Hello from a newbie!

[Tinman764]

Hey everyone, jumped into SH3 about a week and have a couple questions if you don't mind.

1. I'm using GWX3 and I desperately want to use SH3 Cmdr with it, trouble is I can only find ver 2.7 and GWX3 needs version 3 or better, 2.7 wont even update from the auto updater (as I'm sure you know). Does anyone have a good link for the most recent SH3 Cmdr please, because I can't find one anywhere.

2. Completely unrelated to my previous question - I feel competent enough to have started my 1st partol. I'm commanding a type IIA sailing out of Kiel, tasked with patrolling grid AN52. My plan is to park my boat as close to the coast as my partol will allow and hopefully pick up traffic as they head into Newcastle or southern Scotland without exposing myself by activly searching.
Is this a sound plan, or should I be actively searching for targets - maybe further away from the coast?

Thanks for reading and happy hunting!

[Gerald]

:salute: We can help you, one what you need, good hunting!

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147237&highlight=sh3+Commander

[Tinman764]

Hi Vendor, I've already tried that thread and both the download links no longer have the file :cry:

Thanks though.

[flag4]

hi Tinman
try this site from JoneSoft:

1.
http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/ then click generic mod enabler. download version that is there then do an update - check for a newer version. i have the 3.2.0 203 version. hope this helps or contact JoneSoft in the same tab just below generic mod enabler.

2.

dont get too close to land. you will not be able to dive very far to avoid detection and escape. stay further out in shipping lanes. 20 miles out perhaps. mines are also a problem as the war progresses.

other ideas/suggestions will be along soon

welcome aboard:salute:

[Mittelwaechter]

1. - http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=733

2. go there and see what happens, maybe your plan works, Herr Kaleun. If not - decide to try your luck elsewhere - it's your job.

Welcome aboard.

[Tinman764]

Hi Mittelwaechter, I've tried that one aswell - the download is a dead link unfortunately.

[Tessa]

2: Unless you are going to do a port raid (wouldn't recommend using a duck for something like that) stay clear of the port itself, except for Gibraltor (which has a steep cliff just outside the subnet) all the ports are shallow water; something which you should generally avoid whenever possible.

Lying in wait 10-20 km outside the port is good as already suggested. Be careful though, you might run into a inbound convoy with its escorts still in tow. Unless you manage to sink the ship immediately you run the risk of not getting the chance for any credit. Normally when you're attacking a convoy and a ship's propulsions dies you just leave it be and come back for it later to finish off with the deck gun.

Since the port you are camping is the destination, once the ships arrive there the wounded ship will just disapear. Conversely if you hit a tanker right it the sweat spot and it blows up with just 1 eel you'll still get credit; even if 2 or 3 minutes later all the rest of the ships disapear.

[Tinman764]

Good to know about the disappearing ships, would hate to be caught out by that.
After trawling through 5 pages of Google, I've come to the conclusion that SHcmdr is no longer available higher than the version I have at the moment. If anyone is willing to email me or perhaps temporarily host their own copy, I would be most grateful.

[Gerald]

3.2.0.203 is the latest version of SH3 Commander!

http://sh3-commander.software.informer.com/

[Tinman764]

3.2.0.203 is the latest version of SH3 Commander!

I know, but I can only find 2.7 which isn't recent enough to work with gwx3

[Gerald]

Try the link you see above you, in the previous item!

[Tinman764]

Trust me, I have. If you follow the link yourself you will see what I mean it just directs you to http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/ with no option to download SH3 cmdr. I've emailed that website to see if they can help. Thanks for trying :salute:

[Mittelwaechter]

SH3 Commander 3.2

Uploading now... -done.

MD5 6022430114d0a0b97f66503d6f086542

> You have the file - Link deleted <

[JEuler]

You can find the latest version of the commander in the downloads section,here's the link http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=733

and you need some extra files to work with GWX Gold http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1421


Welcome aboard :salute:

[Gerald]

Or,

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=733&act=down

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=416&act=down

The last link is for SH3 Commander,GWX specific cfg files for SH3 Commander R2.6 or greater=== Please unzip the contents of this arc ... [more] (74.2 KB)

[Tinman764]

Do any of these links work for anyone else? All I get is either "Slow Down! You are trying to download files too quickly. You must wait 15 seconds before you may download another file." or a 404 error.
The link to the GWX cfg zip that Vendor posted did work for me once, but I already have that file anyway.

[Axeman3d]

Now you (theoretically) have the program you want, let's discuss your tactics.

First off, check the date. If you're going out in a type II it's early in the war, perhaps so early that you aren't actually at war with the UK and end up sinking innocent ships weeks before war takes place. I did it.

Second, stay clear of shallow water. If I can't go to 150m after an attack I get worried, the depth and silence are all you have to protect you. Going into shallow coastal waters chasing small merchants and fishing boats is not the way to rack up the tonnage.

Go to your patrol area, hang around for a day until your briefing is fulfilled, then go find the nearest choke point or convoy route and lie in wait there. Submerge several times a day at low speed to listen for ships, spend the rest of the time criss-crossing the lanes at 8-10 knots with your watch officer on the bridge.

[Tinman764]

SH3 Commander 3.2

Uploading now...


You are my new hero! Thankyou :yeah:

Thanks to everyone for the help and the welcomes, no doubt I'll be back with more questions about tactics etc soon enough! :D

[Gerald]

Glad you got a working link, but do not forget to install the files for GWX cfg files are specified, for SH3 Commander, good luck :up:

[Mittelwaechter]

Ooops - that free filehoster pops up an adult page after you close their download site. :damn:

I'll delete the link...

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Aboard Tinman764 http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Brag]

Tinman, welcome aboard and good hunting :salute::salute::salute: