SH3 Commander Medal Award Criteria

08-01-08, 07:11 PM

I got all the Knight's Crosses in one patrol where I got less than 10k tons. I'm using a stock game with SH3 Commander 3.1.3.185. Why am I getting all these awards?

Wildhawke11 · 08-01-08, 07:47 PM

Hello Kraut
Cheers Buddy

Sailor Steve · 08-01-08, 10:39 PM

I'm not sure. Did you just enable Commander or have you been using it all along. I'm thinking that if you just enabled it, it might be giving you the awards for the three previous patrols.

I don't go near the stock game, so other than that I don't know.

Jimbuna · 08-02-08, 07:22 AM

I've no idea also, but if you want to adhere to reality as much as possible I'd only award a maximum of two medals and 4 minor awards at the end of each patol.

If a patrol was exceptionally successful, I would double up on the numbers.

08-02-08, 07:35 AM

This career was started with SH3 Commander. Although I have another career that wasn't, and has half a million tons.

Murr44 · 08-02-08, 04:26 PM

Not sure why you're getting all those awards but SH III (with or without Sh3 Cmdr) is pretty weird when it comes to medals. I had a career going with Cmdr where I was awarded EK II (Iron Cross 2nd class) at the end of one patrol then given the DKiG (German Cross in Gold) at the end of the next. I'd skipped over the EK I & had to wait until I'd finished yet another patrol to be awarded that medal.:hmm:

Cezbor · 08-04-08, 03:53 AM

Strange things happen, In my 2 careers (about 56 patrols) I've never been awarded with German Cross. Last patrol I exited just after start to receive uboat badge (ubootfrontpange). NO kills, 0 renown.:hmm:

Sandman_28054 · 08-04-08, 04:09 AM

Bug, short answer.

Long answer, I don't know. I've played missions where I have received these medals. Shortly afterwards, they would be gone, and then the next mission, I'd receive them again.

Charlie Daniles said once in a song: "There's some things in this world you just can't explain."

irish1958 · 08-04-08, 06:37 AM

Is Admiral Donitz your father-in-law? :hmm:

meduza · 08-04-08, 07:01 AM

During the Norway invasion, I sailed along the Norway coast hopeing to give my fellows some support. In an extremly nasty weather, all I could find is a bunch of German ships.

Finally I encountered 2 armed trawlers (better than nothing). Fired 4 eels, but they passed right below their keels, as the trawlers were jumping on high waves.
A few days later I stumbled upon 4 destroyers steaming towards Narvik at 36 kts. I fired a long distance spread and missed.

Frustrated, I returned home without a kill, expecting a Court martial. Instead, I got promoted

. Go figure...

Playing GWX 2.1 with SH3 Commander.

Jimbuna · 08-04-08, 10:33 AM

Looks like your efforts were enough to warrant recognition.

rifleman13 · 08-04-08, 10:43 AM

Maybe in those four patrols in stock SH3, you were just a insanely agressive kaluen that uses the deck gun to its fullest and a crack-one-shot marksman with the torpedoes.

In that way, you raked up so much tonnage that the Admiral pinned you with a ton of medals.

08-04-08, 12:17 PM

I got like 26,000 tons total. Ha!

kylania · 09-13-08, 07:40 PM

I just started a new career in 1939 with SH3 Commander 3.1 and GWX 2.1. I did a 2 day patrol and sunk like 4k of "neutral" Britsh ships. I got these awards:

03AUG39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
03AUG39 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS
03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS
03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS

I also saw a "lighthouse ship"? It was a double masted, flagless stationary ship with a passenger ship also stationary near it. That was flying a Finnish flag I think? The double masts on the flagless ship had bare rotating lights on them. Odd.

Sailor Steve · 09-13-08, 08:32 PM

Not odd at all. Lightships were posted in places inconvenient to build lighthouses, and beligerents usually left them alone, as they helped sailors of all nations. The ship nearby may or may not have been a tug, but it was certainly a lightship tender.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightvessel
http://www.portsnavalmuseums.com/about_lightship.html

08-01-08, 07:11 PM	#1
Kraut Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	SH3 Commander Medal Award Criteria I got all the Knight's Crosses in one patrol where I got less than 10k tons. I'm using a stock game with SH3 Commander 3.1.3.185. Why am I getting all these awards? Last edited by Kraut; 09-03-08 at 12:05 AM.

08-01-08, 07:47 PM	#2
Wildhawke11 Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK England Posts: 264 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Hello Kraut Cheers Buddy Last edited by Wildhawke11; 08-02-08 at 04:59 AM.

08-01-08, 10:39 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm not sure. Did you just enable Commander or have you been using it all along. I'm thinking that if you just enabled it, it might be giving you the awards for the three previous patrols. I don't go near the stock game, so other than that I don't know. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-02-08, 07:22 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've no idea also, but if you want to adhere to reality as much as possible I'd only award a maximum of two medals and 4 minor awards at the end of each patol. If a patrol was exceptionally successful, I would double up on the numbers. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-04-08, 03:53 AM	#7
Cezbor 中国水兵 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bia³ystok, Polska Posts: 272 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Strange things happen, In my 2 careers (about 56 patrols) I've never been awarded with German Cross. Last patrol I exited just after start to receive uboat badge (ubootfrontpange). NO kills, 0 renown.:hmm: __________________ "U-106" No one will be forgotten...

08-02-08, 07:35 AM	#5
Kraut Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	This career was started with SH3 Commander. Although I have another career that wasn't, and has half a million tons.

08-02-08, 04:26 PM	#6
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Not sure why you're getting all those awards but SH III (with or without Sh3 Cmdr) is pretty weird when it comes to medals. I had a career going with Cmdr where I was awarded EK II (Iron Cross 2nd class) at the end of one patrol then given the DKiG (German Cross in Gold) at the end of the next. I'd skipped over the EK I & had to wait until I'd finished yet another patrol to be awarded that medal.:hmm:

08-04-08, 04:09 AM	#8
Sandman_28054 Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 547 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Bug, short answer. Long answer, I don't know. I've played missions where I have received these medals. Shortly afterwards, they would be gone, and then the next mission, I'd receive them again. Charlie Daniles said once in a song: "There's some things in this world you just can't explain."

08-04-08, 06:37 AM	#9
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Is Admiral Donitz your father-in-law? :hmm: __________________ Irish1958

08-04-08, 07:01 AM	#10
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	During the Norway invasion, I sailed along the Norway coast hopeing to give my fellows some support. In an extremly nasty weather, all I could find is a bunch of German ships. Finally I encountered 2 armed trawlers (better than nothing). Fired 4 eels, but they passed right below their keels, as the trawlers were jumping on high waves. A few days later I stumbled upon 4 destroyers steaming towards Narvik at 36 kts. I fired a long distance spread and missed. Frustrated, I returned home without a kill, expecting a Court martial. Instead, I got promoted . Go figure... Playing GWX 2.1 with SH3 Commander.

08-04-08, 10:33 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks like your efforts were enough to warrant recognition. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-04-08, 10:43 AM	#12
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Maybe in those four patrols in stock SH3, you were just a insanely agressive kaluen that uses the deck gun to its fullest and a crack-one-shot marksman with the torpedoes. In that way, you raked up so much tonnage that the Admiral pinned you with a ton of medals.

08-04-08, 12:17 PM	#13
Kraut Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I got like 26,000 tons total. Ha!

09-13-08, 07:40 PM	#14
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	I just started a new career in 1939 with SH3 Commander 3.1 and GWX 2.1. I did a 2 day patrol and sunk like 4k of "neutral" Britsh ships. I got these awards: 03AUG39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS 03AUG39 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS 03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS 03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES 03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS 03AUG39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS I also saw a "lighthouse ship"? It was a double masted, flagless stationary ship with a passenger ship also stationary near it. That was flying a Finnish flag I think? The double masts on the flagless ship had bare rotating lights on them. Odd. __________________

09-13-08, 08:32 PM	#15
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Not odd at all. Lightships were posted in places inconvenient to build lighthouses, and beligerents usually left them alone, as they helped sailors of all nations. The ship nearby may or may not have been a tug, but it was certainly a lightship tender. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightvessel http://www.portsnavalmuseums.com/about_lightship.html __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo