Purple Heart Award???

Pappy55 · 03-17-08, 12:44 PM

Hi all,

Just dug up SH4 again now its "playable" and just done my first war patrol and sunk 2 merchants and a passanger liner escorted by 4 destroyers headed for Borneo..

Returned home and was awarded the Purple Heart..
This is the part I do not understand..
No crew were wounded or killed. we suffered no damadge what so ever..

Only attack on me was by a few A/C and every time I crash dived in time so they coulden't bomb me.

Being British I am not 100% on US medals but i thought that the Purple Heart was only awarded as a result of being wounded or killed by direct action from the enemy in combat.

Can anyone throw any light on this?

seafarer · 03-17-08, 12:50 PM

The medals are not based on real medals nor on real world basis for receiving them. On my first war patrol, I received the Medal Of Honor - all I did was sink a couple of small tonnage coastal freighters, and burn up tons of diesel fuel.

It seems that crew members get purple hearts for stubbing their toes on the hatch gratings - perhaps during a crash dive? Just to at least make it (a little) more then a mere boo-boo.

Pappy55 · 03-17-08, 03:22 PM

Any mods to sort this out?

Dignan · 03-17-08, 03:41 PM

You're not alone. I get the purple heart after EVERY mission. I also am given 2 or 3 to hand out to my non injured crew. Definitely a bug.

03-17-08, 12:44 PM	#1
Pappy55 Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 211 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 0	Purple Heart Award??? Hi all, Just dug up SH4 again now its "playable" and just done my first war patrol and sunk 2 merchants and a passanger liner escorted by 4 destroyers headed for Borneo.. Returned home and was awarded the Purple Heart.. This is the part I do not understand.. No crew were wounded or killed. we suffered no damadge what so ever.. Only attack on me was by a few A/C and every time I crash dived in time so they coulden't bomb me. Being British I am not 100% on US medals but i thought that the Purple Heart was only awarded as a result of being wounded or killed by direct action from the enemy in combat. Can anyone throw any light on this? __________________

03-17-08, 12:50 PM	#2
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The medals are not based on real medals nor on real world basis for receiving them. On my first war patrol, I received the Medal Of Honor - all I did was sink a couple of small tonnage coastal freighters, and burn up tons of diesel fuel. It seems that crew members get purple hearts for stubbing their toes on the hatch gratings - perhaps during a crash dive? Just to at least make it (a little) more then a mere boo-boo. __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

03-17-08, 03:22 PM	#3
Pappy55 Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 211 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 0	Any mods to sort this out? __________________

03-17-08, 03:41 PM	#4
Dignan Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 698 Downloads: 262 Uploads: 0	You're not alone. I get the purple heart after EVERY mission. I also am given 2 or 3 to hand out to my non injured crew. Definitely a bug.