Something Missing

[Cameladventures]

Hi Folks

I'm new to this forum thing and SH3. Sorry if this has been asked before had there not been so many posts I might have trawled through them to try and find the answer.

I've installed the MODs as advised but I've noticed that on the map screen all of the contacts have lost their tails. They were originally their and you could tell there direction of travel but afer installing the MODs they have disappeared.

Minor problem but I hope someone can help

Cheers

[danlisa]

Welcome to Subsim.:up:

First off, you must have just installed GWX 2.1.:D The tails have been removed intentionally as they gave you too much situational awareness. However, not all is lost. If you click your mouse on the contact, it will give you heading/bearing & speed of that contact. Also, when you are within visual range of any contact, you can zoom in on the map and see the direction of travel and ship icon.

Enjoy.:up:

There are mods available that replaces these tails but try the game without for awhile.

[HunterICX]

Hi Cameladventures,
firstly, welcome to Subsim.com :up:

Like danlisa mentioned they have been removed intentionaly, I had to get used to it as well at first but because of this it made me use my Navmap even more with drawing lines in the dirrection they are heading to give a idea where I might meet them.
it didnt really effect my tonnage score, but it did made the game a bit more interactive :yep:
its a little detail you'll get used to after a while.

HunterICX

[SmokinTep]

Same here. I think it made it better as I had to plot it's course rather than already knowing where it was going.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard matey http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9708/piratebf4.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Enjoy the GWXperience. http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9026/wolfthumbsuprw5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Interesting name you got there :lol:

[Brag]

Welcome aboard, Cameladventures!

Intrigued by your nick. I used to run trecks with camels in Kenya.

[Cameladventures]

Hi

Thanks for the responses. I'll give it a go.

If you are interested in the name it's because of our hobby

www.cameladventures.net (http://www.cameladventures.net) will reveal all.

[Sailor Steve]

Pretty cool!

WELCOME ABOARD!:sunny:

[STEED]

Hi Folks

I'm new to this forum thing and SH3. Sorry if this has been asked before had there not been so many posts I might have trawled through them to try and find the answer.

I've installed the MODs as advised but I've noticed that on the map screen all of the contacts have lost their tails. They were originally their and you could tell there direction of travel but afer installing the MODs they have disappeared.

Minor problem but I hope someone can help

Cheers

There is a mod which puts them back but the author is unknown when he released it and I've ran a search that came back zip all. I can put up the mod for DL if you want it.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard, Cameladventures!

Intrigued by your nick. I used to run trecks with camels in Kenya.

Sorry mate but even I thought there might have been a job in it for you.....better luck next time :lol:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5558/camelnanerxt1.gif

[Jimbuna]

This will put the tails and the colours back:

http://files.filefront.com/GWX+Contact+Color7z/;9902069;/fileinfo.html

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Welcome aboard.

[tvfixitman]

I love using the nav map and plotting ship directions, etc. adds much more realism and builds your skills! I am glad they took the tails and colors off. makes you take a close look at the flags too for identification.

[1480]

makes you take a close look at the flags too for identification.

But, if the infamous gray box pops up , iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits show time!!!!:rock:

[predavolk]

I really like the mod that lets you ID warships (only) in red. It makes keeping track of convoy members a lot more manageable- especially with large, 24+ boat convoys. It's also quite realistic that you would color-code merchants vs. escorts.

[Sailor Steve]

I love using the nav map and plotting ship directions, etc. adds much more realism and builds your skills! I am glad they took the tails and colors off. makes you take a close look at the flags too for identification.
Something you (and not many others) might like is the 'Assisted Plotting Mod'. It removes all contacts from the map. Then, if you move the cursor around, when it passes over a ship you will see a dashed circle. Clicking on the circle gets you a notice: "Unknown". If you lock onto a ship with the periscope and ID it, all the info will show up on the attack map, but it will be for that ship only.

I was going to post a link to the original thread, but the pictures there were removed long ago. Here is where you can download it:
http://files.filefront.com/14b+Assisted+Plotting+Modzip/;10909506;/fileinfo.html

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Welcome aboard,

You can always find an answer here.