[peabody]

Originally Posted by CapnScurvy

Thanks everyone for the support!!

I'm going to ask you for your input as you use the modification. I've tested the images to be correct, along with the labels and their presentation order. But, I admitt my tests are not 100% conclusive for an entire campaign from start to finish. What I'm concerned with is the possibility of having an award that seems "out of step" for the results of game play a player may have. What I would not want to see is a Navy Cross awarded for 10,000 tons on a 2nd patrol, when you receive a Bronze Star Medal on the 3rd patrol for 30,000 tons sunk. I would hope a progression of medal rank through out a campaign "seems right" for the tonnage, or number of successful patrols a player has. I believe a modifier for the award system is the number of successful patrols a player makes (the more patrols, the higher the award can be).

I also know that the quality of warships sunk modifies the award results. In my tests I would sink shipping, save the game, then commit sucide by crash diving to see what the game gave as a posthumous award. I found a high quality warship would give a higher ranked medal then a lesser quality warship. For instance, on my first patrol I had saved a game after sinking 1 merchant, and 2 destroyers totaling 6,805 tons. My award was just the Purple Heart; Ok, this sounds about right to me. I reloaded the game, added an Akitsu aircraft carrier and meet my end with 18,605 tons on the books. I received a Purple Heart and the Silver Star. I reloaded the same saved game point and added 1 Mogami CA and another DD for a 18,675 ton total. The awards were a Purple Heart, and a Bronze Star Medal. The point is the CV was appearently ranked higher in quality then the two combined CA and DD. Resulting in a difference in the medals awarded, EVEN though the CV tonnage was less than the other two combined. So be aware there may be some unsuspecting modifiers that play into the awards system.

Again, I would like to know if during your game play that the medals "seem correct" for the efforts you make. I feel I've got things right but, I'll not know for sure until many patrols are run with the results comparied.

Just a thought, but in the ships .cfg file is a "renown awarded" entry, possibly this might be some indicator of the 'value' the game places on the ship and may go hand in hand with the 'value' it places for medals????

Peabody