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sketch
03-07-10, 01:34 AM
Hello all!
After experimenting with the game some a few months back I finally decided to pick it up through steam tonight. I remember this forum from before I went to Bootcamp and decided that with the purchase of SH3 Id join up here too.

Little bit about me, I am a SR (E-1) In the U.S. Navy, pretty new (obviously) to that whole gig but loving every moment of it. Training towards becoming an STG (Sonar Technician Surface Warfare.) I managed to get about 10 or so missions into the SH3 campaign before being sunk by a Depth charge just south of the British mainland. Shortly after I was shipped out to boot camp in Great Lakes Illinois. As such this is my first chance to rejoin the fight of this amazing game.

I enjoy being fully engrossed in the game as much as possible. As such I was curious if there were any specific mods I should look for to enhance the game? I am not yet looking for anything to ramp up the difficulty or whatever (im not comfortable enough manually aiming torpedos and such yet). Also I am aware of the gramaphone packs (which are amazing i might add...) but was curious if there is an existing mod that randomizes the music order in game.

Anywho I look forward to contributing my tails of both in game and Navy adventures to this great board. :arrgh!:
Capt.Warner
03-07-10, 01:37 AM
Welcome aboard mate.:arrgh!:
sketch
03-07-10, 01:47 AM
Thank you much :)

edit:
Awhile back (around October or November) I remember finding a threat that had a link to some guys Journal he kept about this game.

He had a liveblog account or something where he documented a career he had in this game and it was very well written. I would love to find it again if anyone knows about it (or something similar). Thanks in advance if anyone finds it
Gilbou
03-07-10, 01:59 AM
Welcome!

Are you using GWX ?
sketch
03-07-10, 02:01 AM
neg, im not really clear on what it does. Care to clarify?
Capt.Warner
03-07-10, 02:03 AM
Its a megamod for SH3.Check it out man,its good.:woot:
sketch
03-07-10, 02:11 AM
whats it do if i might ask?
Capt.Warner
03-07-10, 02:13 AM
Pretty much changes the whole way SH3 is played,makes it much better and realistic.Check out the mods section of SH3.
Kpt. Lehmann
03-07-10, 02:28 AM
whats it do if i might ask?

Hi Sketch, Welcome to Subsim. :shucks:

You can follow the link below my sig to the Grey Wolves website and download a copy of the GWX manual by itself if you like. The website will give you an overview of what GWX does and the manual describes it all in detail.

(The GWX manual is 640+ pages and can be a bit imposing at first glance, (.PDF document) but you can look at the table of contents & just click on the page numbersof things that interest you.)
Gilbou
03-07-10, 02:34 AM
SH3 with GWX is like a new game.
Just kicks ass :)

You need a clean SH3 installation
Patched to 1.4b
Then you install GWX 3.0 Gold
Then, you can play it.

I suggest using SH3 Commander. You require 2 files
to use SH3 Commander with SH3 + GWX both which are
available from Subsim :

- SH3 commander version 3.2
- A program that you donwload from the GreyWolves website and that is a .exe that will patch SH3 + GWX so it can be used with SH3 commander 3.2
ryanglavin
03-07-10, 09:26 AM
(The GWX manual is 640+ pages and can be a bit imposing at first glance, (.PDF document) but you can look at the table of contents & just click on the page numbersof things that interest you.)

I've read it.... Its mind-boggling :doh:
frau kaleun
03-07-10, 09:28 AM
Hi Sketch, welcome aboard.

Just thought I'd add that the previously mentioned SH3 Commander also gives you the option to randomize gramophone tracks when they're played in-game.
maillemaker
03-07-10, 11:35 AM
Hi Sketch! Welcome aboard!

I highly recommend the GWX 3.0 expansion mod. It has many internal mini-mods that you will need to run JSGME to enable (it is also installed as part of the GWX mod - you will find it in the SHIII folder).

I wrote a story about my campaign, you can find it here:

http://www.forth-armoury.com/SHIII/silent_hunter.htm

Steve
Jimbuna
03-07-10, 03:55 PM
Welcome aboard sketch http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif
sketch
03-07-10, 04:29 PM
Oof, thats a large DL size. Unfortunately I will have to hold off on GWX for now as the internet connection on base is worse than Dialup. I am current at Starbucks right now trying to finish the DL on SH3 on its own hehe. I copied that story btw to note;ad so i can read it offline, I like the writing style so far :D
KL-alfman
03-07-10, 05:35 PM
welcome aboard, sketch! :salute:

(if you only download the manual, at least you know what will await you) :03:
Sailor Steve
03-07-10, 06:17 PM
WELCOME ABOARD, Sailor!:sunny:

Reading your report about just starting out really makes me feel old. I got out in 1970!:dead:
sketch
03-07-10, 07:01 PM
Wait so you retired from the navy in 1970? How many years did you serve? Surface or Sub? What was your rate?
Snestorm
03-08-10, 04:02 AM
Welcome aboard, Sketch.
Tim D
03-08-10, 08:58 PM
Welcome aboard Sketch, I am a retired Chief and work down in San Diego on your base (I believe). Are you by the Airport?:salute:
Sailor Steve
03-09-10, 01:11 PM
Wait so you retired from the navy in 1970? How many years did you serve? Surface or Sub? What was your rate?
Less than two years (early out after Viet Nam service). Surface (USS Brinkley Bass - DD-887). Radioman.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bbassturret.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bbass5.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bbass2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/bbass-5.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bbass4.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/bbass-1.jpg
IanC
03-09-10, 03:01 PM
Less than two years (early out after Viet Nam service). Surface (USS Brinkley Bass - DD-887). Radioman.


Hey Steve it's good to see your avatar picture up close. What's the story behind that? Some kind of sleeping bag...
desirableroasted
03-10-10, 10:52 AM
Welcome aboard, Sketch. A former CTO2, here (that would be an IT2 in today's Navy).

Get your mind around the stock game, first. It has its unrealities (ships just blow up, you can fairly safely try for planes, many of the graphics are cheesy), but consider it a "simulator."

Once you are confident, look around the forums, esp the Mods forum, to see what strikes your interest. GWX is my favorite supermod, but I am not much more than a novice myself.

Always lots of skippers here on the forum ready to help.

(But, seriously sailor, until you get frocked, you have no business playing games :salute:)
sketch
03-17-10, 06:57 PM
Welcome aboard Sketch, I am a retired Chief and work down in San Diego on your base (I believe). Are you by the Airport?:salute:
Indeed indeed. SR Hoffman. Just got here at ASW early last month. I work in BLDG1 every day instead of a traditional working party.

As for the video games deal, Im stuck on holds for an "undetermined period of time." After work and PT are knocked outta the way for the day, I dont have much else to do that does not involve cash or playing pool :P

edit: I am getting the funny idea that I may very well work with you...
Sailor Steve
03-18-10, 12:44 PM
Hey Steve it's good to see your avatar picture up close. What's the story behind that? Some kind of sleeping bag...
Sleeping bag? It's just me posing on Mount 52.
IanC
03-19-10, 10:21 AM
Sleeping bag? It's just me posing on Mount 52.

Ok Steve, it looked like you were hanging from a potato sack or something. I'm just a landlubber...
Ark
03-19-10, 10:53 AM
Welcome to the forums, and more importantly, thank you for your service!!
Jimbuna
03-19-10, 04:21 PM
Ok Steve, it looked like you were hanging from a potato sack or something. I'm just a landlubber...

"potato sack"...he must have felt like a right spud :rotfl2:

Love it :up:
frau kaleun
03-19-10, 07:28 PM
"potato sack"...he must have felt like a right spud :rotfl2:

Love it :up:

Now I know where all the Navy "ayes" come from.
Jimbuna
03-20-10, 05:11 AM
Now I know where all the Navy "ayes" come from.

Well personally speaking...I've always been a peeler :DL
Tim D
03-20-10, 11:15 AM
Indeed indeed. SR Hoffman. Just got here at ASW early last month. I work in BLDG1 every day instead of a traditional working party.

As for the video games deal, Im stuck on holds for an "undetermined period of time." After work and PT are knocked outta the way for the day, I dont have much else to do that does not involve cash or playing pool :P

edit: I am getting the funny idea that I may very well work with you...

I am in Bldg 50 on the 2nd deck with EOD (We do have alot of working parties) I do see a bunch of sailors in front of your bldg around 1500 for muster :salute: If you are ever over my way, ask for Tim, someone should show you to my office. Are you waiting to class up for A School? Good luck on your Navy Career and remember "Sailors belong on Ships, Ships belong at Sea, and Land is just a navigational hazard":arrgh!:
Paul Riley
03-20-10, 11:34 AM
it looked like you were hanging from a potato sack or something

:rotfl2:
sketch
03-20-10, 09:15 PM
Welcome to the forums, and more importantly, thank you for your service!!
Thank you brotha, much appreciated.

So EoD land then eh? Yea I am waiting to class up. A new set of 20 is classing up Monday so hopefully I will be in the next group. that would fit the 2 month wait mark.