Ranking system

Tessa · 08-26-10, 07:48 PM

To add extra ranks (up to Vizeadmiral) you'll need to modify the basic.cfg and menu.en file as follows:

(Please note, you can add these to GWX or Vanilla as shown and will work fine without any further changes, for SHC you need to do more stuff, see the bottom on what other files to modify)

[PLAYER_RENOWN]
AcademyBonus=1000
RankLevel0=500; SCORE
RankLevel1=1999; SCORE
RankLevel2=3999; SCORE
RankLevel3=7999; SCORE
MedalSettings0=0.25
MedalSettings1=0.5
MedalSettings2=1
MedalScore0=2000;2 class, SCORE
MedalScore1=4000;1 class, SCORE
MedalScore2=10000; knight, SCORE
MedalScore3=25000; oak leaves, SCORE
MedalScore4=50000;swords, SCORE
MedalScore5=80000;diamonds, SCORE
MedalScore6=160000;all, SCORE
RankLevel4=15999; SCORE
RankLevel6=31999; SCORE
RankLevel7=63999; SCORE
RankLevel8=127999; SCORE
RankLevel9=255999; SCORE

and add to the menu.en file:

160=Gefreiter
161=Obergefreiter
162=Hauptgefreiter
163=Feldwebel
164=Stabsfeldwebel
165=Stabsoberfeldwebel
166=Oberf臧nrich z. S.
167=Leutnant z. S.
168=Oberleutnant z. S.
169=Oberleutnant z. S.
170=Leutnant z. S.; Oberleutnant z. S.
171=Oberleutnant z. S.; Kapit舅leutnant
172=Kapit舅leutnant; Korvettenkapit舅
173=Korvettenkapit舅; Fregattenkapit舅
174=Fregattenkapit舅; Kapit舅 z. S.

175=Exit To Menu

176=Kapit舅 z. S.; Kommodore
177=Kommodore; Konteradmiral
178=Konteradmiral; Vizeadmiral
179=Vizeadmiral; Admiral

The values for the ranks and medals can (and should) be adjusted for your style of play. The main concept with these settings is for you to reach Kapit舅leutnant around the same time you'd be awarded you Ritterkreuz. After Kapit舅leutnant good kaleuns would get their next promotion in 9-12 months until they hit Kommodore and then it was generally about 12-18 months if they advanced after that.

The medal values are adjusted so the RK isn't too hard to get (for most part it's not too hard to get 100,000 tons to your name in game) but the higher version are intentionally made harder. Particullarly the RK Brillant (Knights Cross Gold with Diamonds) I've made out of reach for most but those that would play a very long career since only 1 was ever awarded, and it wasn't to a submariner but a Stuka pilot. Since this is more or less a unique award (like the Grand Cross of the Knights Cross that Goering awarded himself) imo it doesn't belong here. It'd have made more sense to use something like the German Order as the top award since only 8 or so people were awarded it throughout the war.

For SHC:

Each time SHC loads it erases any changes in those two files and re-writes them with the values entered in certain SHC files. This makes it harder to make changes but makes in the end makes it harder to try and cheat

Put this into the static settings file (in the cfg folder in SHC:

;The below lines provide more realistic promotions (sooner) and medals (longer)
;within the context of the SH3 game engine
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel0=500; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel1=1999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel2=3999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel3=7999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel4=15999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel6=31999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel7=63999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel8=127999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel9=255999; SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalSettings0=0.25
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalSettings1=0.5
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalSettings2=1
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore0=2000;2 class, SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore1=4000;1 class, SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore2=10000; knight, SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore3=25000; oak leaves, SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore4=50000;swords, SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore5=80000;diamonds, SCORE
PLAYER_RENOWN|MedalScore6=160000;all, SCORE

;The below lines increase the number of badges available for awarding and defers
;receipt of GC until later in the war, and the clasp to very high value for the clasp
;as it was considered an elite award, above the Iron Cross
MEDALS_CREW|RenownStep=250; RENOWN, u-boat badge
MEDALS_CREW|SunkInPatrol=80000; TONNAGE, front clasp
MEDALS_CREW|SunkInPatrolGerman=60000; TONNAGE, GC
MEDALS_CREW|SunkInPatrolKnights=70000; TONNAGE, KC

For those starting a new game, the u-boat badge is awarded based on your renown for the patrol. That can be adjusted with the value above. Though protocol was for it to be awarded after the third patrol, it could be awarded after 1 if it was an exceptional patrol, the sailor performed heroic, or the sailor was wounded.

To get the ranks correct the file (within) SHC you need to modify I couldn't get it to correctly add the extra 4 ranks. Rather than bang my head against the wall further I just made a very simple mod that adds them in such a way that SHC won't overite them when it loads. It's JGSME ready, I made it as a personal patch but was planning on making it a complete JGSME mod that could be added and then not require any changes to be done in SHC. The file for the extended ranks (which is required if using SHC) you can get here.

P.S. Sorry if you see a 舅 character instead of the 'a' character, my computer is set to Japanese and for whatever reason decides to display the character as such, but when you load the game it will show up properly. Even with the IME set to English it still wants to read that character as such when its in an asci file.

P.P.S I've recently found several primary resources on German ranks and insignia and have gotten conflicting information regarding the Kommodore rank. The rank was generally assigned to officers that had a job that was not front line combat; i.e. they wouldn't be out there on a ship in command issuing orders, was more of a "Secretary" like rank, like a 0 star admiral to speak. As there were few u-boat captains that obtained even the rank of Kapitan Zur see finding one that obtained that rank but then retired from front line duty (either to go to bdu or a training school) has found no people so far. It makes more sense that that rank position should be a Konteadmiral as such a person would have been in charge of a task force (surface fleet) or the flotilla commander (though oddly that position was held usually be a relatively low ranked officer (equivalent to a major or lt. col in the allied forces, a spot usually occupied by at least a captain and usually a 1-star admiral).

08-26-10, 07:48 PM	#8
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	To add extra ranks (up to Vizeadmiral) you'll need to modify the basic.cfg and menu.en file as follows: (Please note, you can add these to GWX or Vanilla as shown and will work fine without any further changes, for SHC you need to do more stuff, see the bottom on what other files to modify) [PLAYER_RENOWN] AcademyBonus=1000 RankLevel0=500; SCORE RankLevel1=1999; SCORE RankLevel2=3999; SCORE RankLevel3=7999; SCORE MedalSettings0=0.25 MedalSettings1=0.5 MedalSettings2=1 MedalScore0=2000;2 class, SCORE MedalScore1=4000;1 class, SCORE MedalScore2=10000; knight, SCORE MedalScore3=25000; oak leaves, SCORE MedalScore4=50000;swords, SCORE MedalScore5=80000;diamonds, SCORE MedalScore6=160000;all, SCORE RankLevel4=15999; SCORE RankLevel6=31999; SCORE RankLevel7=63999; SCORE RankLevel8=127999; SCORE RankLevel9=255999; SCORE and add to the menu.en file: 160=Gefreiter 161=Obergefreiter 162=Hauptgefreiter 163=Feldwebel 164=Stabsfeldwebel 165=Stabsoberfeldwebel 166=Oberf臧nrich z. S. 167=Leutnant z. S. 168=Oberleutnant z. S. 169=Oberleutnant z. S. 170=Leutnant z. S.; Oberleutnant z. S. 171=Oberleutnant z. S.; Kapit舅leutnant 172=Kapit舅leutnant; Korvettenkapit舅 173=Korvettenkapit舅; Fregattenkapit舅 174=Fregattenkapit舅; Kapit舅 z. S. 175=Exit To Menu 176=Kapit舅 z. S.; Kommodore 177=Kommodore; Konteradmiral 178=Konteradmiral; Vizeadmiral 179=Vizeadmiral; Admiral The values for the ranks and medals can (and should) be adjusted for your style of play. The main concept with these settings is for you to reach Kapit舅leutnant around the same time you'd be awarded you Ritterkreuz. After Kapit舅leutnant good kaleuns would get their next promotion in 9-12 months until they hit Kommodore and then it was generally about 12-18 months if they advanced after that. The medal values are adjusted so the RK isn't too hard to get (for most part it's not too hard to get 100,000 tons to your name in game) but the higher version are intentionally made harder. Particullarly the RK Brillant (Knights Cross Gold with Diamonds) I've made out of reach for most but those that would play a very long career since only 1 was ever awarded, and it wasn't to a submariner but a Stuka pilot. Since this is more or less a unique award (like the Grand Cross of the Knights Cross that Goering awarded himself) imo it doesn't belong here. It'd have made more sense to use something like the German Order as the top award since only 8 or so people were awarded it throughout the war. For SHC: Each time SHC loads it erases any changes in those two files and re-writes them with the values entered in certain SHC files. This makes it harder to make changes but makes in the end makes it harder to try and cheat Put this into the static settings file (in the cfg folder in SHC: ;The below lines provide more realistic promotions (sooner) and medals (longer) ;within the context of the SH3 game engine PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel0=500; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel1=1999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel2=3999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel3=7999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel4=15999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel6=31999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel7=63999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel8=127999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|RankLevel9=255999; SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalSettings0=0.25 PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalSettings1=0.5 PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalSettings2=1 PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore0=2000;2 class, SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore1=4000;1 class, SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore2=10000; knight, SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore3=25000; oak leaves, SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore4=50000;swords, SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore5=80000;diamonds, SCORE PLAYER_RENOWN\|MedalScore6=160000;all, SCORE ;The below lines increase the number of badges available for awarding and defers ;receipt of GC until later in the war, and the clasp to very high value for the clasp ;as it was considered an elite award, above the Iron Cross MEDALS_CREW\|RenownStep=250; RENOWN, u-boat badge MEDALS_CREW\|SunkInPatrol=80000; TONNAGE, front clasp MEDALS_CREW\|SunkInPatrolGerman=60000; TONNAGE, GC MEDALS_CREW\|SunkInPatrolKnights=70000; TONNAGE, KC For those starting a new game, the u-boat badge is awarded based on your renown for the patrol. That can be adjusted with the value above. Though protocol was for it to be awarded after the third patrol, it could be awarded after 1 if it was an exceptional patrol, the sailor performed heroic, or the sailor was wounded. To get the ranks correct the file (within) SHC you need to modify I couldn't get it to correctly add the extra 4 ranks. Rather than bang my head against the wall further I just made a very simple mod that adds them in such a way that SHC won't overite them when it loads. It's JGSME ready, I made it as a personal patch but was planning on making it a complete JGSME mod that could be added and then not require any changes to be done in SHC. The file for the extended ranks (which is required if using SHC) you can get here. P.S. Sorry if you see a 舅 character instead of the 'a' character, my computer is set to Japanese and for whatever reason decides to display the character as such, but when you load the game it will show up properly. Even with the IME set to English it still wants to read that character as such when its in an asci file. P.P.S I've recently found several primary resources on German ranks and insignia and have gotten conflicting information regarding the Kommodore rank. The rank was generally assigned to officers that had a job that was not front line combat; i.e. they wouldn't be out there on a ship in command issuing orders, was more of a "Secretary" like rank, like a 0 star admiral to speak. As there were few u-boat captains that obtained even the rank of Kapitan Zur see finding one that obtained that rank but then retired from front line duty (either to go to bdu or a training school) has found no people so far. It makes more sense that that rank position should be a Konteadmiral as such a person would have been in charge of a task force (surface fleet) or the flotilla commander (though oddly that position was held usually be a relatively low ranked officer (equivalent to a major or lt. col in the allied forces, a spot usually occupied by at least a captain and usually a 1-star admiral). Last edited by Tessa; 08-26-10 at 08:00 PM.