Is there a way to prevent promotion?

[Toni Carrera]

Hi Fellow Pilots,

 

For reasons relating to my CDO, which is the same as OCD, but the letters are in the right order, is it possible to prevent promotion. I want to remain a 'Captain'. I adjusted the lines in the LogBook.lua to put me back when I got promoted, but wondered if the was a perhaps different way to do it, rather than having to edit the file over and over

 

Thank you for your time 

[BIGNEWY]

Hi,

 

as far as I am aware this is not possible, with that said I am not a coder, there are some talented users out there that may have a solution for you.

 

thanks

[Northstar98]

4 hours ago, Ice Rhino said:

Hi Fellow Pilots,

 

For reasons relating to my CDO, which is the same as OCD, but the letters are in the right order, is it possible to prevent promotion. I want to remain a 'Captain'. I adjusted the lines in the LogBook.lua to put me back when I got promoted, but wondered if the was a perhaps different way to do it, rather than having to edit the file over and over

 

Thank you for your time 

 

One workaround is to go into your Saved Games -> DCS -> MissionEditor -> logbook.lua file, open it in Notepad++, find your pilot and manually change the entries under ["rank"] and ["rankName"] to "Captain".

 

Best to make a backup of the file first before modifying it, just in case.

[BuzzLine]

Maybe I can be of help. I have not tested it but, from reading the code, it seems like a small change may solve your issues.

 

The code triggering the promotion seems to be this block below (in file MissionEditor/modules/me_logbook.lua , around line 1266) : 

    if (ProductType.getType() ~= "LOFAC") and (r.name ~= currentPlayer.player.rankName) then
        currentPlayer.player.rank = r.nativeName
        currentPlayer.player.rankName = r.name
        displayPromotionGreeting(r.nativeName)
    end

You want this to never execute. There are several ways. 

 

1. You can simply remove those 5 lines ! (Do make a copy of the file, should you want/need to revert. Or just use the standard "repair" function from the standalone client or Steam, whichever is the way you manage your install)

2. You can replace just the first one by this one here below (I've added "false and", which is easy to revert and prevents the updating code from executing):

if false and (ProductType.getType() ~= "LOFAC") and (r.name ~= currentPlayer.player.rankName) then

3. Or comment all the whole block by adding "-- " (that's dash, dash, space) in front of each line. The code is still here should you want to read it but the computer will skip all the lines starting with -- :

-- if false and (ProductType.getType() ~= "LOFAC") and (r.name ~= currentPlayer.player.rankName) then
--    currentPlayer.player.rank = r.nativeName
--    currentPlayer.player.rankName = r.name
--    displayPromotionGreeting(r.nativeName)
-- end

There are other ways but these three are the simplest. I would go for the first option. Brutal but effective. We can call it Code Disappearance Option (CDO).  

 

Note : It will work until a future patch updates this file, reverting it to ED's provided version, and then you'll have to put back those modifications... 

 

Hope this helps,

Buzz.

 

Note : there is another way: changing the threshold at which the rank of captain ends, set it to a value beyond the heat death of the universe. The value lives somewhere in dbCountries but I don't know where that db lives or if it's encrypted or not. Maybe someone knows ? Although I suspect this db might change even more often than that lua file...

[Toni Carrera]

Hi BuzzLine,

 

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this all up for me. I will put it to the test after I have repaired my DCS, because something has gone horribly wrong with my installation

 

I also appreciate your consideration of my CDO with the options of the module/coding description

 

Again, sincerest thanks

 

Edited August 21, 2021 by Ice Rhino

[BuzzLine]

Happy to help. Tell me if it solves your issue, whenever you get to test it. 

 

Cheers !

Buzz