Help a noob

[EvilJawa]

Hi, to preface my questions i would like to say i have never played any kind of sub sim game. i've always found them interesting and when i saw silent hunter 5 about a week ago i decided to check it out, im completely in love with it, even learning manual tdc. having noticed the considerable amount of bugs and missing features in the game i checked out the modding community. im not a newbie to modding games but i seem to be having trouble with CTD's while trying to get some of the mods working.
im reinstalling the game now and plan to try again from scratch but i would appreciate some advice on which mods are compatable and/or worth installing at all. main thing im trying to do is add more convienent features and realism to the game

so far the mods ive been trying to get are here

FX_Update_0_0_16_2_TheDarkWraith
NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_TheDarkWraith
OldStyleExplosions_V1.1
Real Environment - Revision_2 (thinking about replacing with Dynamic Environment v 2.1)
IRAI_0_0_30_TheDarkWraith
Criticalhitsv1.2
Criticalhits1.1Torpedos
AI Subs Hydrophone Fix


There are many more ive been interested in but im trying to start out basic and get these to work before i add more.

Any additional mod suggestions would be appreciated and if someone could tell me why i get ctds when trying to use these mods. (which ones i should drop)

Thanks. =D

[EvilJawa]

And i have no idea on the load order too =/

[THE_MASK]

Look at my sig for my mod list , (no ctds) to get the order . That mod list you have is fine .
I would probably add these

No magic skills v1.5 MCCD compatible
MightyFine Crew Mod 1.2.1 Alt faces
MCCD_1.04_MFCM_1.2.1_compatible
Lite Campaign LC 1.2
FX_Update_0_0_16_2_TheDarkWraith
NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_TheDarkWraith
NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_Real_Navigation
Dynamic Environment v 2.1
IRAI_0_0_30_TheDarkWraith
TheDarkWraith_DC_Water_Disturbances_v2_0_SH5
AI Subs Hydrophone Fix
TDW SH5Patcher <<<<<disk game version only

Check my sig for the time compression settings .
Dont forget to adjust the AI difficulty in IRAI .

[EvilJawa]

thanks

[sentenc3]

Look at my sig for my mod list , (no ctds) to get the order . That mod list you have is fine .
I would probably add these



Hello sober;), because you do not use the MegaMod, do not like? or maybe you're not convinced that is not updated.

[THE_MASK]

Hello sober;), because you do not use the MegaMod, do not like? or maybe you're not convinced that is not updated.The mega mod is fine , i am using these mods because i am in a career . I am waiting for the Mega mod next version .

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

I instaled lots of mods. Game is working ok. But when do i get too add more eqvipment on boat. I m in total germany campin and have only VIIa sub. Dont have option too change /add winter garden with flaks. I instaled mod for historical accuracy so when i get the chance too modifay my boat or get the new 1.
Sorry for nubish qvestion.

[THE_MASK]

I instaled lots of mods. Game is working ok. But when do i get too add more eqvipment on boat. I m in total germany campin and have only VIIa sub. Dont have option too change /add winter garden with flaks. I instaled mod for historical accuracy so when i get the chance too modifay my boat or get the new 1.
Sorry for nubish qvestion.When it was historically available by date .

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

When it was historically available by date .

Thx for reply sober:up:

[EvilJawa]

so i've got the game working pretty fine with these mods now, but for some reason i cant see how fast ships are moving anymore on the maps now. im having trouble lining up my shots without any way to find what speed the ships are moving at. =/

Critical hits 1.1 Torpedos
Critical hits v 1.2
Dynamic Environment SH5 Basemod (realistic version) V2.1
Dynamic Environment SH5 Sounds V2.1
NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_ByTheDarkWraith
IRAI_0_0_30_ByTheDarkWraith
IRAI_0_0_30_No_hydrophone_on_surface
Dynamic Environmental SH5 Shallow Waters V2.1

[THE_MASK]

so i've got the game working pretty fine with these mods now, but for some reason i cant see how fast ships are moving anymore on the maps now. im having trouble lining up my shots without any way to find what speed the ships are moving at. =/

Critical hits 1.1 Torpedos
Critical hits v 1.2
Dynamic Environment SH5 Basemod (realistic version) V2.1
Dynamic Environment SH5 Sounds V2.1
NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_ByTheDarkWraith
IRAI_0_0_30_ByTheDarkWraith
IRAI_0_0_30_No_hydrophone_on_surface
Dynamic Environmental SH5 Shallow Waters V2.1Unenable NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_ByTheDarkWraith and then look in the options file and change to your liking .
MODS\NewUIs_TDC_6_5_1_ByTheDarkWraith\data\Scripts \Menu\TheDarkWraithUserOptions.py
Its a bit daunting when you see it .

[THE_MASK]

I suggest TC1OnAnyMessageBoxText = True
Then turn it on and off at will with the top right hud button .

[EvilJawa]

thanks alot, i added alot of the mods from your ctd list. looking good now. oddly when i start up silent hunter now it takes a pretty long time to load, and i get the intro music looping the first verse about 5 times. nothing seriously bad just annoying. is this a common problem or something i can fix?

[Targor Avelany]

probably depends on the computer you are running it on. The same happens for me - I nearly can have 2 smokes before the actual saved game or new patrol is loaded :nope:

But beside installing AntiLag, which helps a lot with FPS issues, I have not seen any solutions for this problem.

[THE_MASK]

Look for this mod .
RemoveLogoIntroTheDarkWraith

[Targor Avelany]

Look for this mod .
RemoveLogoIntroTheDarkWraith

It will remove the intromovie, but it does not cut the loading screen times.

[THE_MASK]

It will remove the intromovie, but it does not cut the loading screen times.Correct
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=163079&highlight=RemoveLogoIntroTheDarkWraith

[EvilJawa]

yeah my system specs are pretty good.
gtx 260 (overclocked to 700 mhz)
4 gigs 1066 ram,
core 2 duo 3.1 ghz
windows 7.

game runs awesome its just the load times are terribad, crysis 2 loads faster =D

[THE_MASK]

see how much faster the game loads without antilag

[EvilJawa]

havent installed antilag, ill try it and see what the improvement is

[EvilJawa]

Overall game smoothness with antilag is improved alot, load times however. maybe 10-15% faster? hard to say

I couldnt seem to find an option in tdw TheDarkWraithUserOptions.py that allows me to display ship speed. i can do without it if i could figure out how to get my guy to estimate the speed for me. for now ill try using the speed charts included with the chronometer.

another thing is i notice my crew buttons are placed on the middle bottem of the interface overlapping my heading meter. and the XO's dialogue box is annoyingly right in my face when im looking through the periscopes is there a way to change the positions of them?

Thanks for all the help sober =D

[THE_MASK]

Hover your curser over the top of the officers bar , a little square should show up , drag this to a new position .

[Trevally.]

To get the ship speed back - there are buttons at the top right of the UI.
One of those will give you info on stuff when you hover with your mouse pointer. Spees of ships on the map etc:up:

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Is there a problem with the game not showing the camoflage on u boat. I pick it and eqvip it and it is not showing in game. Any bady else have the same problem?