New to the forums and Silent Hunter 3, couple concerns....

glassbottom · 08-27-14, 04:37 PM

I recently bought SH3, after getting the strange, and immediate need to pretend to be a German submarine captain. After looking into the available options I downloaded and installed GWX gold with little to no problems.

Everything was working fine, but having played for a little bit, I found the tools that assist with manual targeting to be lacking, and so am now looking for a solution.
I gather, MaGui, or OLC are my best options?
What do I need to download to get either one of those Mods working with GWX gold?

I also wanted better audio. I found the Thomsen sound Mod and installed it with JSGME, but I have run into a few hitches.

The first issue will probably get a couple laughs around here, as I'm hoping it is merely a in-game/Mod joke, and not something more insidious. The main menu scrolling banner now says "I need hot girls".

Please tell me this is nothing more than the modder taking the piss, and isn't a sign that I've downloaded an infected/malicious version of the Thomsen sound file.

My second issue, is that all of the buttons and gauges are now labeled in German, where before applying the sound Mod they were in English.
How do I correct this?

Thanks, for any assistance.

HW3 · 08-27-14, 05:38 PM

Quote:

The first issue will probably get a couple laughs around here, as I'm hoping it is merely a in-game/Mod joke, and not something more insidious. The main menu scrolling banner now says "I need hot girls".

Please tell me this is nothing more than the modder taking the piss, and isn't a sign that I've downloaded an infected/malicious version of the Thomsen sound file.

It is a joke by the modder. You can change it to whatever you want by opening the folders data/Menu, and opening the file en_menu with notepad. The line you want to change is 13.

P.S. Welcome Aboard!

glassbottom · 08-27-14, 06:09 PM

Well that's a load off.
So one concern down, a couple to go.
Does anyone know why my buttons, and gauges are now labeled in German, when they used to be in English?
How do I change this back?

Finally where do I find MaGui? I'm I correcting in thinking this will help me with manual targeting, or is there another Mod I should be looking at?

glassbottom · 08-28-14, 02:10 PM

Still hoping someone might tell me how to get English text back in the game.
With the introduction of the Thomsen's sound mod all of the buttons and gauges are now labeled in German.
Despite setting the text language to English in the options menu, nothing seems to revert the text back to how I had it before applying the Mod.

Any help would be appreciated.

Pisces · 08-28-14, 02:49 PM

Magui:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166320

It does away with the stock notepad manual targeting method, and replaces it with a emulation of periscope functionality that was atleast present on some Uboats at that time. So it can also allow you to measure AOB. It is based on the OLC gui mod, so both work similar. But Magui has other tools too to help do various manual targeting and tracking tasks.

Pisces · 08-28-14, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by glassbottom

Still hoping someone might tell me how to get English text back in the game.
With the introduction of the Thomsen's sound mod all of the buttons and gauges are now labeled in German.
Despite setting the text language to English in the options menu, nothing seems to revert the text back to how I had it before applying the Mod.

Any help would be appreciated.

Did you download this mod from this place?

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1311

I don't have this mod installed myself. But judging from it's contents it should not show any German text labels. I can't be 100% sure though as I haven't tested it. If you did use this file, and still get it, then likely it must be because of a mod that was installed after it making these changes to german. Did you enable it with JSGME?

glassbottom · 08-28-14, 04:23 PM

Yes, that is the exact file I downloaded from the provided link.
It is the only mod I've downloaded other than the GWX gold mod that I had installed already.

I downloaded the .RAR and extracted its contents into the SH3 MOD folder.
I then activated the Thomsen mod via JSGME.

It stated there was a conflict with Integrated Orders, but other than that I'm without explanation.

08-27-14, 04:37 PM	#1
glassbottom Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 13 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	New to the forums and Silent Hunter 3, couple concerns.... I recently bought SH3, after getting the strange, and immediate need to pretend to be a German submarine captain. After looking into the available options I downloaded and installed GWX gold with little to no problems. Everything was working fine, but having played for a little bit, I found the tools that assist with manual targeting to be lacking, and so am now looking for a solution. I gather, MaGui, or OLC are my best options? What do I need to download to get either one of those Mods working with GWX gold? I also wanted better audio. I found the Thomsen sound Mod and installed it with JSGME, but I have run into a few hitches. The first issue will probably get a couple laughs around here, as I'm hoping it is merely a in-game/Mod joke, and not something more insidious. The main menu scrolling banner now says "I need hot girls". Please tell me this is nothing more than the modder taking the piss, and isn't a sign that I've downloaded an infected/malicious version of the Thomsen sound file. My second issue, is that all of the buttons and gauges are now labeled in German, where before applying the sound Mod they were in English. How do I correct this? Thanks, for any assistance.

08-27-14, 06:09 PM	#3
glassbottom Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 13 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Well that's a load off. So one concern down, a couple to go. Does anyone know why my buttons, and gauges are now labeled in German, when they used to be in English? How do I change this back? Finally where do I find MaGui? I'm I correcting in thinking this will help me with manual targeting, or is there another Mod I should be looking at? Last edited by glassbottom; 08-27-14 at 07:53 PM.

08-28-14, 02:10 PM	#4
glassbottom Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 13 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Still hoping someone might tell me how to get English text back in the game. With the introduction of the Thomsen's sound mod all of the buttons and gauges are now labeled in German. Despite setting the text language to English in the options menu, nothing seems to revert the text back to how I had it before applying the Mod. Any help would be appreciated.

08-28-14, 02:49 PM	#5
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Magui: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166320 It does away with the stock notepad manual targeting method, and replaces it with a emulation of periscope functionality that was atleast present on some Uboats at that time. So it can also allow you to measure AOB. It is based on the OLC gui mod, so both work similar. But Magui has other tools too to help do various manual targeting and tracking tasks.

08-28-14, 04:23 PM	#7
glassbottom Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 13 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Yes, that is the exact file I downloaded from the provided link. It is the only mod I've downloaded other than the GWX gold mod that I had installed already. I downloaded the .RAR and extracted its contents into the SH3 MOD folder. I then activated the Thomsen mod via JSGME. It stated there was a conflict with Integrated Orders, but other than that I'm without explanation.