Finally Able To Play SHIII Again!

[Hylander_1314]

Hey guys! Finally able to paly SHIII again on my rig. Even though I have a widescreen HDMI tv as a monitor, I can play in windowed mode, and just hit the zoom on the tv remote, and it is perfect for the native 1024 x 768 SHIII resolution. Just have sidebars is all, but I can deal with that.

Anyways, I got rid of all my SHIII mods back when, because i could no longer play it, except for GWX 2.1. and SHIII Commander.

One mod I inadvertantly dumped, was the Crush Depth Mod I think by Timetraveller maybe? Is that little gem still available? I not, oh well.

But hey, after 4 years, I can finally play the U-Boat game of chaice again! Woohoo!

If not, is there a way to mod the crushdepths for the individual class boats?

Sorry to be a bother, but work has been heavy. Clocked in at 04:00, and just got home an hour ago, so that gave me almost 15 hours for toady alone.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

SHIII still rocks! And after 4 years, ................. man, ................. it's sweet!

[Fish In The Water]

Hey guys! Finally able to paly SHIII again on my rig.

Welcome back to the pack! :woot:

It's always good to have an experienced hand back in the pens. :yep:

One mod I inadvertantly dumped, was the Crush Depth Mod I think by Timetraveller maybe? Is that little gem still available? I not, oh well.Not familiar with that one, but you could always take a look here and see if it's included in Timetraveller's collection:

ftp://Maik@hartmuthaas.no-ip.org/Volume_2/Sharing/SH3COMMUNITYMODS/TIMETRAVELLER/

Username: Maik
Password: Woelfe

If not, the crush depths can be modded manually by changing the appropriate .zon file for the desired boat.

You'll need to use the S3D editor, (available here):

http://s3d.skwas.com/downloads.aspx

to open 'SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_UboatXX\NSS_UboatXX.zon' (Where 'XX' is the type of boat you want to mod). Once there open node 27 (for type 7b and 7c) and adjust the 'CrashDepth' value as desired.

Good luck, welcome back and have fun! :sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

One mod I inadvertantly dumped, was the Crush Depth Mod I think by Timetraveller maybe? Is that little gem still available? I not, oh well.

If not, is there a way to mod the crushdepths for the individual class boats?
SH3 Commander has it's own randomized crush depth function. It's all you need. :sunny:

[Hylander_1314]

Thanks for the quick response FITW! :|\\

The link is asking for a login and password, so that's nix.

I'll have to look into the appropriate zon files for each boat and tweak them.

His Crushdepth Mod was cool, because you could take your boat into the red zone on the depth guage, but how far? You didn't know. But you take your boat way passed what the stock game offerred.

I remember the worst depth charging we took, was either late 43, or early 44 not too far from the Azores, and the VIIC 41 boat I think we had, well, we were down deeper than 250m., and had 7 escorts trying to knock us out. After 9 hours of realtime evasion, we finally lost them! Man was I exhausted after that!

Once we got clear, I if memory serves, I think I snuck in just close enough to fire a couple acoustic eels at then in retaliation, but didn't hang around to watch the fireworks. It was dark, and saw a couple flashes in the distance, and it was good enough for me!

[Hylander_1314]

Thanks Steve! I tried it, and i got my VIIB down around 110, just into the yellow zone on the dial, and started taking damage (?):doh:

And it was a practice run out in deep water, so it wasn't hitting the bottom or anything lie that, and hull integrity was 100% to start off.

[Hans Witteman]

Hi mate,

I am jealous i haven't play since i mod it! :k_rofl:

Best regards Hans

[Fish In The Water]

Thanks for the quick response FITW! :|\\

The link is asking for a login and password, so that's nix.

You're welcome and they're included just below the link. :03:

I remember the worst depth charging we took, was either late 43, or early 44 not too far from the Azores, and the VIIC 41 boat I think we had, well, we were down deeper than 250m., and had 7 escorts trying to knock us out. After 9 hours of realtime evasion, we finally lost them! Man was I exhausted after that!That's the thing that makes SH3 so unique. You take a pounding that totally wears you out and yet it creates a great memory. Can't say that about many other games. Good stuff, thanks for sharing! :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

Thanks Steve! I tried it, and i got my VIIB down around 110, just into the yellow zone on the dial, and started taking damage (?):doh:

And it was a practice run out in deep water, so it wasn't hitting the bottom or anything lie that, and hull integrity was 100% to start off.
It's randomized. So you never know. However it is easy to check in Commander's Cfg files and change the parameters.

[Hylander_1314]

[QUOTE=Fish In The Water;1792302]You're welcome and they're included just below the link. :03:

15 hour day, whew, I must be tired. Thatnks for the kids glove lead there!

[Fish In The Water]

15 hour day, whew, I must be tired. Thatnks for the kids glove lead there!

No worries, and now that I know you were looking for random crush, by all means I'd go with Commander. Simplest solution, no muss no fuss.

Enjoy the big screen and good hunting! :arrgh!:

[Hylander_1314]

Yep! Thanks!

Looking at the crushdepths in the nodes, as a for instance, one of the boats said it 371.00, now it that meters in depth fr maximum depth? Just making sure i understand it is all.

[HW3]

I have a copy of Timetravellers v2 of the crush depth mod. I have uploaded it here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T72962C3

:salute:

[Hylander_1314]

Right on HW3! That's the one! Thanks a million! :rock: :cool:

[HW3]

I can't use it because the game file path it looks for does not match my game path, and I can't figure out how to change it.:hmmm:

[frau kaleun]

I can't use it because the game file path it looks for does not match my game path, and I can't figure out how to change it.:hmmm:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/782/commanderp.jpg


The first "page" in the Options box, the area circled in red. Use the "..." button to browse to your game folder, or to the one for the version of the game you want Commander to launch (if you have more than one installation). :up:

[HW3]

I meant Timetravellers crush depth mod. When I activate it, it comes up with a box showing a game path that does not match mine, and terminates itself.

[Hylander_1314]

Hmmmmmmmm, that's weird HW3. It found where I have SHIII installed, D:\Games\Ubisoft\SH3 with no trouble.

When installing, you may have to manually enter the path for it to follow? Just got up, and on the first cup o' go juice. (Coffee)

[Hylander_1314]

What I can't remember is where the torpedo, and weapons renown values are stored. I got used to SH4, and have forgotten a lot of stuff.

[Fish In The Water]

What I can't remember is where the torpedo, and weapons renown values are stored. I got used to SH4, and have forgotten a lot of stuff.

Simply use a text editor (such as notepad) and open the 'SH3\data\Cfg\basic.cfg' file. Once there do a Ctrl-F down to the '[TORPEDO_TYPE0]' section and you'll find the renown values listed in the bottom line of each torpedo type. The same holds true for the other weapons as well (also in the same file). Have fun and happy modding! :sunny:

[Hylander_1314]

:doh: I feel like such a rube! Thanks again FITW!

Feels like I got SH3 senility or something. All this stuff I could find in heartbeat before. It's like learning everything all over again!

[SquareSteelBar]

I can't use it because the game file path it looks for does not match my game path, and I can't figure out how to change it.:hmmm:Look into registry - maybe there's an obsolete entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter III]
InstalledPath=C:\SilentHunterIII\ <- change it to your game path
Path=C:\SilentHunterIII\sh3.exe <- change it to your game path








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[Fish In The Water]

:doh: I feel like such a rube! Thanks again FITW!

Feels like I got SH3 senility or something. All this stuff I could find in heartbeat before. It's like learning everything all over again!

No need to feel bad, we all get rusty. Happy to help and you're quite welcome! :sunny:

[Leitender]

Timetraveller´s SH3 Crush Depth is really a great tool. I prefer it because it´s more comfortable to adjust the wished settings.
You can even choose from the factor of crash dive depth randomization. Also, there are some sources given for the suggested values.

Just one disadvantage. The program creates a "copy-of..."-file as a backup in the same folder like the original .zon-file. As we know for some time, sh3.exe obviously eats more or less every file within the data folder, it´d be better to save the copy-of... at another place.

Btw, IIRC TimeTraveller was one of the first who published easy-to-use-Tools for the community. Honour to whom honour is due. :salute:

"I can't use it because the game file path it looks for does not match my game path,"

This is a known issue. You have to change the path in the registry. But don´t ask me how, I don´t know this either. In my installations it always worked.

[Jimbuna]

:doh: I feel like such a rube! Thanks again FITW!

Feels like I got SH3 senility or something. All this stuff I could find in heartbeat before. It's like learning everything all over again!

None of us is as clever as all of us....welcome back :sunny:

[Fubar2Niner]

None of us is as clever as all of us....welcome back :sunny:

Nice line Jim, and welcome home Hylander_1314 :salute:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Hylander_1314]

Danke danke meine Herren!

[GT182]

Hylander, good to see ya around bud. And you too HW. :up: Been awhile and I've been away too.