Old sailor trying to get back to sea

[K-61]

Hello kamaraden,

It has been years since I have played SH3 and I am now hankering to put back to sea. I am looking for my old DVD copy of SH3 [with Starforce, but I have the hack in my archives that gets rid of it] but can't find it at the moment; I am waiting for my wife to get home from work, perhaps she may have stashed it somewhere.

Some of you may remember me, but I suspect most will not. I used to be known as "Kaleun 61" over on the Ubi SH3 forum. I've been away from the game for a while since my old gaming PC needed overhaul and I never got round to doing it, even though I still have all the parts needed. In any event, I had been suffering from an incipient problem which affected me intellectually. Last year I suffered a seizure at work and the doctors found a brain tumour that I had been living with since I was a child or young adult. This was gradually affecting my intellect and emotions. Good news is, I had the tumour removed surgically earlier this year and I am making a great recovery and the growth was benign.

I am feeling much better as my recovery is progressing, feeling more like my old sharp self and as stated earlier, I have a hankering to get back to sea. My plan, when I find my disc or somehow get a replacement game, is to install it on my ASUS G73J gaming notebook, Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit, 8 GB of RAM and 1 GB of dedicated video RAM. This machine is well capable of playing SH3, even though it is not a new notebook. In fact, I briefly had SH3 running on it when it was new. Since then, I have updated to a solid state hard drive and want to see how the game plays on this faster drive.

I see there are way more mods and tools for me to research. Last time I played I was using GWX with JSGME and a bundle of mods to make the game as historic and realistic as possible. I've got some serious reading and research to do before I get the game up again, but I am sure I will be able to find everything I need here on SubSim.

Just wanted to check in again and say hello to any of the old gang who may remember me.

Good hunting!:salute:

[HW3]

Welcome Back! You can buy SH3 disks from Amazon that are already patched to 1.4b and Starforce free.

http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hunter-3-pc/dp/B0051EEGDC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1443745123&sr=8-4&keywords=silent+hunter+3

Or

http://www.amazon.com/Encore-16560-Silent-Hunter-2/dp/B0017HIH6O/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1443745123&sr=8-13&keywords=silent+hunter+3

[blackswan40]

Hi K-61 There are lots Mods Super Mods Out There for SH3 Would be a Good idear to have a Chat with me or any of the Mod Guru Guys
on Subsim teamspeak
will you be playing SH3 Single player campaign or SH3 Multiplayer if your looking to play SH3 Multiplayer you will need to Download Tunngle to host or join other players SH3 Games if you need any help with anything I can help you get your SH3 Setup with what ever mods you require & setting up tunngle

PS Welcome Back to Subsim K-61 :Kaleun_Salute:

[Aktungbby]

K-61!:salute:

[THEBERBSTER]

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[Jimbuna]

Welcome back :sunny:

[RustySubmarine]

Welcome back K-61. I was away from SH3 for quite a few years and am now back with it again, although its a few months since I last posted on the forums. I just play the game by myself, as I am not too keen on multiplayer. I have several campaigns on the go at the moment and am running with GWX, JSGME and SH Commander installed. My longest campaign so far, started in 1939 after training, and has reached to August 1942. It is now getting a bit harder to survive without inflicting too much damage to my boat and crew, before I can get back to base for repairs. But at least I am still one of the lucky ones so far. :hmmm:

It is nice to get back at sea again, especially when you have been away from it for so long, but you will soon be back in the thick of it again before too long.

Geoff :)

[sublynx]

Welcome back! In case you haven't noticed, this thread will help in spotting the essential mods:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202719

I'm certain a little bit of manual targeting, convoy stalking and escort evading will help immensely in training your brain power back to top condition in no time :arrgh!:

Happy hunting :/\\x:

[K-61]

Thanks for the warm greetings and offers of help. I found my disc today; it was hiding next to the DVD player on the lower shelf of my entertainment center, buried under some empty CD sleeves. I was looking about and just spied the Ubisoft logo sticking out from one side. What a find!

Now I have just been saddled with a friend's dog to look after for the weekend. I'm just heading out the door now to take her for a long walk, but when I get back I will be commencing my reading and updating to get back into the game.

Thanks again, crew. :up:

[K-61]

It turns out I didn't go out of town today as originally planned. Thus, I am using the day to download some recommended resources I have read about here. For example, I have just downloaded SH3 Front End. Not quite sure what to do with it yet, but it seems like a tool to have. I have to check to see if my archived material from years ago needs to be updated. It seems my archived copy of GWXGold is still okay, but I have to see if there are newer versions of SH3 Commander and JSGME.

I also have to do some reading on Living SH3. I am guessing it is its own standalone mod, not to be merged with GWX or similar. GWX Gold was my standard mod, to which I added a few goodies like the Das Boot crew faces, etc. I also have yet to figure out what hsie and stiebler are and do.

Still much learning to do... but I hope to at least have my basic game installed this afternoon, star force-free of course. Not sure if I am yet considering multiple installs of the game, but that may have to be done in order to try different super mods.

Decisions, decisions...

[RustySubmarine]

I just have two of the supermods installed as separate installs, both with JSGME & SH3 Comander. GWX Gold & Living SH3. Both of them are very good in different ways, but I seem to use the GWX Gold version the most.
Good luck and hope you are soon back hunting those convoys.

[flag4]

...haven't been out in ages...don't have the time for those long patrols anymore - even single missions seem pointless. miss it very much; life gets in the way.