[REL] U.S. Medals Fix

[CapnScurvy]

Thank you Te Kaha.

I've been waiting for some collaborative evidence regarding these two medals (Navy Cross and CMOH). I have had a suspicion about these two medals since day one. If you read one of my early posts in this thread (dated 9/21), I hoped I could get feed back on this very area of concern. Make no mistake, the stock game medal system is a ridiculous group of files and images that contradict themselves both for the Captain/player and the crew awards.

Originally Posted by Te Kaha

Maybe the tonnage should be set higher for "merchants only" patrols to get the CMOH, or, if this can be implemented, the number of tankers or any high-value ships should be taken into account.

The problem is this data is not available for a modder to manipulate (hardcoded within the game structure), or it's at least not understandable for us to use. For those of you who would like to take a stab at what I'm talking about, take a look at the file named "medals.cfg" found in the Data\Cfg folder. If you can figure what the 20 different entries are (0-19), within the two different groups, then "Mother-pin-a-rose-on-me"!!!

Anyway, thanks Te Kaha for your insite. I realise there are few gamers that play this game long enough to get the kind of feed back you have. My plan is to switch these two higher tier medals in an update. I don't think a switch could do any harm beyond what we are using now.

This won't be soon though, I'm building a new computer after my old one won't access the graphic card (motherboard issue). I've been using the wife's laptop to keep up with the forum.

Best Regards