German Ranks

johntkelly · 08-29-05, 08:42 AM

Hi!

I thought I saw a mod which switched the English ranks of Captain and Lieutenant, and so forth, for the German Kaptaine and Ubergrappenfuhrer etc.
But I'm struggling to find it thread again.

Would be most grateful if someone could point in the right direction.

Cheers!

Woof1701 · 08-29-05, 09:42 AM

*know-it-all-mode-on*

Just to clarify:

The rank is written "KapitÃ¤n" (or written with an English alphabet without Umlaut: "Kaptiaen") However the captain of a uboat usually held the rank of "Oberleutnant", "KapitÃ¤nleutnant" (Kaleun) or higher like "KorvettenkapitÃ¤n" Generally no matter what his rank is, he is referred to as "Herr Kaleu" or "Herr Kaleun" similar to the English tradtion to call anyone in command of a ship "Captain"

The other one you mentioned should be "ObergruppenfÃ¼hrer" which roughly translates into "Chief Group Leader" and is an SS rank and certainly not applicable to the navy

*know-it-all-mode-off*

Commander1980 · 08-29-05, 10:09 AM

For comparative ranks see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine

johntkelly · 08-30-05, 08:19 AM

Thank you for the corrections to my German!

The mod I was attempting to allude to had all the correct ranks in all the correct places.. I guess noone remembers the mod.

Or perhaps I imagined the whole thing

Would you be able to suggest a file wherein I might find the ranks and then I can use the Wikipaedia link and mod it up myself?

Cheers again.

LukeFF · 08-31-05, 06:51 AM

Go to /data/menu and look for the en_menu.txt and de_menu.txt files. Lines 160-174 should look like this:

160=Matrosengefreiter
161=Matrosenobergefreiter
162=Matrosenhauptgefreiter
163=Bootsmann
164=Stabsbootsmann
165=Stabsoberbootsmann
166=OberfÃ¤hnrich 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.; KapitÃ¤nleutnant
172=KapitÃ¤nleutnant; KorvettenkapitÃ¤n
173=KorvettenkapitÃ¤n; FregattenkapitÃ¤n
174=;KapitÃ¤n z. S.

johntkelly · 08-31-05, 02:50 PM

vielen Dank!

LukeFF · 08-31-05, 08:17 PM

bitteschoen!

Sawdust · 08-31-05, 08:35 PM

You could really go all-out and choose German as the text language (in addition to the voice language, which I recommend to everyone). Then all your menus, and text messages from the crew will be auf Deutsch.

08-29-05, 08:42 AM	#1
johntkelly Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	German Ranks Hi! I thought I saw a mod which switched the English ranks of Captain and Lieutenant, and so forth, for the German Kaptaine and Ubergrappenfuhrer etc. But I'm struggling to find it thread again. Would be most grateful if someone could point in the right direction. Cheers!

08-29-05, 10:09 AM	#3
Commander1980 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 218 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	For comparative ranks see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine __________________ New Unit \"Flottenbegleiter\" List of all available equipment and weapons in SH3

08-31-05, 08:35 PM	#8
Sawdust Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Quadrant DB22 Posts: 198 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You could really go all-out and choose German as the text language (in addition to the voice language, which I recommend to everyone). Then all your menus, and text messages from the crew will be auf Deutsch. __________________ .-. --- ..- --. .... ... . .- ... .- .... . .- -..

08-29-05, 09:42 AM	#2
Woof1701 Commodore Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Munich, Germany, Home of U-96 Posts: 633 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	know-it-all-mode-on Just to clarify: The rank is written "KapitÃ¤n" (or written with an English alphabet without Umlaut: "Kaptiaen") However the captain of a uboat usually held the rank of "Oberleutnant", "KapitÃ¤nleutnant" (Kaleun) or higher like "KorvettenkapitÃ¤n" Generally no matter what his rank is, he is referred to as "Herr Kaleu" or "Herr Kaleun" similar to the English tradtion to call anyone in command of a ship "Captain" The other one you mentioned should be "ObergruppenfÃ¼hrer" which roughly translates into "Chief Group Leader" and is an SS rank and certainly not applicable to the navy know-it-all-mode-off

08-30-05, 08:19 AM	#4
johntkelly Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thank you for the corrections to my German! The mod I was attempting to allude to had all the correct ranks in all the correct places.. I guess noone remembers the mod. Or perhaps I imagined the whole thing Would you be able to suggest a file wherein I might find the ranks and then I can use the Wikipaedia link and mod it up myself? Cheers again.

08-31-05, 06:51 AM	#5
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Go to /data/menu and look for the en_menu.txt and de_menu.txt files. Lines 160-174 should look like this: 160=Matrosengefreiter 161=Matrosenobergefreiter 162=Matrosenhauptgefreiter 163=Bootsmann 164=Stabsbootsmann 165=Stabsoberbootsmann 166=OberfÃ¤hnrich 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.; KapitÃ¤nleutnant 172=KapitÃ¤nleutnant; KorvettenkapitÃ¤n 173=KorvettenkapitÃ¤n; FregattenkapitÃ¤n 174=;KapitÃ¤n z. S.

08-31-05, 02:50 PM	#6
johntkelly Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	vielen Dank!

08-31-05, 08:17 PM	#7
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	bitteschoen!