Changing ranks

[JScones]

Originally Posted by hyperion2206

One of the many reasons why I love GWX is that you're promoted to Oberleutnant as soon as you've got 1499 of renown, during the Happy Times it's farely easy.

As you start a career with 1,500 renown anyway (assuming you've done the academy), all you have to do is take your boat out and get it home to get your promotion...unless you are an upgrade freak.

Anyway...

Points to consider before artificially inflating your rank

1. The highest rank SH3 awards is KptLt. There is provision for KvtKpt but I have never been aware of it being awarded in SH3. There certainly is no greater rank awarded by SH3.

2. You can change the rank labels in **_menu.txt but you will break compatibility with SH3Cmdr (if you use it) and most other mods as well. Some of you may remember a forum member that was running a mod that did same and had no end of problems with losing/gaining/losing/gaining rank all the time.

3. Fudging even 1,000,000 renown will not get you promoted any quicker.

When the game first came out, time was spent trying to find the best way to start with a more "realistic" rank of ObLt, with the result being reduction of the renown required to get it. Thus, if you've completed the academy and you don't buy up big before your first patrol, you're pretty much guaranteed a promotion after your first patrol.

This method was chosen as it maintains full integrity with the original SH3 and hence does not break any add-on or mod.

To alleviate it even more, some people (myself included), tend to use the first patrol as a shakedown cruise, simply to get familiar with boat and crew, whilst awaiting the promised ObLt promotion, which "BdU has assured me will be through in time for my second patrol".

Now, if you are an upgrade freak, or tend to lose renown via other means then you can simply lower even further the renown required to get to ObLt:

NON-SH3Cmdr users:
Open Basic.cfg and edit the line RankLevel1=1499; SCORE (under PLAYER_RENOWN) to be RankLevel1=10; SCORE (or whatever you want)

SH3Cmdr users:
Open SH3Cmdr's Static settings.cfg and change the line ;PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel1=1499; SCORE to PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel1=10; SCORE (or whatever). Make sure you also remove the leading semicolon (if it exists)!

I haven't tested whether lowering RankLevel2 or RankLevel3 gets you to the higher ranks any quicker, so play around with it too and let everyone know.

[hyperion2206]

Originally Posted by JScones

As you start a career with 1,500 renown anyway (assuming you've done the academy), all you have to do is take your boat out and get it home to get your promotion...unless you are an upgrade freak.

Anyway...

Points to consider before artificially inflating your rank

1. The highest rank SH3 awards is KptLt. There is provision for KvtKpt but I have never been aware of it being awarded in SH3. There certainly is no greater rank awarded by SH3.

2. You can change the rank labels in **_menu.txt but you will break compatibility with SH3Cmdr (if you use it) and most other mods as well. Some of you may remember a forum member that was running a mod that did same and had no end of problems with losing/gaining/losing/gaining rank all the time.

3. Fudging even 1,000,000 renown will not get you promoted any quicker.

When the game first came out, time was spent trying to find the best way to start with a more "realistic" rank of ObLt, with the result being reduction of the renown required to get it. Thus, if you've completed the academy and you don't buy up big before your first patrol, you're pretty much guaranteed a promotion after your first patrol.

This method was chosen as it maintains full integrity with the original SH3 and hence does not break any add-on or mod.

To alleviate it even more, some people (myself included), tend to use the first patrol as a shakedown cruise, simply to get familiar with boat and crew, whilst awaiting the promised ObLt promotion, which "BdU has assured me will be through in time for my second patrol".

Now, if you are an upgrade freak, or tend to lose renown via other means then you can simply lower even further the renown required to get to ObLt:

NON-SH3Cmdr users:
Open Basic.cfg and edit the line RankLevel1=1499; SCORE (under PLAYER_RENOWN) to be RankLevel1=10; SCORE (or whatever you want)

SH3Cmdr users:
Open SH3Cmdr's Static settings.cfg and change the line ;PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel1=1499; SCORE to PLAYER_RENOWN|RankLevel1=10; SCORE (or whatever). Make sure you also remove the leading semicolon (if it exists)!

I haven't tested whether lowering RankLevel2 or RankLevel3 gets you to the higher ranks any quicker, so play around with it too and let everyone know.

Tu sum it up: I theory it's possible but if you do you have caused havock, right?:rotfl:

[irish1958]

The way I loose U-Boats, my rank should be a seaman on probation.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by irish1958

The way I loose U-Boats, my rank should be a seaman on probation.

Possibly...but the Brits would keep on promoting you again lol