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Originally Posted by fullmetaledges
not at all, good work the file that I would really like to find tho is the one that tells the game how many tons you need to sink for each medal. I changed the order because this file hasn't been found and in the original order the game seemed to hold the navy cross as the highest award. I have been having successful patrols and my crew and I seem to be getting the right awards. Mostly bronze stars for my crew.
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Thanks. I'm glad there are no hard feelings.
The mod is a great idea and looks good.
It's a shame that it's even necessary....looks like the devs started off with the right medals in mind. They probably got caught with the whole "it's ok for non-commercial purposes" thing.
The actual game file would be great to find, even though the quote posted my Lukemb about criteria may help (if the devs didn't change it during coding). I agree the game seems to hold the Victory cross as the highest award for the crew (which fits if the crew file says "CMOH", although I get a Victory cross when the file says "Navy Cross"....very confusing and frustrating.)
Looking at page 79 of the manual and the PDF of the manual that came with the install, it appears the original order for crewmen was going to be Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Dist Service Medal, Navy Cross, and Medal of Honor, which fits the order of precedence.
Instead, we're shown this messed up order where apparently the medal for wounded crewmen is a submarine service medal that looks like the WWII Navy DSM, a wounded medal that resembles a Purple Heart but shows up as a Bronze Star in the code, and so on, up to a Victory cross which resembles a Navy Cross but only shows up if the code says CMOH. (and that order differing from your own) They changed the colors around on some of them, but the shapes of the medals and the scheme of the striping on the ribbons causes the new ones to resemble various real world medals from WWII.
Taking the criteria that Lukemb posted, I may make a couple of short patrols later strictly to sink only a few ships and return to port, just to see what kind of medal I'm awarded and how it shows up in the CareerTrack file.
I'll also continue to play normally and see if the medals are similar to SH3 in that you're only allowed to award certain medals after at least one crewman has a lower order medal. My OOD's always get the newest medals (hoping for a boost to all crew on their shift) and I've already got crewmen with the patrol star, so I'm curious to see if the next medal is the Medal of valor, the Campaign star, or the Victory cross.
I'll keep looking and try to help out where I can. If I find anything else out that may help, I'll let you know.