[THEBERBSTER]

Hi V
Open the first folder showing Commander.

You must always start your game from the SH3cmdr exe
It is here that you setup your career and name your Captain.

The easiest way to do this is to right click on it and send it to your task bar.

Everything you need to know about the basics of LSH3 is in my tutorials.
Post #11 SH3Commander > Making Changes > New Career > Launching LSH3 > Pictorial > Missing pictures replaced

Where I start:

Your picture shows that you have a bunker start.
A bunker start means you start from a dock side or bunker.

With LSH3 you cannot start at sea you will always have to go through a lock on your outbound journey.

As far as the map situation it is either map contacts on or off.
Peter