptgefreiter (leading seaman)
Grade 3 = Bootsmann
Grade 4 = Stabsbootsmann
Grade 5 = Stabsoberbootsmann
Grade 6 = Oberfähnrich
Grade 7 = Leutnant
Grade 8 = Oberleutnant
Grade 9 = Oberleutnant
Grade 10 = Oberleutnant
Grade 11 = Oberfähnrich
Grade 12 = Oberfähnrich




Note: Grade seems to have more effect than rank, and while you can make them different values for the same man, SH3 seems to like it best when they match, except for Oberfähnrich.

Therefore, here is what I use to get each rank where I want it:

Bootsmann: grade 3, rank 3
Stabsbootsmann: grade 4, rank 4
Stabsoberbootsmann: grade 5, rank 5
Oberfähnrich: grade 6, rank 11
Leutnant: grade 7, rank 7
Oberleutnant: grade 8, rank 8

RANKS:
Rank 0 = Matrosengefreiter (seaman)
Rank 1 = Matrosenobergefreiter (able seaman)
Rank 2 = Matrosenhauptgefreiter (leading seaman)
Rank 3 = Bootsmann (petty officer)
Rank 4 = Stabsbootsmann (chief petty officer)
Rank 5 = Stabsoberbootsmann (warrant officer)
Rank 6 = Oberfähnrich
Rank 7 = Leutnant
Rank 8 = Oberleutnant
Rank 9 = Oberleutnant
Rank 10 = Oberleutnant
Rank 11 = Oberfähnrich
Rank 12 = Oberfähnrich

QUALIFICATIONS:
0 = watchman
1 = gunner
2 = flak gunner
3 = radio (cannot be given to an officer)
4 = helmsman (non-functional in SH3; pure eye candy)
5 = mechanic
6 = torpedoman
7 = medic
8 = repair


Examples of edited file:

Officers:
[CREW_MEMBER_0] <= the bridge watch officer and my 2WO
Name=Ernst Bachmann
Index=5
NrComp=0
Type=2
Grad=7 <= SH3 default is 6
Renown=0.000000
Patrols=0
Morale=0.800000
Fatigue=0.000000
HealthStatus=0
HitPoints=14.000000
Experience=300
Rank=7 <= SH3 default
NrQual=3 <= SH3 default is 1 but I want him triple-qualified for watch & guns
Qualification0=0 <= SH3 default
Qualification1=8<= added for types II and XXI; for VII and IX, this is a 1 (gunner)
Qualification2=2 <= added to all types (flak dunner)

Note that by qualifying your Watch Officer for both deck and flak guns, you don't need to qualify a Petty Officer on same, freeing them for other quals you might like to have - like Repair. Late in the war, you can never have too many Repair guys!





PETTY OFFICER
[CREW_MEMBER_13]
Name=Otto Meier <= the default watch crew petty officer
Patrols=0
Type=1
Renown=21.000000
Grad=5 <= default is a 3 (Bootsmann); I want him more senior
Index=0
NrComp=0
Morale=0.700000
Fatigue=0.000000
HealthStatus=0
HitPoints=12.000000
Experience=100
Rank=5 <= early war default is a 0 (Bootsmann); I want him more senior (Bosun)
NrQual=1 <= SH3 default (may also be 0 unqualified)
Qualification0=0 <= SH3 default (default unqualified POs won't have this line)


Finding Crew Members in the file by Crew Member_number:

SH3 default for types VII, IX, and XXI.
The type II is unique; it does not have numbers 67, 99, or 100
SH3 defaults depending on boat type and war year. If these are Bootsmann (rank 0), they can be hard to find unless you know their crew member number or just watch for GRADE=3.

0 = watch crew officer /2WO
2 = chief engineer / L.I.
3 = Navigator
4 = weapons officer / IWO
13 = watch crew petty officer
17 = gunner
28 = sonar
33 = mechanic (diesel room)
34 = mechanic (diesel room)
35 = non-qualified petty officer (diesel room) 1941 - 1945
36 = non-qualified petty officer (diesel room) 1941 - 1945
53 = torpedoman (forward)
54 (torpedoman (forward)
55 = non-qualified petty officer (forward)
56 = non-qualified petty officer (forward)
57 = late war non-qualified petty officer (type IX_2 and IX_3) forward
58 = late war non-qualified petty officer (type IX_2 and IX_3) forward
67 = medic (not on a type II)
99 = torpedoman (stern) (not on a type II)
100 = non-qualified petty officer (stern) (not on a type II)