How to unlock player title "Admiral"?

[Dev Rossik]

With the addition of player titles, I'm working my way through them trying to unlock as many as I can. There is a small set related to your freighter/frigate fleet:

Captain: "Owned a fleet of 2 frigates"
Commodore: "Owned a fleet of 15 frigates"
Admiral: ???

I already had 20 frigates, so the first two just popped in for me. When I first read the hint for unlocking "Admiral", I thought it was telling me to get more frigates. So, I went out and purchased 10 more to reach the maximum of 30 frigates --- but the title was not awarded.

I went back and re-read the hint, and it says:

"Expand your freighter fleet"

So, now I think it means to add more freighters, not frigates, but I can't see any way to do that. I've gone to a couple of different freighters and spoken to the captains, and I can only swap them for my current freighter, not add them as you do when buying additional starships. My freighter is pretty optimized, so I certainly don't want to swap it, and that would seem unlikely to meet the requirement anyway.

Has anyone unlocked this title who can tell me what I need to do?


Thanks!

---Dev Rossik

[BlueLightning]

30 frigates, that's for admiral. I think the game bugs out.

[Dev Rossik]

BlueLightning, thanks for the reply. Does your comment mean you received the title that way? If so, I can open a support ticket.

---Dev Rossik

[BlueLightning]

Originally posted by Dev Rossik:

BlueLightning, thanks for the reply. Does your comment mean you received the title that way? If so, I can open a support ticket.

---Dev Rossik

Yes, however there's bugged titles in other things, i didn't get "Apprentice" but the titles after it. It's savegame related.

[Dev Rossik]

Good to know. Admittedly, I do mess about with my save game files a great deal. It's not the first time I've broken something that way.

Thanks for your help, I will seek a solution.

---Dev Rossik

[BlueLightning]

Originally posted by Dev Rossik:

Good to know. Admittedly, I do mess about with my save game files a great deal. It's not the first time I've broken something that way.

Thanks for your help, I will seek a solution.

---Dev Rossik

Editing savegame may break that stuff, i didn't see admiral title in the title list even locked, what page is it. In wiki it said to be 30 frigates though

[Dev Rossik]

Found it! The titles themselves aren't stored, it stores the stats that qualify you for them. I found that although I definitely have 30 frigates (counted them twice), the stat showed only 29. Problem is fixed, and the title is now unlocked.

FYI, the stats are grouped under a header named "^GLOBAL_STATS". I'm not sure what you mean by "page" --- perhaps a reference to a save game editing tool? I just edit the raw JSON file. It's a tricky area to work on, because there are dependencies between the stats that you could easily throw out of whack. Fortunately, "^FRIGATES" is a simple single value.

Thanks again!

--- Dev Rossik

[Radwulf]

Thanks a lot for sharing the solution !

I've used "NMS save editor" (get it from Github).
Menu / Edit / Edit raw JSON
"^FRIGATES" stat can be find at PLAYERSTATEDATA / STATS
For my save, it was at ligne 499

This stat was set at 21 instead of 30 ! Should I had to dismiss/buy 9 others frigates to fix the issue in game ? I don't know.

So I modified the value, saved and finally got the "Admiral" title.

[elaledou]

Originally posted by Radwulf:

Thanks a lot for sharing the solution !

I've used "NMS save editor" (get it from Github).
Menu / Edit / Edit raw JSON
"^FRIGATES" stat can be find at PLAYERSTATEDATA / STATS
For my save, it was at ligne 499

This stat was set at 21 instead of 30 ! Should I had to dismiss/buy 9 others frigates to fix the issue in game ? I don't know.

So I modified the value, saved and finally got the "Admiral" title.

Thanks for the tip. Spend years with this title unfinished. In my case, the bug was that stat bocked in 29. Concerning your doubt, I tried to fix it discarting several frigates (incluiding the 3 obtaining as prix in expeditions), but even having again 30 bought back in the float, title never appeared. Edition of JSON as you mentionned above worked fine for me, 30 in the place of 29.