Lt. HFY Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 (edited) Actually, who deserves the medals in Ghost Recon...? I have played "M06 - Castle" several times, and still cannot understand GR's method for awarding medals to soldiers after combat. Almost every mission, my lead soldier racks up 20+ kills, but only receives the Bronze Star. I thought that if you had 20+ kills and took enemy fire, a Silver Star was awarded. Even when he gets 29 kills, enough to conceivably get a Distinguished Service Cross, he still only gets a Bronze Star. And keep in mind these are without cheats, and at times with lots of close-quarters combat or a Purple Heart too... I just don't get it. But just now, I went through the entire mission with one man, leaving the rest in the safety of the drop zone. The rifleman got 34 enemy kills. The other rifleman in his squad was KIA when they both took fire mid-way through the mission. The lead soldier was not hit, but there were definitely some close calls. By all accounts he should have gotten the Medal of Honor... But he only got the Bronze Star. I swear. Have a screenshot to prove it. 162 shots. 32 hits. Hit 19.8%. 34 kills. Decorations: Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star. So what coding in the game prevents it from giving me higher than a Bronze Star in this case? In the past, I've gotten Silver Stars, and even one DSC. But never the Medal of Honor (without cheats). Why wasn't I given it on this mission? Edited August 27, 2004 by Lt. HFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcdonald Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 32 hits 34 kills?? or did you use a grenade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Read me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. HFY Posted August 29, 2004 Author Share Posted August 29, 2004 jmcdonald: Yeah, I think he killed about 10 with 3 of his M203 rounds, and most of his other hits were head shots on semi (not burst). Crimson: I read that a couple of times, both a while ago, but still fail to understand the game mechanics behind it. Is it something like "If the soldier is shot at with fewer than 20 rounds by the enemy, he cannot receive an award higher than the Bronze Star"...? Has anyone tested this out thoroughly or asked the dev team? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outthere23e Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 All this info is for the xbox version so I am not sure about the differences with this and the PC versions. With higher powered weapons, especially sniper rifles at closer distances the bullets can pass through one enemy and take out another behind them but for some reason it will only count as one hit. So even without grenades you can get a higher kill than hit rate. As to the medals, I am not 100% sure, but it seems i usually get the medals according to the published list of kills to receive them. Every once in a while though i will get all 45 kills for a level (playing with just one soldier) and get a lower rated medal. I have not tracked the differences of what may have occurred so it would be interesting to try and uncover what is going on here or if it is just a fluke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkVanDamme Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 If the soldier is on his own during the mission, the Medal of Honour can be awarded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sup Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 "Swift-Boat-Vets-For-Truth"? I served in ghost recon with Lt. HFY... He deserves no medals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blistr Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) I found the same thing with the awarding of medals. I believe I know what the problem is. Are you loading from a saved game or completeing the mission from start to finish without saving/loading? I found that medals were awarded based on the kill count from the last load and not the total kill count, similar to how replays can be viewed from the last load only and not from the beginning of (if loaded part way though) the mission. Edited September 12, 2004 by blistr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WytchDokta Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I deserve a medal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot360 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I beat a mission with 2 rangers left and i think they got 3 or 4 medals lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot360 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) This guy deserves alot of medals.... (Used with Sups' Wound Mod and Op Stabilize Edited September 12, 2004 by [MtX]inuyasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommandoCrazy Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 i guess you can only get a medal higher than the bronze star when you're under enemy fire for a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerbadge Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 My snipers get silver stars in buckets (well...small buckets tbh ) and once I got the equivalent to the DSC but it was one of C&K's british commandos and that award system is unknown to me, except for the Victoria Cross which is the british equivalent of the CMH, AFAAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotH3D Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 (edited) Having played this game a freakin ton, especially with custom missions with crap loads of enemies, here is what I have seen. The kill parameters for the medals are accurate (30+ for MOH, etc). HOWEVER, how much enemy fire went your way? If you went around sniping people, or wasting them with a silent weapon and they did not return much fire towards you, you might not have recieved the Y amount of incoming fire for the Medal of Honor. so medal = X kills AND Y incoming shots fired Let's say you have 36 kills and what the game considers a Silver star amount of incoming shots fired at you, guess what medal you get? The Silver Star. Got it? By the way, the number of people you bring along with you does not affect the medals you can get, except the obvious being they "steal" kills and enemy return fire. PS Try hitting Enter on the numpad and typing "superman" or "teamsuperman" These codes make you invincible (ESC exits the console) and run around with one soldier killing everybody at close range, you should recieve tons of fire... and a MOH. Edited September 13, 2004 by spotH3D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotH3D Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Oh yeah, I wish the game awarded unit citations, being that in real life and in the game the army is a team. I know in my super extended custom campaign (I made a little mod for myself that links the origional campaigns and many user made missions that aren't total conversions, result, super long campaign, my boys have enormous amounts of medals, etc) my boys (and girls) definaly have earned a few Presidential Unit Citations. PS, did you know that 5th SFG, the unit the Ghosts are based upon was the most decorated unit in Vietnam, with quite a few Medals of Honor, and Presidential Unit Citations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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