Promotion for Kaleun

Kaleun_Saxi · 10-30-06, 04:53 AM

Hi fellow Kaleuns,

I've got a question. Before I started my first career, I made the standard training missions and was entitled Leutnant zur See. I startet the career with the same rank. Now, after 5 patrols and 180.000 tons on the ground of the see, I've received several medals but no promotion. Do you get promoted during careers? Or do I have to accomplish the training missions all with excellent to be entitled Oberleutnant zur See or even Kapitänleutnant zur See?

It can't be that my officers on board have the same rank than me!!!!

Warmonger · 10-30-06, 05:15 AM

Promotion is linked to renown but I don't have the exact numbers ready when you get promoted, they are somewhere in the basic.cfg.

This system is another thing that bothers me. I just finished a career spanning from mid '41 to 10/44 sinking over 400 000 tons, playing at 94% and still was only Kaleun with close to 30 000 renown...:hmm:

Tronics · 10-30-06, 05:25 AM

I've ran a 1 day mission where I just loaded into the world at port and then exited after taking a few dozen screens at the landscape and was promoted to Oblt z. See, so try that.

And I've also noticed that on missions where I rather 'underpreformed', or recieved a below average tonange, that I am more likley to be promoted.

Answered my own former question, new question is: Sh3 dosen' go past KpLt right?

Warmonger · 10-30-06, 05:44 AM

PLAYER_RENOWN]
AcademyBonus=1000
RankLevel0=0; SCORE
RankLevel1=1499; SCORE
RankLevel2=9000; SCORE
RankLevel3=15000; SCORE

This is from the basic.cfg and IMO rank0 is Leutnant z.S., 1 is Oberleutnant z.S. (normally you get it with the 1000 from the academy plus the starting 500), 2 is Kaleu and 3 should be Korvettenkapitän which I never got although I had way more renown than needed.

Kaleun_Saxi · 10-30-06, 06:15 AM

So I only need 1500 points for Oberleutnant? After mission 2, I had 3000 points and bought a VIIb, why wasn't I promoted? Damn!

danlisa · 10-30-06, 06:17 AM

IIRC you will get 'penalized' for spending renown. 3000 - 2000 for your VIIB = 1000 renown.

This is one really annoying part of the renown system.

Kaleun_Saxi · 10-30-06, 06:35 AM

Ah, thank you. I thought you'd be promoted when ENTERING port with more than 1500 points "in the bank", not at next time's entry.

When I'm back home from my sixth patrol I will get promoted or I will place my butt behind a desk again! I need to speak to Dönitz about this. What's his number again? Bernard, put me through to the Admiral please. No, not Niemitz!

Sailor Steve · 10-30-06, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaleun_Saxi

So I only need 1500 points for Oberleutnant? After mission 2, I had 3000 points and bought a VIIb, why wasn't I promoted? Damn!

What mods are you using? I know a couple of them made it easier to get promoted, especially the first one. I think SH3 Commander makes you an Oberleutnant zur See after the first patrol no matter what, but I may be thinking of RUB.

Subwolf · 10-30-06, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warmonger

PLAYER_RENOWN]
AcademyBonus=1000
RankLevel0=0; SCORE
RankLevel1=1499; SCORE
RankLevel2=9000; SCORE
RankLevel3=15000; SCORE

This is from the basic.cfg and IMO rank0 is Leutnant z.S., 1 is Oberleutnant z.S. (normally you get it with the 1000 from the academy plus the starting 500), 2 is Kaleu and 3 should be Korvettenkapitän which I never got although I had way more renown than needed.

Started with 1500 too but I got the rank Leutnant jr. I now got over 4000 renown and still no promotion. Some of my officers got a higher rank than me

I'm running the stock game, wonder if you got something wrong here :hmm:

Warmonger · 10-30-06, 01:12 PM

Certainly not as I just copied it from the cfg but I use TGW 1.1a mod so that could be the difference.

Kaleun_Saxi · 10-30-06, 01:25 PM

I play the standard version, too. I finish the patrol tonite and will check for details...

hyperion2206 · 10-30-06, 05:05 PM

Hmmm, I got promoted to Oberleutnant z.S. as soon as I got 5000 of renown. And somebody told me that you need 15000 of renown for the promotion Kaleun.:hmm:

Edit: BTW I don't spend renown for upgrades, so I can't be penalized for spending my renown.

galahad · 10-30-06, 07:18 PM

I play SHIII vanilla as well, and I have recently been promoted to Kpt.lt. (as you can see in my sig). I got this after I got to 15000 renown. I got the first one at 5000, and from the community manual, the final one would be 25000. Here is the link if you want to check it out for yourself:
http://www.communitymanuals.com/shii...tle=Promotions
Good luck and smooth sailing!

Kaleun_Saxi · 10-31-06, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyperion2206

Hmmm, I got promoted to Oberleutnant z.S. as soon as I got 5000 of renown. And somebody told me that you need 15000 of renown for the promotion Kaleun.:hmm:

Edit: BTW I don't spend renown for upgrades, so I can't be penalized for spending my renown.

And you play the standard version?

Well, yesterday was my finest hour. 65,000 tons of steel on the ocean floor. Destroyed several freighters, single-handed took out a whole convoi (consisting of a C2 and two fishing boats :rotfl

with the deck guns, and went into Aberdeen Naval Yard. I found two sleeping ships, a T3 and a Titanic-look-alike. After reading other topics about sinking giant ships in harbors I checked the depth which was 77m so I pumped two torpedoes on each side of the Titanic and 2 into the tanker, and they both bottomed to the floor. Yippie, 30,000 tons within 1 hour! No destroyers were there to interfer. And I attacked in the evening, while it was still alight. I also managed to sink a destroyer, who came to search for the reason of an sos of a freighter I torpedoed and deck-gunned. I was already wondering, why the freighter is shooting light signals into the air... :hmm: Anyway, the destroyer didn't see me, I was in direct line for a shoot, off she went to search for the sunk freighter a few meters below me

I came home and was honored the Ritterkreuz mit Schwerter and Eichenlaub, got 3 promotions and 12 medals for the crew members - but no new rank. I now have 3975 renown. According to one of the above posts, 1500 points is enough for Oberleutnant. I'm still Leutnant. I guess my fellow officers will be promoted before me... Then they'll take over command...

BTW, do officers leave your boat themselves to command a sub of their own, or does this not happen in SH3? Do you get requests for transfers from crew members? Do you get points renown if you drop off crew members?

d@rk51d3 · 10-31-06, 03:28 AM

1st patrol, 1939, type VII boat. Sank a carrier off the Irish coast. Instant promotion.

10-30-06, 04:53 AM	#1
Kaleun_Saxi Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 112 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Promotion for Kaleun Hi fellow Kaleuns, I've got a question. Before I started my first career, I made the standard training missions and was entitled Leutnant zur See. I startet the career with the same rank. Now, after 5 patrols and 180.000 tons on the ground of the see, I've received several medals but no promotion. Do you get promoted during careers? Or do I have to accomplish the training missions all with excellent to be entitled Oberleutnant zur See or even Kapitänleutnant zur See? It can't be that my officers on board have the same rank than me!!!! __________________ Kaleun Saxi USS Drum

10-30-06, 05:25 AM	#3
Tronics A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 78 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	I've ran a 1 day mission where I just loaded into the world at port and then exited after taking a few dozen screens at the landscape and was promoted to Oblt z. See, so try that. And I've also noticed that on missions where I rather 'underpreformed', or recieved a below average tonange, that I am more likley to be promoted. Answered my own former question, new question is: Sh3 dosen' go past KpLt right? Last edited by Tronics; 10-30-06 at 05:31 AM.

10-30-06, 06:15 AM	#5
Kaleun_Saxi Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 112 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	So I only need 1500 points for Oberleutnant? After mission 2, I had 3000 points and bought a VIIb, why wasn't I promoted? Damn! __________________ Kaleun Saxi USS Drum

10-30-06, 06:17 AM	#6
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	IIRC you will get 'penalized' for spending renown. 3000 - 2000 for your VIIB = 1000 renown. This is one really annoying part of the renown system. __________________

10-30-06, 06:35 AM	#7
Kaleun_Saxi Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 112 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Ah, thank you. I thought you'd be promoted when ENTERING port with more than 1500 points "in the bank", not at next time's entry. When I'm back home from my sixth patrol I will get promoted or I will place my butt behind a desk again! I need to speak to Dönitz about this. What's his number again? Bernard, put me through to the Admiral please. No, not Niemitz! __________________ Kaleun Saxi USS Drum

10-30-06, 05:15 AM	#2
Warmonger Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 266 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Promotion is linked to renown but I don't have the exact numbers ready when you get promoted, they are somewhere in the basic.cfg. This system is another thing that bothers me. I just finished a career spanning from mid '41 to 10/44 sinking over 400 000 tons, playing at 94% and still was only Kaleun with close to 30 000 renown...:hmm:

10-30-06, 05:44 AM	#4
Warmonger Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 266 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	PLAYER_RENOWN] AcademyBonus=1000 RankLevel0=0; SCORE RankLevel1=1499; SCORE RankLevel2=9000; SCORE RankLevel3=15000; SCORE This is from the basic.cfg and IMO rank0 is Leutnant z.S., 1 is Oberleutnant z.S. (normally you get it with the 1000 from the academy plus the starting 500), 2 is Kaleu and 3 should be Korvettenkapitän which I never got although I had way more renown than needed.

10-30-06, 01:12 PM	#10
Warmonger Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 266 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Certainly not as I just copied it from the cfg but I use TGW 1.1a mod so that could be the difference.

10-30-06, 01:25 PM	#11
Kaleun_Saxi Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 112 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I play the standard version, too. I finish the patrol tonite and will check for details... __________________ Kaleun Saxi USS Drum

10-30-06, 05:05 PM	#12
hyperion2206 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Hmmm, I got promoted to Oberleutnant z.S. as soon as I got 5000 of renown. And somebody told me that you need 15000 of renown for the promotion Kaleun.:hmm: Edit: BTW I don't spend renown for upgrades, so I can't be penalized for spending my renown.

10-30-06, 07:18 PM	#13
galahad Seaman Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 33 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I play SHIII vanilla as well, and I have recently been promoted to Kpt.lt. (as you can see in my sig). I got this after I got to 15000 renown. I got the first one at 5000, and from the community manual, the final one would be 25000. Here is the link if you want to check it out for yourself: http://www.communitymanuals.com/shii...tle=Promotions Good luck and smooth sailing!

10-31-06, 03:28 AM	#15
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	1st patrol, 1939, type VII boat. Sank a carrier off the Irish coast. Instant promotion.