Finding out renown for sunken ships

frau kaleun · 04-14-11, 07:39 PM

I'm not sure the game breaks it down that way - I think it just keeps a running total until you finish a patrol, and then at the end the total is all you get.

If you are playing GWX, there is a renown chart for that which will show you the renown per ship.

But you are correct that realism affects renown, to get the full maximum renown you have to play at 100% realism.

I think though that if you go into your data\Sea folder and open the folder for each ship there, and look in its .cfg file, it will give you a number for RenownAwarded for that particular ship. But a breakdown by the game of renown per ship for a particular patrol? I don't think it will give you that, you'd have to keep track of it yourself once you have a list of every ship's renown value.

UnterseeBoogeyMan · 04-14-11, 08:15 PM

Thanks, Frau Kaleun.

I think I may have figured it out. This is assuming I want to find the value of a medium cargo.

I found in C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sea\EnglishName s.cfg
the ship types and what label they go by. For example: LLS=Medium Cargo.

So, I look in C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sea\NLLS_\NLLS_ .cfg and find

ClassName=LLS
UnitType=102
MaxSpeed=15.5
Length=140.5
Width=19.5
Mast=25.6
Draft=9.2
Displacement=4850
RenownAwarded=190.

I play at 87% realism so I would say 190 x .87 = 165.3 and that would be my renown value. If I am way offbase here, let me know and I will thank you. But I think it's all coming back now.

Captain Nemo · 04-15-11, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by UnterseeBoogeyMan

I play at 87% realism so I would say 190 x .87 = 165.3 and that would be my renown value. If I am way offbase here, let me know and I will thank you. But I think it's all coming back now.

There is a slight error in your calculations, for sinking a ship worth 190 in renown at 87% realism the game would award you 171.475 in renown.

Nemo

desirableroasted · 04-15-11, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

There is a slight error in your calculations, for sinking a ship worth 190 in renown at 87% realism the game would award you 171.475 in renown.

Nemo

Why's that Nemo? I've long suspected there must be a "base" credit for any vessel sunk, with additional renown on top... is that what you are referring to?

Captain Nemo · 04-15-11, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Why's that Nemo? I've long suspected there must be a "base" credit for any vessel sunk, with additional renown on top... is that what you are referring to?

Yes sort of, if you play at 0% realism you still earn renown credit. For the example given, a ship worth 190 would earn 47.5 in renown if you played at 0% realism. I've done a simple spreadsheet in Excel that works it out for you. I forget the actual maths behind it now, but if I remember correctly the "base" credit is 25% of total renown.

Nemo

derrinurban · 04-15-11, 10:10 AM

If I remember, the formula was something like this:

Renown Earned = ((0.75*RenownAwarded)*Realism%)+(0.25*RenownAwarde d)

RenownAwarded is from the cfg file.

desirableroasted · 04-15-11, 10:22 AM

Thank you both for clearing that up! Makes a lot of sense from a game design point of view.

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04-14-11, 07:39 PM	#1
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure the game breaks it down that way - I think it just keeps a running total until you finish a patrol, and then at the end the total is all you get. If you are playing GWX, there is a renown chart for that which will show you the renown per ship. But you are correct that realism affects renown, to get the full maximum renown you have to play at 100% realism. I think though that if you go into your data\Sea folder and open the folder for each ship there, and look in its .cfg file, it will give you a number for RenownAwarded for that particular ship. But a breakdown by the game of renown per ship for a particular patrol? I don't think it will give you that, you'd have to keep track of it yourself once you have a list of every ship's renown value.

04-14-11, 08:15 PM	#2
UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Frau Kaleun. I think I may have figured it out. This is assuming I want to find the value of a medium cargo. I found in C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sea\EnglishName s.cfg the ship types and what label they go by. For example: LLS=Medium Cargo. So, I look in C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sea\NLLS_\NLLS_ .cfg and find ClassName=LLS UnitType=102 MaxSpeed=15.5 Length=140.5 Width=19.5 Mast=25.6 Draft=9.2 Displacement=4850 RenownAwarded=190. I play at 87% realism so I would say 190 x .87 = 165.3 and that would be my renown value. If I am way offbase here, let me know and I will thank you. But I think it's all coming back now.

04-15-11, 10:10 AM	#6
derrinurban Mate Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 54 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	If I remember, the formula was something like this: Renown Earned = ((0.75RenownAwarded)Realism%)+(0.25*RenownAwarde d) RenownAwarded is from the cfg file.