Dumb Mod Question

[Schlippittz]

Hi guys. I tried to use the search to find the answer to my question, but ended up confused.

I want to install ROW but I'm not sure what to install or how. I went to the thread in the modders forum that Dave started (and now has become a memorial to him. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to download or how to install it. Can anyone help?

[tomoose]

You're not the first to ask that question and certainly not the first to be confused by the mod situation!! LOL. If you check the Trigger Maru and/or the RSRD forums you'll see some posts which give "preferred" lists of mods including ROW and in which order to activate them etc.

ROW has evolved into numerous mods and there doesn't seem to be an "all-inclusive" ROW mod file so I've avoided all except a couple of ROW mods (and because TM apparently incorporates a bunch).

I'm sure one of the resident mod gurus will point you in the right direction.:up:

[Wilcke]

Not to worry! Its gotten complex. I am at work. When I get home I can post my JSGME Mod list and you can go from there. I have currently tested all the new stuff for ROW on two installs one with RFB and the other with TM.

Its all working good and looks really nice. You will get an answer and yes there are a lot of choices!:up:

[DaveCrom01]

I'm just jumping on the band wagon here. I'm running vanilla 1.4 and think that ROW would be a good place for me to dip my toes into the mod water.

I run on a laptop, and get pretty good fps with vanilla and the graphics set to medium. Is ROW a fps killer for the improved look?

Cheers,
Dave

[Schlippittz]

Not to worry! Its gotten complex. I am at work. When I get home I can post my JSGME Mod list and you can go from there. I have currently tested all the new stuff for ROW on two installs one with RFB and the other with TM.

Its all working good and looks really nice. You will get an answer and yes there are a lot of choices!:up:
Awesome. I look forward to the list. :)

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one struggling with mods.

[jgbishop]

*bump*

I'm interested in learning how to install ROW as well. I'm running the stock game, and I'm ready to step up to the mod world. ROW feels like a great place to start, so some clear instructions would be great.

[cwelt]

Agreed..

[Schlippittz]

Anyone?

[Wilcke]

OK here is the MOD list for Trigger Maru 1.7.6. TM is in three parts, the graphics part includes ROW I just add the newer stuff from Kriller2.

Radio Honolulu mod
1_TMaru_Trigger_Maru_1.7.6
1A_TMaru_Tench_Class
2_TMaru_Sound
3_TMaru_GFX-ROW_Version_5
RSRDC_P3_TM_v320
RSRDC_V320_Patch2
Recognition manual V3 TM SH4 RSRDC
IJN DC mod 0.92
ROW Main Load Screen
ROW NEW SeaFoam from Jaketoox
ROW Pacific Enviroment
Depth Charge Drop Splash Warning v1.0
Fairbanks Engine Sounds Final
warships_retextured_v1_3
Bluegreen Spiderw + Rg circles-standard
30%_PPI_Noise
BETA_Realistic_torpedo_wake_Pacific ROW


Now this my second install with Real Fleet Boat RC1 for ROW.

RFB_1.4_for_ROW_RC1
BETA_AISensors for RFB
BETA_New_Sensors.cfg
BETA_Radar_Hydro_RFB
BETA_ShipContacts_2_RFB
BETA2_DiveRate_RC2_RFB
BETA2_Crew_Config_RFB
BETA_RFB_Torpedo_Mod_2
BETA_Weapons_RFB
ROW NEW Clouds from Kriller2
ROW NEW SeaFoam from Jaketoox
ROW Object Reflections and Search Lights vs_5b
ROW Special Effects with stock zones vs_5b
ROW Realistic Camera with sway vs_2d
ROW Textures with Sun Halo camera flair vs_4
ROW Sound Effects vs_8
ROW Pacific Enviroment
DialsGatoCT_Fix_14
Fairbanks Engine Sounds Final
Bluegreen Spiderw + Rg circles-dark
30%_PPI_Noise
RSRDC_P3_RFB_v340
RSRDC_V340_Patch1
ROW Sounds + RSRDC P3 Patch
warships_retextured_v1_3
WATER_EDGE_FIX

Hope this helps.

[Schlippittz]

Sweet, thanks.

I added RSRD and the RSRD patch through JSGME. Is there a way to tell in the game if I successfully added the mod?

[jazman]

OK here is the MOD list for Trigger Maru 1.7.6. TM is in three parts, the graphics part includes ROW I just add the newer stuff from Kriller2.

Radio Honolulu mod
1_TMaru_Trigger_Maru_1.7.6
1A_TMaru_Tench_Class
2_TMaru_Sound
3_TMaru_GFX-ROW_Version_5
RSRDC_P3_TM_v320
RSRDC_V320_Patch2
Recognition manual V3 TM SH4 RSRDC
IJN DC mod 0.92
ROW Main Load Screen
ROW NEW SeaFoam from Jaketoox
ROW Pacific Enviroment
Depth Charge Drop Splash Warning v1.0
Fairbanks Engine Sounds Final
warships_retextured_v1_3
Bluegreen Spiderw + Rg circles-standard
30%_PPI_Noise
BETA_Realistic_torpedo_wake_Pacific ROW


Now this my second install with Real Fleet Boat RC1 for ROW.

RFB_1.4_for_ROW_RC1
BETA_AISensors for RFB
BETA_New_Sensors.cfg
BETA_Radar_Hydro_RFB
BETA_ShipContacts_2_RFB
BETA2_DiveRate_RC2_RFB
BETA2_Crew_Config_RFB
BETA_RFB_Torpedo_Mod_2
BETA_Weapons_RFB
ROW NEW Clouds from Kriller2
ROW NEW SeaFoam from Jaketoox
ROW Object Reflections and Search Lights vs_5b
ROW Special Effects with stock zones vs_5b
ROW Realistic Camera with sway vs_2d
ROW Textures with Sun Halo camera flair vs_4
ROW Sound Effects vs_8
ROW Pacific Enviroment
DialsGatoCT_Fix_14
Fairbanks Engine Sounds Final
Bluegreen Spiderw + Rg circles-dark
30%_PPI_Noise
RSRDC_P3_RFB_v340
RSRDC_V340_Patch1
ROW Sounds + RSRDC P3 Patch
warships_retextured_v1_3
WATER_EDGE_FIX

Hope this helps.

Imagine Curly's (Three Stooges) voice: wah wooh wooh wooh wooh wooh wooh...

or

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What a list! It must be great fun when TM or RFB gets an update... I know a lot of us are geeks who like to tweak things, but it's almost harder than an OS reinstall.

[McBeck]

I just went through it too and wanted "just" ROW

The way to do it is to go here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=130150

Then you download 1 of the mods files from each of the 9 sections.
Some sections will give you a choice of what to install...just pick one.

So one from each of these sections:
#1.ROW Downloads
#2. ROW Camera Mod
#3. ROW Reflections for All game object's
#4. ROW Sea Foam
#5. ROW Textures
#6. ROW Zone's and Special effect's
#7. ROW Sky and Water Controls
#8. ROW Cloud's
#9. ROW Sound Effect's
This should make for the base ROW mod.

[Scurvy]

I have a dumb mod question, relating to ROW, myself.

I read that it primarily optimizes nVidia cards. I have an ATI Radeon 256MB card. Am I wasting my time?

I already downloaded a good number of ROW files and tried to install them with JSME (or whatever it's called...you guys know what I'm talking about). The only result was my game crashed to desktop. I really didn't see any eye-candy.

[McBeck]

I have a dumb mod question, relating to ROW, myself.

I read that it primarily optimizes nVidia cards. I have an ATI Radeon 256MB card. Am I wasting my time?

I already downloaded a good number of ROW files and tried to install them with JSME (or whatever it's called...you guys know what I'm talking about). The only result was my game crashed to desktop. I really didn't see any eye-candy.
Then something went wrong with the installation.
Disable the mods and check to see if they were put into the MODS folder correctly.

[DrBeast]

@Scurvy: I agree with McBeck about your CTD issues. As for having an ATi, now worries. I have an ATi too, all you miss is effects such as sun glare and/or camera lens flare. Otherwise it looks damn good.
Also, if you want the complete ROW package, make sure to grab kriller2's lates work as well (as Wilcke pointed out a few posts up), either the Addon for Reflections near the bottom of the 1st post of the ROW thread, or Pacific Environment for ROW, found near the beginning of the same post. It contains, among others, some bugfixes that Dave didn't iron out before he passed.

@Schlippittz: Yep. All the Single Missions and War Patrols have new names. You can't miss it (unless you've never, ever checked either of those).

[Schlippittz]

@Schlippittz: Yep. All the Single Missions and War Patrols have new names. You can't miss it (unless you've never, ever checked either of those).

Heh, I've never checked any of those. I just delved straight into my career.

I added a bunch of RoW stuff, but it dropped my FPS from 45-50 to 12-15. It's pretty, but it's gonna have to be uninstalled. :(

[DrBeast]

@Schlippittz: Yep. All the Single Missions and War Patrols have new names. You can't miss it (unless you've never, ever checked either of those).
Heh, I've never checked any of those. I just delved straight into my career.

I added a bunch of RoW stuff, but it dropped my FPS from 45-50 to 12-15. It's pretty, but it's gonna have to be uninstalled. :(

Try uninstalling only kriller2's hi-res seafoam. That's a known FPS-killer. Otherwise you shouldn't have any problems with ROW; I use it and my machine is bloody OLD.
Ok...if you have RSRDC installed, you should see, in Single Mission, names such as "FBM 420604 USS Nautilus (SS-168)".

[Schlippittz]

OK, I'll uninstall the sea foam and look for that mission to confirm RSRD was installed. Thanks for the help!

[Schlippittz]

RSRD is installed properly and wow is the game so much more gorgeous now that I added RoW components.

I'm so excited, I took the day off work to just look at water and clouds.


Well, and maybe sink some ships. :yep:

Thanks to everyone who helped me!! :up: