Promotion and Medal presentation SH 5

Lord Justice · 10-29-09, 11:38 AM

wouldnt it be great ( captains only ) if there was some kind of short film footage toward ones achievments, lets say 5 second clip of donitz presenting promotions/ lower medals. perhaps adolf on earning knights cross? even if this were in some kind of annimation!! iam sure it beats looking at a medal with words of praise, to be suddenly put in box. after all the love of the game!! sim, inspiration certainly helps during those long patrols, the looking foward to returning to base. Medals/ stripes/ Fraus/ beer/ and gossip with thomsen leaves one of satisfaction. you think??

Sailor Steve · 10-29-09, 11:45 AM

Yes, this would be neat. I never earned any medals or promotions in Aces Of The Deep, but its companion game Red Baron gave film clips of medals being pinned on. Both of those had newspaper clippings celebrating your accomplishments and mourning your loss if you died.

10-29-09, 11:48 AM

Donitz or others, yes. Hitler, No.

Méo · 10-29-09, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sevrin

Donitz or others, yes. Hitler, No.

Agreed, imagine what would think those who already say: ''why german side again''?

10-29-09, 12:45 PM

One thing I had always imagined was that instead of a 'medal box', there be a screen that shows a tunic, with your rank and insignia added as you earn them. Something that can be zoomed in or rotated, and hovering the cursor over a particular award will show a description...

Maybe even have the option to show (some) of the awards as ribbon bars instead of badges.

Kinda hard to explain exactly, but it would show your progression in a different way I think, rather than a wooden box with cut-outs waiting to be filled in. Oh, and the accompanying documents would be a nice addition to the award also.

I'm also wondering how the criteria for awards will be done this time out. It seems they are always 'flaky' in these games.

Lord Justice · 10-29-09, 01:07 PM

nice one guys , some good ideas there, i do so hope the dev team develop one of these ideas, as for playing the other side with my above mentioned idea we all know its for the u boot, but i get the drift, nothing meant by it just saw prien being highly awarded with the higherarchy on his merrits, they even sent prien and his crew in an all expenses paid ski trip not to mention all the other perks one had thrown at them.

10-29-09, 01:14 PM

Hey no biggie on what you mentioned, it's just that flying us off to the Berghof might be a bit much..lol

No worries tho.

Hope they do have a better visual / criteria model for the medals this time tho!

THE_MASK · 10-29-09, 03:42 PM

Nah , videos are so 2005 . First person is so 2010 .

longam · 10-29-09, 03:52 PM

JScones · 10-30-09, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 4Para

wouldnt it be great ( captains only ) if there was some kind of short film footage toward ones achievments, lets say 5 second clip of donitz presenting promotions/ lower medals. perhaps adolf on earning knights cross? even if this were in some kind of annimation!! iam sure it beats looking at a medal with words of praise, to be suddenly put in box. after all the love of the game!! sim, inspiration certainly helps during those long patrols, the looking foward to returning to base. Medals/ stripes/ Fraus/ beer/ and gossip with thomsen leaves one of satisfaction. you think??

I agree. I remember Panzer Commander had a static screen. Nothing extravagant, but better than nothing.

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Originally Posted by Sevrin

One thing I had always imagined was that instead of a 'medal box', there be a screen that shows a tunic, with your rank and insignia added as you earn them. Something that can be zoomed in or rotated, and hovering the cursor over a particular award will show a description...

Maybe even have the option to show (some) of the awards as ribbon bars instead of badges.

Kinda hard to explain exactly, but it would show your progression in a different way I think, rather than a wooden box with cut-outs waiting to be filled in.

I agree. I actually built a prototype of this in SH3Cmdr, where when the user selects the Crew Manager screen they get a bust of each crewmen with rank/medals/badges/quals mounted. Unfortunately, I couldn't get an artist with free time to help finish it.

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Originally Posted by Sevrin

Oh, and the accompanying documents would be a nice addition to the award also.

Again, another feature that fell by the wayside in SH3Cmdr through lack of help, but one that I'd love to see in SH5.

Dowly · 10-30-09, 04:35 AM

Somekind of drawn pic would be nice, kinda like the screens you see in SH4 for stuff. I dont mind having uncle Adolf presenting awards, maybe draw it so that Adolf is facing away from the "camera", so you dont see his face, but you still know who the man is. Maybe draw him from back and right, so he is standing in an small angle, so that the swastika on the left sleeve wouldnt be visible (but you'd see abit of his left arm and part of the red banner) and only a portion of his face would be visible. I think everyone would be happy with that.

ETR3(SS) · 10-30-09, 09:05 AM

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Go away wow cow...

Stealth Hunter · 10-30-09, 10:55 PM

Anytime I think of a supreme graphical representation of receiving awards/promotions, Red Baron and Red Baron 3D always come to mind. Sadly, there's a shortage of that kind of quality in games today. Or hard work for that matter. It's always left up to the modders now. Devs like Damon Slye and Dynamix were praised and loved for one reason: they produced damn fine work.

JScones · 10-31-09, 09:35 AM

I've gotta say, this thread has reminded me of everything I loved about Microprose simulations of the 1980's and early 1990's. They always had medal screens and stuff. Remember Gunship 2000?

10-31-09, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

I've gotta say, this thread has reminded me of everything I loved about Microprose simulations of the 1980's and early 1990's. They always had medal screens and stuff. Remember Gunship 2000?

Man, THOSE were the days,

Microprose, Strategic Simulations, Westwood Studios, Dynamix, Sierra...

10-29-09, 11:38 AM	#1
Lord Justice Previously 4Para Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Britain Posts: 609 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Promotion and Medal presentation SH 5 wouldnt it be great ( captains only ) if there was some kind of short film footage toward ones achievments, lets say 5 second clip of donitz presenting promotions/ lower medals. perhaps adolf on earning knights cross? even if this were in some kind of annimation!! iam sure it beats looking at a medal with words of praise, to be suddenly put in box. after all the love of the game!! sim, inspiration certainly helps during those long patrols, the looking foward to returning to base. Medals/ stripes/ Fraus/ beer/ and gossip with thomsen leaves one of satisfaction. you think??

10-29-09, 11:45 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yes, this would be neat. I never earned any medals or promotions in Aces Of The Deep, but its companion game Red Baron gave film clips of medals being pinned on. Both of those had newspaper clippings celebrating your accomplishments and mourning your loss if you died. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-29-09, 01:07 PM	#6
Lord Justice Previously 4Para Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Britain Posts: 609 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	nice one guys , some good ideas there, i do so hope the dev team develop one of these ideas, as for playing the other side with my above mentioned idea we all know its for the u boot, but i get the drift, nothing meant by it just saw prien being highly awarded with the higherarchy on his merrits, they even sent prien and his crew in an all expenses paid ski trip not to mention all the other perks one had thrown at them. Last edited by Lord Justice; 12-15-09 at 10:14 PM.

10-29-09, 01:14 PM	#7
Sevrin Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hey no biggie on what you mentioned, it's just that flying us off to the Berghof might be a bit much..lol No worries tho. Hope they do have a better visual / criteria model for the medals this time tho! Last edited by Sevrin; 11-04-09 at 03:15 PM.

10-29-09, 11:48 AM	#3
Sevrin Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Donitz or others, yes. Hitler, No.

10-29-09, 12:45 PM	#5
Sevrin Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	One thing I had always imagined was that instead of a 'medal box', there be a screen that shows a tunic, with your rank and insignia added as you earn them. Something that can be zoomed in or rotated, and hovering the cursor over a particular award will show a description... Maybe even have the option to show (some) of the awards as ribbon bars instead of badges. Kinda hard to explain exactly, but it would show your progression in a different way I think, rather than a wooden box with cut-outs waiting to be filled in. Oh, and the accompanying documents would be a nice addition to the award also. I'm also wondering how the criteria for awards will be done this time out. It seems they are always 'flaky' in these games.

10-29-09, 03:42 PM	#8
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Nah , videos are so 2005 . First person is so 2010 .

10-29-09, 03:52 PM	#9
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0

10-30-09, 04:35 AM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Somekind of drawn pic would be nice, kinda like the screens you see in SH4 for stuff. I dont mind having uncle Adolf presenting awards, maybe draw it so that Adolf is facing away from the "camera", so you dont see his face, but you still know who the man is. Maybe draw him from back and right, so he is standing in an small angle, so that the swastika on the left sleeve wouldnt be visible (but you'd see abit of his left arm and part of the red banner) and only a portion of his face would be visible. I think everyone would be happy with that.

10-30-09, 10:55 PM	#13
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Anytime I think of a supreme graphical representation of receiving awards/promotions, Red Baron and Red Baron 3D always come to mind. Sadly, there's a shortage of that kind of quality in games today. Or hard work for that matter. It's always left up to the modders now. Devs like Damon Slye and Dynamix were praised and loved for one reason: they produced damn fine work.

10-31-09, 09:35 AM	#14
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I've gotta say, this thread has reminded me of everything I loved about Microprose simulations of the 1980's and early 1990's. They always had medal screens and stuff. Remember Gunship 2000?