KSDCommander

[vdr1981]

OK, the only "working" captains description entries are located on top of ActiveUserPlayerUnits.upc inside gamesave folder. You can see example of players advance in following lines, taken form different war periods...

[CaptainData]
NameDisplayable=Siegfried Wagner
CaptainSlot3D=no_slot
CurrentExperience=80.000000
Personality=0.000000
Leadership=1.000000
PromotionPoints=5
PromotionPointsDenominator=100.000000

[CaptainData.Rank]
ID=Captain-Rank-11
Level=11
TreeType=Kriegsmarine
NameDisplayable=TRAINED-76%
ShortNameDisplayable=TRAINED-76%
Image=11
XPRequirement=250.000000
MoralePoolAdd=0.000000
MoraleRefill=true
LeadershipAdd=0.000000
LevelUp=Free
MaxSpecialAbilities=0
AvailableSpecialAbilities=
GetSpecialAbilityChance=0.000000
EfficiencyMod=0.760000
DescriptionWhenPlayerHasTheRank=EXPERIENCE ACHIEVED 76%
DescriptionWhenPlayerDoesntHaveTheRank=YOU NEED 1100 EXPERIENCE POINTS

[CaptainData]
NameDisplayable=OLt zS StahlWolf
CaptainSlot3D=no_slot
CurrentExperience=5.000000
Personality=0.000000
Leadership=1.000000
PromotionPoints=4
PromotionPointsDenominator=100.000000

[CaptainData.Rank]
ID=Captain-Rank-18
Level=18
TreeType=Kriegsmarine
NameDisplayable=TRAINED-90%
ShortNameDisplayable=TRAINED-90%
Image=18
XPRequirement=250.000000
MoralePoolAdd=0.000000
MoraleRefill=true
LeadershipAdd=0.000000
LevelUp=Free
MaxSpecialAbilities=0
AvailableSpecialAbilities=
GetSpecialAbilityChance=0.000000
EfficiencyMod=0.900000
DescriptionWhenPlayerHasTheRank=EXPERIENCE ACHIEVED 90%
DescriptionWhenPlayerDoesntHaveTheRank=YOU NEED 1800 EXPERIENCE POINTS

[CaptainData]
NameDisplayable=OLt zS StahlWolf
CaptainSlot3D=no_slot
CurrentExperience=0.000000
Personality=0.000000
Leadership=1.000000
PromotionPoints=1
PromotionPointsDenominator=100.000000

[CaptainData.Rank]
ID=Captain-Rank-23
Level=23
TreeType=Kriegsmarine
NameDisplayable=TRAINED-100%
ShortNameDisplayable=TRAINED-100%
Image=23
XPRequirement=250.000000
MoralePoolAdd=0.000000
MoraleRefill=true
LeadershipAdd=0.000000
LevelUp=Free
MaxSpecialAbilities=0
AvailableSpecialAbilities=
GetSpecialAbilityChance=0.000000
EfficiencyMod=1.000000
DescriptionWhenPlayerHasTheRank=EXPERIENCE ACHIEVED 100%
DescriptionWhenPlayerDoesntHaveTheRank=YOU NEED 2300 EXPERIENCE POINTS

It is clear that these entries are not shown in game...Instead, the game will read values from CareerTrack.upc file, which are broken and can not be updated...

You can also read player current location from CampaignMission.mis file. Tell me if you want to know more about this...