gwx: visability & weather questions.

[kaptain klank]

i just switched over from gw 1.1 (was finishing a long career).

anyway, i thought i read in the manual that the visabilty for clear weather was 16k.

well, i'm on patrol now with currently no precip. & no fog with light wind and the farthest i can spot a shop is about 8400 for the smoke & 8000 to actually see the ship.

i'm not talking about my lookouts, i'm talking about me...on the bridge.

what gives?

also should i be using the random weather mod like i did with gw 1.1?

thanks.

[Henri II]

Two questions:

-Did you enable the 16 km mod?

-Do you use the binocculars? (That's a dumb question, but one never knows)

If both answers are "yes" I don't have a clue, I can usually see ships at around 14 km, depending on their size.

[kaptain klank]

i guess i didn't enable the mod....

never saw where to enable it.

how would i go about enableing it?

yes, i am using binoculars.

[Henri II]

Enabling of optional mods (the 16 km mod is only one of them) is explained in the GWX manual, under "Getting Started", on page 7, or so.

[Morts]

or easier
you go into the SHIII main folder
find the JSGME
open up JSGME
enable 16 km view:up:

[kaptain klank]

operation complete.

[kaptain klank]

weather, if i want random weather should i be using the random weather mod or is it included in gwx?

also i activated the english map & grid mod, but it appears to still be in german.

what's up?

[Steppenwolf]

also i activated the english map & grid mod, but it appears to still be in german.

what's up?
If I remember correctly it only shows in English at certain zoom levels. I've forgotten if its when its zoomed in or zoomed out, however.