posted 01-29- 08:08 AM               

( 'strItaly "Sottotenente" "Tenente" "Capitano" "Maggiore" "Tenente Colonnello" "Colonnello")

Now you have the same 6 ranks as the Germans, English and Americans in this file have.

Cu,
Poodle

posted 01-29- 02:09 PM               

What are the ranks we have to make for Japan (and Russia)?

( 'Japan "Sho-i" "Chu-i" "Tai-i" "Shosa" "Chusa" "Taisa" "Shosho" "Chujo" "Taisho")

That's what I have at the score.ppf file. What ranks should I delete/add?

They should be the same as these American ranks:

( 'strUnitedStates "2nd Lieutenant" "Lieutenant" "Captain" "Major" "Lieutenant Colonel" "Colonel")

And these English:

( 'strGreatBritain "Pilot Officer" "Flying Officer" "Flying Lieutenant" "Squadron Leader" "Wing Commander" "Group Captain")

Or these German:

( 'strGermany "Leutnant" "Oberleutnant" "Hauptmann" "Major" "Oberstleutnant" "Oberst")

You see? Each time 6 ranks. We need the same 6 at Japan.

posted 01-29- 03:59 PM               

Here it is:

Sho-i Ensign
Chu-i Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
Tai-i Lieutenant
Shosa Lieutenant Commander
Chusa Commander
Taisa Captain
Shosho Rear Admiral (no relation to Activision)
Chujo Vice Admiral
Taisho Admiral

posted 01-29- 05:10 PM               

Sho-i
Chu-i
Tai-i
Shosa
Chusa
Taisa

You see it's the same we had, only delete the last 3 ranks. Taisa was the highest flying rank too, and I think just like a Group Captain is the English highest rank, if you have a higher rank you won't be flying nomore but sitting behind a desk.

Also, Whirlwind's ranks were correct, only the translation is in US and English ranks (Lieutenant is US, but Commander and (group) Captain is the English ranks).

But anyway, now we have it all ok.

How about the Russian ranks, do we have 6 of those?

posted 01-30- 07:59 AM               

We have the Russian ranks and I believe Zoy already has them written up...but for your info, they are:

Leytenant...1st Lt.
Starshiy Leytenant... 2nd Lt.
Kapitan...Captain
Major...Major (that's a hard one!)
Podpolkovnik...Lt. Colonel
Polkovnik...Colonel

posted 01-31- 01:34 PM               

Only one question, in the US a Lieutenant is higher than a 2nd Lieutenant. But a "Starshiy Leytenant" is higher than a "Leytenant"?

posted 01-31- 03:22 PM               

For a Holland update, we have the medals, squads, ranks, actually everything. Only we have to record sounds and we're planning to make some Dutch planes too, like a Fokker G-1 and a Fokker D-21 (also the Fins flew with the D-21). The G-1 was the plane on which the P-38 was based, an improved copy.
Also a Brewster Buffalo would be great, since the Dutch East Indies Air Force flew with that one.

Cu,
Poodle

posted 01-31- 03:30 PM               

Sous-lieutenant
Lieutenant
Capitaine
Commandant
Lieutenant-colonel
Colonel

Same problem as Japan, young pilots had in fact lower ranks (as low as "sergent"), and having more ranks would be more realistic.

Do you have enough info on medals and squadrons insignaes (not that I have much, but...)?

Another remark: too bad we cannot (I think) have several armed forces for a single nation. Nobody noticed that our future Wildcat and Corsair pilots will have Air Force ranks instead of Navy ranks? Maybe I'm picking nuts here...

posted 01-31- 03:39 PM               

Thanks for the info. The more the better, so if you can find any medals or squad insignia's it would be great. Also squad info is needed (now the information behind the Japanese squads is VERY limited).
Maybe you can do the french sounds too if you want to.
Send everything you think is relevant to Jeeves. He'll take care of it.

posted 01-31- 07:36 PM               

Poodle- is it relatively easy to place the medals over a flag template? If so- maybe you could send instructions in your next e-mail? Thanks to the medals you have done, I believe Italy (sans sounds) is done and am going to package it up for you and Werner to work your magic with. Zoy had the Soviet Union done as far as I know- we're all just waiting on sounds! Now- what do you think we could do to improve the info on the Japanese? I went along with the same info on the four squads I made because the four air groups (Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu, and Soryu) were really all a part of the First Air Fleet. I had a lot of trouble finding info on the Japanese- maybe someone else has books or something?

Pachy-

Thanks for the ranks! I actually hadn't found them yet. As far as naval ranks, I don't know if we can play with it...I do have new American naval squadrons done- but they have the AAF ranks...unless we make another folder (maybe USA?)- I don't see how it wouldn't cause a CTD otherwise. Anyone else know?

[This message has been edited by Jeeves (edited 01-31-2000).]

posted 02-01- 09:40 AM               

I too had problems finding information about the squads. I had a big book about the Japanese army, and a little part about the squads, and the Kokutai Tainan and some Sentai was mentioned. But, the book dissapeared, and haven't found it since.
Also on the internet there's not much to find about the squads. I do have a list of Japanese Aces, and there are also their squad names behind it, but no info about the squad again.

I'll keep looking, and am going to the library soon.

Cu,
Poodle