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Snofur May 8, 2015 @ 2:18am
Crew Management; Promotions??
''You must complete a patrol'' says the game on my 8th patrol...

What must you REALLY do to get a promotion? Currently holding 0, and crew eager to rise in the ranks. Bdu tinkering with my files?


Is it locked by date, year, condition, anything? I'm in late 1939, december.
Please help me, my crew aint happy either.

(Type II, 3000 renown)
Last edited by Snofur; May 8, 2015 @ 9:50am
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SievertChaser May 8, 2015 @ 7:35am 
I got a promotion at around 5th patrol. Basically you get to kick one of your guys up a rank. It's really slow, agreed.
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Snofur May 8, 2015 @ 8:02am 
On my 11th patrol, when I aquired my VIIC, 1940. I got a promotion, it was shiny looking. Also, 1940 was a heavy year, over 30000 toonage sunk... In one day. Its kind of misleading, it says you need to complete a patrol FIRST when it obviously dosent work.
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Oparator Stalker May 8, 2015 @ 8:46am 
You get promotions and medals based on the Renown amount you get per-patrol, the crew gets promotions and medals besed off renown they receive from the combat engagments you get into. Let say you hit up a bunch of planes and a convoy, well your crew will get a form of pay out so medals and promotions will be available for them..

qulifacations

For each patrol petty/warent officers get 1 qulifacation, and the Officers gets 3. One qulifacation will be available after compleating 1 patrol..
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SievertChaser May 8, 2015 @ 8:51am 
Since that makes no sense, I'll lay it out as follows: medals and promotions are based on your performance. You also get one qualification per completed sortie regardless of performance. Warrants get only one (which is then displayed prominently), officers (guys with portraits) get up three.
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Snofur May 8, 2015 @ 9:50am 
I pretty much know this stuff, but how promotions are earned or received not so much, it was informative neitherless.
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Zauberblümele May 8, 2015 @ 4:13pm 
After 14 patrols I had a promotion, changed recently to a full upgraded Type VII-C, the legendary U-96, after ive started my career with U-48 in 1939. I have also all medals and my crew gets everytime promotions and medals, in december 1940.
I play on 65% realism, the promotions, medals, points are calculated by the difficulty level of your patrol.
So to get fast progress, play on high realism settings.
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Snofur May 9, 2015 @ 4:35am 
Ah alright, well I have 10 realism atm. I probably will stick to that. That will make sense tough.
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Oparator Stalker May 9, 2015 @ 9:23am 
Originally posted by dennis.danilov:
Since that makes no sense, I'll lay it out as follows: medals and promotions are based on your performance. You also get one qualification per completed sortie regardless of performance. Warrants get only one (which is then displayed prominently), officers (guys with portraits) get up three.

Makes no sense? really...

[PLAYER_RENOWN] <---key word RENOWN
AcademyBonus=1000

>YOUR PROMOTIONS
RankLevel0=0; SCORE <-----is your renown..
RankLevel1=5000; SCORE
RankLevel2=15000; SCORE
RankLevel3=25000; SCORE

MedalScore0=3000;2 class, SCORE
MedalScore1=6000;1 class, SCORE
MedalScore2=10000; knight, SCORE
MedalScore3=15000; oak leaves, SCORE
MedalScore4=20000;swords, SCORE
MedalScore5=25000;diamonds, SCORE
MedalScore6=30000;all, SCORE

[MEDALS_CREW] <---this is for the crew to be paid and receive
RenownStep=500; RENOWN, u-boat badge
SunkInPatrol=5000; TONNAGE, front clasp
RenownStep2ndClass=20000; TONNAGE, IC 2nd
SunkInPatrol1stClass=30000; TONNAGE, IC 1st
SunkInPatrolGerman=40000; TONNAGE, GC
SunkInPatrolKnights=50000; TONNAGE, KC


[PROMOTIONS] PROMOTIONS based on the step of renown
RenownStep0=500
RenownStep1=1000
RenownStep2=1500
RenownStep3=2000

Like I said to begain with....makes all the sense because this is how it is done..
That is why you move up in medals and ranks when you found nothing on a patrol. Because you get paid for being on a patrol.

steam version game

[RENOWN]
RenownReachGridObjCompleted=500
RenownPatrolGridObjCompleted=200
CompletedPatrol=100

Just when you sink ships you get more and if you do the patrol it is added to the exsisting list, so you move up faster, and your crew will also get something.

Each ship has its own value..

[Unit]
ClassName=BrAuxCruiser
RenownAwarded=420

>this isn't what the ship cost, it is the pay out value to you..
RenownAwarded=420

the last added pay out to you is running the boat. each boat has its own pay out to you for running that boat on patrol..

[SUBMARINE_AMMO2]; VIIB
Type=1
Version=0
ForeTubes=4
AftTubes=1
ForeResIntern=4
ForeResExtern=1
ForeResExtra=2
AftResIntern=1
AftResExtern=1
ShellSlots=10
NbYears=7
Renown=3 <----what your getting paid for this boat..
SNK_MASK=NSS_Uboattype7_SNK_mask

That is how the system is done..if you feel you don't get enough, but don't want to over do it,
then go into the sea folder and each ship's cfg file raise its RenownAwarded for it. I did that because some RenownAward was too low for the ship in question I thought. Been playing this game since the very first release of the DVD retail 1.0......
Last edited by Oparator Stalker; May 9, 2015 @ 9:24am
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Snofur May 9, 2015 @ 9:46am 
That is insane info, that made my day so much easier. Got the 30000 tonnage level by just stumbling on a convoy left of ireland in stormy weather, no fog, luckily, tough was at night so it was not a walk in the park either. I got alot of medals lately, was woundering until I saw the more renown you keep, the more medals you get, that was because I was saving for the VIIB.


All plain luck that day. (Night)
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Oparator Stalker May 9, 2015 @ 2:19pm 
Originally posted by Snoken:
That is insane info, that made my day so much easier. Got the 30000 tonnage level by just stumbling on a convoy left of ireland in stormy weather, no fog, luckily, tough was at night so it was not a walk in the park either. I got alot of medals lately, was woundering until I saw the more renown you keep, the more medals you get, that was because I was saving for the VIIB.


All plain luck that day. (Night)

Glad that helped.. :)
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sENoZ May 14, 2015 @ 5:00pm 
you want medal ♥♥♥♥ and promotion ?

Well play do like me play at 100% realism, i just keep contact on map and nothing else.

Also, use all your torpedo also canon ammo.

Then get back to your base after..

With lot of renown.
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Snofur May 14, 2015 @ 5:04pm 
Haha, cannon in calm waters - Nope ''Can't use deckgun in stormy weather/sea'' lol game gtfo, i dont care if my crew gets thrown overboard, lemme use the damn gun xD

Also I will probably drown because of not paying attention to oxygen etc, also not being able to spy on thoose sexy ships, oh god then I'm in big trouble.


I think I will thinker with the files and get mods perhaps, thanks for all.
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sENoZ May 14, 2015 @ 5:05pm 
Originally posted by Snoken:
Haha, cannon in calm waters - Nope ''Can't use deckgun in stormy weather/sea'' lol game gtfo, i dont care if my crew gets thrown overboard, lemme use the damn gun xD

Also I will probably drown because of not paying attention to oxygen etc, also not being able to spy on thoose sexy ships, oh god then I'm in big trouble.


I think I will thinker with the files and get mods perhaps, thanks for all.



well, i can use canon by tempest no probelm ^^

i just installed a mod that permit you to use canon by all meteo condition ^^

not kidding man, and also very usefull.
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Snofur May 14, 2015 @ 5:06pm 
Originally posted by -sENoZ-:
Originally posted by Snoken:
Haha, cannon in calm waters - Nope ''Can't use deckgun in stormy weather/sea'' lol game gtfo, i dont care if my crew gets thrown overboard, lemme use the damn gun xD

Also I will probably drown because of not paying attention to oxygen etc, also not being able to spy on thoose sexy ships, oh god then I'm in big trouble.


I think I will thinker with the files and get mods perhaps, thanks for all.



well, i can use canon by tempest no probelm ^^

i just installed a mod that permit you to use canon by all meteo condition ^^

not kidding man, and also very usefull.


I bet, i was very annoyed by that, they did use deck gun very rarely in stormy weather too? I'm thinking Das-Boot, wrong?
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sENoZ May 14, 2015 @ 5:10pm 

I bet, i was very annoyed by that, they did use deck gun very rarely in stormy weather too? I'm thinking Das-Boot, wrong? [/quote]



i dont remember if in das boot we see them using the deck gun.

Anyway, for sure in real when it was ♥♥♥♥ outisde, using cannon should be so difficult, the best was to crash dive or just dive depending on how much time they have atm.


The mod am speaking about is >>> GWX 3.0 All weather guns.
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