help with mods

[avers]

hello im new to silent hunter and would like some help. 1st I would like to know if sh3 runs on windows 7? 2nd I would like to know how to install mods especially the GWX mod?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Check out this post from a related thread as far as Windows 7: Here

Regarding GWX, your downloads should come with an .exe file ( along with seven .bin files ), click on it and it will do the rest. Make sure your copy of SH3 is patched to the latest version of the game first.

From the GWX Downloads Page:Here

[avers]

thanx for the helped nowi would like to know how to install H .sie's hard codded fixes mod.

[avers]

also is there a certain order to download all the gwx folders?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by avers

also is there a certain order to download all the gwx folders?

The important thing is to have an a fresh install of SH3 fully patched. Then download all of the GWX files from that link I posted above, once finished run the .exe file, it will do the rest. It does not matter the order in which you download them.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by avers

thanx for the helped nowi would like to know how to install H .sie's hard codded fixes mod.

As far as the fixes, check out the first post in that thread: Here

From that post, the hard-coded fixes read-me:Here

[avers]

thank you soooooooo much but i have one more question. i want to install sh3 commander and for it to work with gwx there is a mod for that i just want to know if there is an order to install all of these like is it sh3 commander then gwx then the patch mod?

[BigWalleye]

Sh 3 Commander is a separate program. You launch Commander, use it, then when you are ready, launch SH3 from within Commander. Commander does some setup for SH3 before starting it. When you exit SH3, Commander does some cleanup. If you don't use a Commander function called auto-rollback, Commander restarts when SH3 terminates. Commander should be installed in its own folder on the root, separate from SH3.

Because it is a separate program, it does not matter whether SH3 Commander is installed before or after SH3. The Commander "patch" is not really a patch (binary changes to .exe files), but versions of some Commander .cfg files tailored to work with GWX. The "patch" downloads as a self-unpacking zip. There are different file sets for NYGM and LSH3 also. Install it anytime after you install Commander, but don't use Commander to launch SH3-GWX until the "patch" is installed.

GWX is a megamod. It is furnished as a set of self-unpacking files, but all it does is over-write some (lots and lots of) stock SH3 data files. Obviously, install GWX after SH3, but GWX installation has nothing to do with Commander. One caution: While GWX is really just a big mod, it can not be installed with JSGME and it CAN NOT be removed. To deactivate GWX, you must uninstall and reinstall SH3. Of course, it's easy to have multiple copies of SH3, one with GWX and one stock.

As always, WAEFRTD.

[avers]

thanx a lot but one more question. how do I install the "patch" for sh3 commander for it to work w/ GWX

[ReallyDedPoet]

The one I use is an .exe file, so it is a matter of clicking on it and the
rest is done.

Just checked, the one here at SUBSIM also is an .exe: Here, though it comes in a compressed format. Download it and unzip
with winrar or winzip, from there you will see a read-me and the .exe file.

Install Commander first, than run the .exe As mentioned, it will do the rest.

[avers]

im guessing I need to save the patch file to sh3 commander

[avers]

thank you thats all the questions i have for now ill let you all know if i have anymore problems

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice finish Blitz, good luck with it avers.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by BL!TZKR!EG

May I kindly request the administration to CHANGE the subject of this thread?

"help with mods" really does not tell much and a newbie would not search for that and we have seen really good step-by-step answers by RDP and BBW and maybe even my summary is not too bad.

I propose: "Installation order for GWX and SH3Commander"

How about "Does SH3 run on Windows 7?", since that was the original question. No, wait, we already have more than one thread with that title. In fact we already have more than one thread on GWX and SH3 Commander.

Originally Posted by BL!TZKR!EG

In fact there are many threads with vapid, yes, almost meaningless subjects which I propose to have changed by the administration:

Nobody would search in threads like...

- "three quick newbie questions"
- "Noob stuff"
- "I need your opinon..."

That's true. It's also true that we have had hundreds of threads with titles like that. Do you also propose that we go through and change the titles of all of them? Most of them are long gone now, and not worth the effort.

[avers]

how do I install like any mod like whats the basic way to install small mods