Starting Over...Again

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Looks like I'm starting over myself Steve.
After getting SH3 running on Win 10 I tried new video drivers on Win 7.
Big mistake. BIG HUGE MISTAKE!!

Rolling back the drivers, re-installing, un-installing, cussing, slapping my 6 head, trying a restore point (which failed), and praying to the Software Gods and offering a sacrifice should things work again?
All has failed in the most miserable way.


Looks like it's time to move things to the externl and do a complete re-install of Win 7.
I've had this Notebook for a couple years and this will be the first complete re-install.
I knew it was coming but DANG!!

Saint Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of all things cyber. A little intercession from him can sometimes save a frustrating situation. You might ask him for a little inspiration.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

There are those among us who seem to enjoy the frustration of trying to make things work they way we think they should work much more than we enjoy the game itself.

Say the above ten times in a row

By the way I am similar. Rarely do I finish a career , mainly because of
the above.

[Jeff-Groves]

Don't recall ever doing a Career for the sake of a Career.
It has always been messing with stuff.
I'm a constant amature tinkerer.

[Sailor Steve]

I've been trying to integrate the new Anschuetz Compass with the Simfeeling 6-Dials mod. No luck so far. Menu_1024_768.ini is not my forte. I am learning a little, but not enough for that.

[ReallyDedPoet]

The Menu_1024_768.ini is an area I have not done much with either but plan to learn more about it.

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, this is fun. The first time I tried to add in the new compass it worked, but only the inner 10-degree vernier dial would turn. I tried changing the new Menu.ini locations back to the old ones. That left me with a smaller dial that didn't turn at all. I experimented with changing them one at a time, and got rings in the wrong places. I tried switching back again and got crashes with the "Menu item not found" notices. If I used the old (Simfeeling) items it would show one of the new ones missing. If I used the new ones it would show one of the old ones missing.

I finally tried adding all the new ones to the end of the list and renumbering them, and that's when it got real fun.



The screenshot doesn't really show what's going on. On the larger gauge in the back the 10-degree vernier dial is rotating, but nothing else is. On the smaller gauge in front the main compass dial is turning but the vernier is not. Whereas when I had only the big gauge nothing worked but the vernier, now the boat will turn when I click on the smaller dial. Maybe later I'll try changing one of the new listings at a time. For now this is severely cutting into my model building.

Originally Posted by ReallyDedPoet

The Menu_1024_768.ini is an area I have not done much with either but plan to learn more about it.

With FLB_Sales's Simfeeling 6-Dials mod you have to edit the locations yourself. He does give simple step-by-step instructions so if anything does go wrong it's fairly easy to double-check all the changes.

[Nerazzurri]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It's a Nav Map with no nomograph. The map is completely clean except for a small compass in the lower right corner.

Thanks Steve

[Sailor Steve]

Almost there. I remembered that there is an extra gauge in the Menu/Cfg/Dials file. I compared the 6-Dials version with the Anschütz version, and the two #52 listings are different. I added the Anschütz version into my own file. Tested. Both gauges are still there, but the bigger gauge is now fully functional. All I have to do now is get rid of the 6-Dials Menu.ini listings, renumber the others and I should be good to go.

[Sailor Steve]

Back to Square 2. Not quite Square 1, because now when I turn the boat both rings turn as they are supposed to. The only thing wrong now is that when I click on the dial nothing happens. Once I find that trigger all should be good.

[Sailor Steve]

I was looking for the authors of a couple of mods I have but don't know who made them when I clicked on a link that took me to the last two times I did this "Starting over" thing. One of the threads I made was from 2008, and the other was from 2010.

I wonder if I'll ever be satisfied.

[sublynx]

A rolling stone gathers no moss. No reason to ever be satisfied. Here's a guide to that menu1024_768.ini file, in case you've forgotten about its existence:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=3988

Perhaps there's something that could help in mixing Leitender's compass with FLBSale's compass.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by sublynx

...in case you've forgotten about its existence:

I had forgotten. Thank you.

[BBFIN]

A week ago I had an ultimate SH3 experience.

I was on a cruise with my son (3 years old) from Helsinki (Finland) to Stockholm (Sweden). My son went to sleep about 8 pm. so I had some time for myself. Of course I couldn't go to the pub, so I bought some beverages for myself and had some nice time with my laptop and new fresh career.

It was so cool! The seas at the Baltic were rough. Wind was 14 seconds per minute and the tide was about 5 meters. I had multidimensional experience!

Yo mods! Is it OK to start a tread about my career? I would really appreciate the chance to write in English and improve my skills in English.

[Sailor Steve]

That's pretty cool!

Yes, it's okay to start your own thread. Or, if you like, we also have a separate thread for that as well.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=151090

Either way is fine.

[Sailor Steve]

I've pulled out the menu_1024_768.ini and replaced it with a backup copy and gone back to the Simfeeling 6-Dials mod with Hitman's U-505 Compass graphics. It's only a graphics change, so the inner ring doesn't rotate, but it looks like the real thing. I'm currently awaiting help with the Anschütz Compass. Until that becomes reality I have no problem with things the way they are. I just did some more testing. Tomorrow I'll start adding other things on my list.