New to SH3 - mod questions

[canvasback7]

So, the last sub simulator I played was "Silent Service" circa 1987 on the IBM PC jr. I don't miss the floppy disks... Anyway, as my reflexes have slowed I've come full circle away from shooters and stumbled on Youtube videos for UBOAT. While I like the idea I knew I wanted more realism. Steam provided lots of options but the consensus seemed to be SH3 for the mod community and realism. So, here I am.

I noticed real quickly that I could get bogged down in the Mod Soup. I've got GWX Gold installed and running but I was wondering if someone could give me a short (like 5 or 6) list of mods that would enhance graphics, give me a widescreen resolution and just improve overall quality of life?

I also want to confirm that the list(s) posted are the order they should appear in my JSGME (i.e., the "bottom" mod goes first...)

Thanks in advance!

[bstanko6]

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\myUboat\SilentHunterIII\MODS]

NYGM Tonnage War V2.5 – Stand Alone Version
NYGM3_New
NYGM3_6F
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2
Stiebler4C_SubsFlag
NYGM_HiRes_Submarines_3_6F
Harbor Traffic Add-In
M.E.P v5
Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v5
Optional - Stock Reflections for MEP v5
1500 meter bearing overlay
Single Merchant Contact Mod
Depthcharge Shake v2.01
Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 Final
Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 Final - FILES for NYGM v3.6D
Color Dials with Dark Compass
NYGM Tonnage War Minefield Mod
Lighthouses and Entrance Points for NYGM3.6F beta
DD_VisibleMines_V1.0
Fubars harbor personnel
Das Boot Clothes
Bearded faces
RL_E v2 standard
RealDC_4
SHIV U-Boat Missions-Flaggen für SHIII
TheDarkWraith_Ejecting_Pilot(s)_v2_0_SH3
Real Depth Charge
Thomsen's WhispeRING RING mod
KB's Diesel Sound Mod
TheRealPing
RadioMessage - MorseCodeOnly
TorpedoTubesFfireFinal vStock
Optional O2-Gauges v2 (for V16B1)
Aces' Radio Room Postcards
depth charge explosions and fire light
Stiebler4C_Addon_for_V16B1
Optional - FSF for MEP v5
TKSS18 German U-Boats Compilation(noEagle)
TKSS18 German U-Boats Compilation2(noEagle)
New U-Boat Guns Fixed Reworked (for German U-Boats Compilation)
FixAllSubGWX
Stiebler_EnvSim
M.E.P v5 - VisualSensors for NYGM 3.6D
Haunting Atlantic Wind
Supplement to V16B1 (JSGME)

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[Sailor Steve]

I have a huge mod list that seems to change every time I reinstall the game (which is every year or two), because after fourteen years people are still creating new mods for SH3.

Unfortunately I consider everything I use to be essential, so I'm always working on it. That said, you asked for a few most important mods, so here are the ones I consider absolutely vital:

GWX 3.0
Hardcode Fixes - h.sie
New Interiors 2.1D - FlakMonkey (I plan on trying the U-Boats Combination Mod as I hear it's a great improvement)
Assisted Plotting Mod - Observer
Waterstream+Exhaust Kombimod v2.3 - Rubini/Racerboy/h.sie
Das Boot Sound Mod SH3 - Sailor Steve, based on 'Projeckt Schwertfisch', by the SH2 modders
DBSM SH3 Speech Fix - Sailor Steve
Halo Not Visible Through Body - Anvart
Head 04 Fix - Anvart
No Continuous 'Ship Spotted'
Seabed Repair Mod - Mikhayl
Merchant Fleet Mod - Iambecomelife

I'm not sure what you mean about the "bottom mod". I always list them in proper order starting at the top and working down.

If you like I will gladly post my full mods list. Also a few years back I chronicled one of my massive start-overs on a day-by-day basis, with every failure and restart, including all the testing and all the help I received during that trial. I've become one of those who has as much fun fiddling with the game as I do playing it. I've learned a lot along the way, the biggest thing I've learned being how much knowledge I still lack. I'll never be a programmer and I'll never be a true modder, but I do like making the game feel more realistic for me. I'll post a link to that thread if you like, but I'll warn you in advance that there's a lot there, and not all of it is pretty.

[bstanko6]

Steve...

If you meant uboat “compilation”...

Then yes you will love that. Mix that with Ahnanerbe GUI... I think it’s the best and closest uboat sim you will ever have.

Have fun!

Bob

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[David I]

They are pretty boats all right, but they can't see.

There's something wrong with their sensor/visual range. Blind as bats.

See my comments in the U-Boat Compilation Thread in the SH3 Mods Workshop Section of this site.

David I

[bstanko6]

In my mod list there is a sensor fix for that

[David I]

Bstanko6,

Which one would that be (by name)? I would love to use those beautiful boats on a regular basis.

David I

[Sailor Steve]

Please, the man asked for recommendations, not another discussion on a mod that has its own dedicated thread.

[canvasback7]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. bstanko6 - your YouTube videos have been fantastic and I've appreciated all of them. Keep up the good work!

[John Pancoast]

Short and sweet for starters


1. Hsie's patch.


2. Stiebler's patch.


Both add more realism based options vs. graphical ones.

[bstanko6]

@David...
MEP visual sensors for NYGM

@Canvas...
Thank you so much!

[David I]

Bstanko6,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I am not using Manos' MEP mod, so I don't think that's the problem/answer.

David I