medals

hi!

first of all you lot did a great job on wc saga! i'm really enjoying lighting up kilrathis again 😛 there are only few things i want to ask: what did i do to be awarded medals? for some of them the reason is obvious like the ace medal, but i have no clue what i got the bronze, silver and gold stars, the distinguished service cross and the starbust for... :? at last why did i get awarded with the bronze star after i got the silver and gold? well for now that's all folks. once again great job!

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Bronze, Silver and Gold Stars - are awarded mostly for achieving enough kills/score in one mission, sometimes for completing missions which you can fail and still continue. Some specific medals/ribbons are awarded after the series of missions and are granted based on your overall accomplishments in that specific mission series. Sometimes you will get Silver Star instead if not enough objectives were accomplished but still some of them were. Some other are awarded for outstanding achievements in battle. There are also standard kill based awards: Ace Medal - 5 kills Ace of Aces Medal - 25 kills Century Award - 100 kills

Good hunting.

hmm im always crediting 15 to 23 kills a mission and still no single star. i got century medal and vega prime evac ribbon but no single star.i am on the second mission in the new squad after fall of vegas planet and i have 120 kills or that. does it depend on difficulty level / does difficulty level affect score ? i switched from hard to medium after prologue.

my hit ratio is about 60 percent for guns...wtf i want stars XD

BTW is it possible to kill FIRECLAW in this first engagement ? i replayed this mission 5 times..saved all rockets for him but always he runs away? scripted or do i suck ?

You will have plenty of opportunities to earn more medals don't worry. As for Fireclaw you cannot kill him, his escape is scripted.

Bronze/Silver/Gold Stars are not awarded for kills, they are awarded for bravery. You'll get one soon enough (depending on your performance)

KeldorKatarn wrote:Bronze/Silver/Gold Stars are not awarded for kills, they are awarded for bravery. You'll get one soon enough (depending on your performance)

So far so good,got 2 bronze stars and ....surprise..a silver star in the feared skipper missile mission =)

But could i get GOLD in this mission? i mean .. i killed any target that i could reach as fast as possible before the skipper waypoint comes. then i cant kill fighters.. i must kill those 3 missiles..dammit how to get gold star there XD

kill the first missile then kill 2 launchers = gold ?

my problem is the subtargeting system. i can only lock subsystems that i face with my aim....so far..

GENERALLY is it possible to get a star every mission or only in certain ones ?

And what is the difference between brave and more brave ? i mean.....there must be a maths system in missions or triggers.

EXAMPLE:

i got 32 kills in that mission with the sleeping carrier/asteroid base,killed all light turrets of the carrier...both longbows above 80 percent and...NTHG , NO STAR after this epic battle...because there is no trigger in the mission for a star ?

Then i kill 3 skipper missiles with ir rockets ( ZZZZZ soooo brave) and 6 fighters....... BOOOM silver star LOL

i can not understand this logic of "bravery",its like steven spielberg pussy movies that paint a wannabee picture of war..

SORRY if that sounds too harsh, i love your work...maybe i cant explain as good as in my nature lang.

The gamedesign is addicting... i left my wing to help the civil station..so i had to restart mission haha because i wanted to be BRAVE =) no star..just mission end

I dont want to compare real armies medalsystem, i just want to understand your system,guys =)

again,BIG BIIG THX for your ountstanding work...on with the bodycount.

You don't get a medal in every mission. You can get them in specific ones. And then only one medal. You don't get a silver for passing good and a gold for passing perfect. You get them when you get them. 😉

KeldorKatarn wrote:You don't get a medal in every mission. You can get them in specific ones. And then only one medal. You don't get a silver for passing good and a gold for passing perfect. You get them when you get them. 😉

Thats what i wanted to hear ! thank you very much.now i can relax XDDDD

BTW i am big fan of X series....but comparing the story of X parts to your fanmade project... again HATS OFF SIRS ! simply admirable...you bring back good old times and turn a 35 yr old "adult" into ...lets say much younger hahaha

OMG why the big studios only make rubbish atm.....i mean i have ueber pc..i play A10,arma2,bf3 on ultra etc but this wc saga makes me glue to it like the teen i was ,playing wing commander day and night =)

if you remake strike commander as well i retire from real life 😛

WilhelmS wrote:if you remake strike commander as well i retire from real life 😛

FYI, there is a key to cycle targetting through the turrets/launchers on a ship (I think it's 'k' by default); check the keybindings in the options screen. There's also a key for doing the same with subsystems (eg. comms, weapons, sensors, engines). There's a third key for targetting the turret or subsystem that's under the reticle (i.e. the one you're aiming at).

arisian wrote:FYI, there is a key to cycle targetting through the turrets/launchers on a ship (I think it's 'k' by default); check the keybindings in the options screen. There's also a key for doing the same with subsystems (eg. comms, weapons, sensors, engines). There's a third key for targetting the turret or subsystem that's under the reticle (i.e. the one you're aiming at).

after 400+ kills i recognised this k key thx tough =)

maaan i love this game.i hope the campaign isnt over too soon....long time i didnt have this feelin 😛

WilhelmS wrote:maaan i love this game.i hope the campaign isnt over too soon....long time i didnt have this feelin 😛

Thanks for playing! Glad we made you feel like home!

I'm having an absolute blast playing this on very easy and seeing the plot unfold. Plan on replaying through on higher-level difficulties for the challenge.

Quick question: If you replay a single mission in the simulator, and meet the requirements for a medal in the mission, can you earn the medal via the simulator? I suspect the answer is no, and I'll have to keep replaying the mission via campaign if I want the medal, but, rather ask than assume. (Hyperion 4 comes to mind namely).

Thanks.

perlith wrote:Quick question: If you replay a single mission in the simulator, and meet the requirements for a medal in the mission, can you earn the medal via the simulator? I suspect the answer is no.

Your suspicion is accurate, the simulator does not give you credit for kills or medals, it is designed to help you practice a mission, to refine your flying skills, and to try out different fighting theories to determine their probability for success. The simulator is also present to allow you to refly your favorite mission (or possibloy your most hated mission) without having to reload the campaign.

Plan on replaying through on higher-level difficulties for the challenge.

Yup, it's what I call the "Slaying Ravana effect". Slaying Ravana was a FS2 mission of average difficulty on easy (and possibly medium), but became ridiculously difficult when played on insane.

So far there must have been 4-5 mission for which I had to turn down the difficulty (though in some cases it was more because I grew frustrated because of the length of the mission).