GWX (Grey Wolves eXpansion Mod)

[Jimbuna]

A late post because of my shift patterns:

@Racerboy

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~Salute~

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Von Manteuffel

A couple of queries, if I may:

1. The Attack Periscope is very blurred when first raised and the fuzziness seems to stay for a very long time then and after a wave has washed over it. Please tell me that this is intentional and if it is a bug please don't fix it. I love the effect and the resulting tension and suspense, especially without the external camera. - "It's a ship, but f**k knows what it is and whose it is!" -

2. I use German voices. Am I meant to hear a voice actually saying "She's going down" and a few other things which do appear as text?

Once again, thanks for the best mod ever.

Von M

1) The periscope screen should stay 'foggy' for awhile and then clear, as if water is draining from it. Also, if you are using SH3Cmdr & have malfuctions & sabotage enabled, there are setting which affect the periscope visibilty.

2) The 'She's going down' message is replaced with audible cheers, there are a few other text meassages which have been replaced with suitable audiable equivalents.

Originally Posted by Tarjak

I'll never kill the freecam cos I'me addicted to eye candy and found it frustrating that when I want to have a look at something I can't.

Wouldn't it be great to be playing with no external cam and then come across some of the 'special extras' we added? Oh, the pain......

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by Von Manteuffel

Brilliant! Marvellous! Superb! Truly outstanding! Wow! I've died and gone to sim Heaven! Jeeeesus, how did they ...... etc etc.

GWX2 is, without a doubt, an incredible and amazing piece of work. I played an entire career patrol overnight ( Who needs sleep, anyway?).Thanks and respect - make that awe - to everyone involved.

A couple of queries, if I may:

1. The Attack Periscope is very blurred when first raised and the fuzziness seems to stay for a very long time then and after a wave has washed over it. Please tell me that this is intentional and if it is a bug please don't fix it. I love the effect and the resulting tension and suspense, especially without the external camera. - "It's a ship, but f**k knows what it is and whose it is!" -

2. I use German voices. Am I meant to hear a voice actually saying "She's going down" and a few other things which do appear as text?

Once again, thanks for the best mod ever.

Von M

Back before the release of GWX 1.0, I increased the length of time required for the water to clear from the periscope lenses by one second. I'm glad you like it. I never thought it was important enough to mention before.

Regarding the 'she's going down' bit... many of the voice prompts that were planned for Stock SH3 were never completed, and the code to impliment them remains incomplete. (We didn't break it... we just worked with what is / was available already.)

[Von Manteuffel]

@ Danlisa & the Kpt

Thanks for such swift responses. I do use Commander with Malfunctions & Sabotage enabled. Being a cautious soul, on meeting my first GWX2 convoy, and not knowing what "surprises" might be in store I raised the periscope so that the head was just above the surface. In a moderate to light sea it meant that my vision was blurred for a lot of the time as the ships - and escorts - came towards my position. What an incredible effect! I kept it there. It was broad daylight, clear as a bell and I wanted to minimise the risk of the 'scope being spotted.

Took out 2 ( ore carrier and whale factory ship ) Amazing effects (enhanced) then dived deep. The behaviour of the early-war escorts was spot-on: aggressive, but without the technology to pose too much of a threat to a silent-running boat going deep. One still circled uncomfortably close for a long time and peppered the area with depth charges.

Can't wait to finish work and get home for more.

Thanks again. Great job!

Von M

[josephmorra]

I lost the code for my old SH3, I bought a new one it loaded with no problems. When I tried to update to mod 1.4 it would not run. It loads but I can not play the game, I have the the new GW mod waiting and ready to go. I would appreciate any suggestions you can offer, thank you.

[Jimbuna]

Some of the new discs are already patched to 1.4b

[Alemap]

its most impressive - exactly as I knew it would be

The game seems to work fine for me but for one (slightly) troubling aspect

The initial intro with the howling wolf plays in psychodelic colours. I have recently had to have a factory reinstall on my computer following a catastrophic crash but what could cause this ?
My graphics card drivers are all up to date

[donw]

Originally Posted by josephmorra

I lost the code for my old SH3, I bought a new one it loaded with no problems. When I tried to update to mod 1.4 it would not run. It loads but I can not play the game, I have the the new GW mod waiting and ready to go. I would appreciate any suggestions you can offer, thank you.

Just guessing here Kaluen, but I suspect you still have traces, bits and pieces of the old install still floating around your registry. Do a complete uninstall again, making SURE to delete the Ubisoft directory and SH3 (in "My Documents")...then do a search thru the registry for anything such as "SH3" "SilentHunter III" and delete them. Then try a new install.

Make sure also, that you downloaded the correct 1.4 patch. There are 4, and only the one that is for your specific install type will work.

And what Jimbuna said too...it "may" already BE 1.4?

[donw]

Originally Posted by Alemap

My graphics card drivers are all up to date

You might want to try going back a step or two on versions. Sometimes the latest...is not the greatest.

[danlisa]

This isn't a fix but you could do what I do.

Personally, I like to go straight into the loading screen when I click my GWX shortcut.

To accomplish this, delete the 2 files you find in the folder SilentHunterIII\data\Movies\Intro. That will remove the Howling wolf & Ubisoft intro.

Like I said, this is my preference, it may not be the same for others.

[SilentGotz]

Help needed guys!!!!
I downloaded all files and I have a fresh installation of SH III but when I double click the GWX2.exe file I receive the following message:
"The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program."
Which I did but the message still coming up when I try to start the installation .

Please help

[Nerazzurri]

Confirm your version number on the load screen, bottom right hand corner; newer releases are at 1.4


If your getting defective graphics/colours on the load screens delete the files as Danlisa suggests - I did that 5 minutes after installing the game! (although it WAS a relief when SH3 loaded OK because I was a bit worried when I saw the screens you describe))

[donw]

Originally Posted by SilentGotz

and I have a fresh installation of SH III "The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program." Please help

Did you patch the game to 1.4 first? (not mentioned)?

[SilentGotz]

Yes i did.

GWX2 91.3kb
GWX2-1 199KB
GWX2-2 200KB
GWX2-3 200kb
GWX2-4 200kb
GWX2-5 200kb
GWX2-6 200kb
GWX2-7 15.7kb

[donw]

List here all the file names you downloaded with their exact file size Mate...and we'll go from there
From the slowness of the forums here, I suspect there is still heavy downloading going on...so you might still have a corrupted file