[REL] U.S. Medals Fix

[peabody]

Originally Posted by CapnScurvy

That's a good thought, but don't hold it for too long. :rotfl:

The thought is gone. Maybe there is a built in craps table, it rolls the dice and that's what you get.

Peabody

[Nisgeis]

Maybe the awards are based on largest single unit tonnage, not cumulative tonnage? Try setting a destoryer to 16,000 tons and sinking one and seeing what you get.

Then again, if that doesn't work, it might be unit type based. The unit type is in the cfg file? Why not try changing the destroyer type to be the same type as the CV and re-sinking the destroyer (at the same tonnage as the CV) - see if you get the same reward as the first time with the CV. Or, it could be unit type and single unit tonnage based - set a destroyer to be same tonnage and type as a CV.

There was a priority order for targets, with CV and AO being at the top of the list. DDs were at the bottom of priority. Perhaps a better award would be given for two heavy cruisers than one, the same as a CV, which is higher on the list? Oh yeah and the priority changed throughout the war, so if the game models it, you may get different results depending on the year.

[CapnScurvy]

Nisgeis, you've got some interesting ideas there for testing!! You would be right to try those ideas for testing the "what or how" in figuring the awards calculations. It's just the system seems to work about right (whatever the process) for giving medals once the right medal order was figured out (I think). The process would be suspect of problems if a Coastal Merchant produced a larger award then say a Heavy Cruiser warship. However, as far as I know this is not the case. What I really need is some regular game play results with several patrols under the belt to see if the medals are still reasonably issued. I'm fairly certain the lower half of medals preform about right but, I'm concerned about the upper medals like the Silver Star, Navy Cross, The Congressional Medal of Honor being in a reasonable order for issue.

[groomsie]

Have has this downloaded for several days but needed to finish my patrol to activate the mod. Implemented last night and it looks great! Nice work.

[CapnScurvy]

I have updated the U.S. Medals Fix modification with the latest release date of Oct. 3 2008. Because of a conflict between the Captain's award and the crew awards where the same label description had to be used for both, I have decided to remove the "Dolphins Badge" from the Crew awards and replace this 1st tier award with the Navy Commendation Medal. This will allow for a better written award citation (which I also improved) for the Captain.

I also removed the conflicting medals from the Captain's Award Box (found in the office). No medals will be seen in the Box when opened now. However, when mouse clicking the interior, the screen will change to whatever medals the Captain has received along with the new written citation. To change medals (if more than one has been issued) clicking on the small "left hand" icons will take you to that specific medal.

[<Jason>]

just to let you know, in case you didnt catch it:

in the first screenshot, their is a typo.

It says, "The Predident of the Unites States".

gonna try this mod as soon as im back in port.

[CapnScurvy]

Welcome <Jason> to SubSim.

No, I didn't catch this typing error until you brought it up!! Thanks for the eagle eye. I have uploaded a corrected version to FileFront dated today Oct. 27, 2008 for all effected editions. I would shoot my poof reader, but the damn guy is me!!

Thanks again