Civilian friendly fire deaths and promotions

[Colonel Carnage]

On a mission 2 months back, my best soldier killed the last alien with a grenade launcher.  Unfortunately, an unseen civilian near the alien also died.  The soldier was a Senior Warrant Officer and had a mind of 50 (now 53) and has not been promoted since.  Is one civilian friendly fire death enough to freeze a soldier's advancement or does it just take awhile for a soldier to get promoted to a commissioned officer rank?  This is on 2.4.

[H-Hour]

I don't know what the thresholds are for 2.4, but civilian deaths can stop rank advancement. Each rank has a limit, but looking at 2.5-dev's values, a soldier won't be given Senior Warrant Officer or any higher rank if they have any civilian deaths. So if your civ death came after that, he's probably frozen.

[Colonel Carnage]

Thanks for the quick reply.  What a shame, he was way ahead of everyone else.  Loving the game BTW.