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[Prki600]

Hy to all :D

I'm new to this forum.I been playing SH3 few years ago.Now I have discovered this site and I will play SH3 again, but I'm confused with all patches mods and all stuff that can be found at this site.

Can somebody recommend what to install with game(mod,patches,upgrades)???

I suppose i should install game + patch v1.4b +???.

Is that GWX 3 mod enough or there is something else I should install to have best experience with this game.

THX

[danasan]

Hi Prki600 and welcome to the bunch...

Well, it is really hard to say "take this mod and that", but as a start:

GWX 3.0 is a good start, get SH3 Commander and the needed GWX SH3 Commander files as well.

You'll find them all here: http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/jimbunaGWX3.0 That's all you need to start with.

GWX is very immersive, but you'll find it sometimes hard.

From there, a lot of mods are very hardware - demanding, so it depends on your machine...

Oh, and some guy are playing GWX without further additions for years :D

[Prki600]

Should I install updates as well , or updates are included with GWX 3?And should I install all updates or v1.4b covers it all?

[danasan]

You have to update your game to version 1.4 first, that was the latest patch. So update v1.4 is needed :yep: It will have everything older included.

You won't get GWX or anything else to run without that patch v 1.4, because they all were developed on that basis.

If your copy of SH3 has the starforce copy protection system, you have to get rid of that - depending on your OS. Here is all you need to know about that procedure:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=160118

[Prki600]

Everything working nice.THX
One more question how to change resolution or to get full screen(Ati sapphire 4850)
And should I activate mods in JSGME,or they are activated automatic?

[danasan]

Get the DX9HiResFix here (http://www.lsh3.com/v5/tools_en.html), decompress it, open the d3d9.cfg in the folder with Notepad, type in the Resolution like that:

;
; DX9res Settings
; by Kegetys <kegetys@dnainternet.net>
;
; Note that this config is reloaded on device reset, so you can task switch out
; of the game, change settings from this file and then return
;

[config]
; ResX: Horizontal resolution setting
; ResY: Vertical resolution setting
; useFiltering: Use linear filtering for UI elements
; enableScreenshots: Hook printscreen keypress to save TGA screenshot
resX=1920 depending on your monitor, of course!
resY=1080 depending on your monitor, of course!
useFiltering=1
enableScreenshots=1
screenshotPath=.

[gamma]
; setGamma: Override gamma ramp
; gammaRed: Red channel gamma (1.0 = normal, decrease to add brightess, increase to darken)
; gammaGreen: Green channel gamma (1.0 = normal, decrease to add brightess, increase to darken)
; gammaBlue: Blue channel gamma (1.0 = normal, decrease to add brightess, increase to darken)
setGamma=0
gammaRed=1.0
gammaGreen=1.0
gammaBlue=1.0

save that file, put the whole folder into the MODS folder in the root folder of SH3, activate it with the JSGME.exe (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=173324) (you should find it in the root folder as well), done! :doh:

If you are going to play around with the mission editor, deactivate that fix first :doh:

All the mods are activated easily by hand with JSGME, best tool ever