Grifo
12-27-15, 10:24 AM
Hello guys! :salute:
First, let me express my greetings to this polite, educated and helpful community and especially to modders, who did all their wonderful job to improve SH3 game. You guys, really rock!
Now about my case.. l made a full circle and now, something inside me says that I need to jump into the German submarine and sunk some ships. I already had some SH3+GWX 3.0 experience back into 2010, when i abandoned the game bcz I basically lost my save and went mad about it. Now, I have a strong desire to play again, but I dont want to ruin my experience and I decided to ask a couple of questions to Subsim veterans before ill possibly give it a go.
2) SH3+GWX3.0 in WS and HD
Back in 2010 I used highres fix for 1920X1200 resolution and was ok with that. GUI aspect was little distorted but that wasnt a problem. 5 years later I see some GUI`s were developed for the game, but they all still support only low WS resoulutions. Ahnenerbe`s GUI is only one who support HD resolution, but it have some minor issues with other mods and most important, this GUI looks too small for me (bad vision) :)
So I have a couple of questions here
a) about highres fix, is it distorts both GUI and 3D scene aspects or only GUIs one? I really cant say for sure myself.
b) how good is Ahnenerbe WS GUI? Looks like it supports correct aspects for 3D and GUI, but all instruments are too small and there is some incompatibilities, but Im ready to use it if you recommend it over other options.
c) Maybe there is another solution I dont know about yet? My goal is to run game in 1920X1200 (1080) with correct aspect, and I want my GUI to function without bugs and errors. Whats your advice?
3) Atmosphere (Environment)
Back in 2010 I just started to experiment with mods before I stopped playing. Now I plan to install some environment mod but still not sure about basics.
So I have a couple of questions here as well
a) I need to install only one env mod at a time. I cant have GWX 16km+SH5 water or M.E.P. + SH5 water at the same time. Right?
b) What mod do you recommend, guys? Which one is looking nice, offers good big sun halo, dont have floating ships issue, etc?
4) Save game problem
Now last, but most important question. I dont want to ruin my game again. So far I trying to summarize my knowledge of this problem and it comes to:
- create dummy campaign
- uncheck read-only attribute in SH3 sub-folders
- do not save submerged in TC and near other active in-game objects
And my questions are
a) Can you add any additional save game hints to these?
b) Is there a situation where I can save with 99% safety, like in port, or problems still can arise with any save?
Sorry for the big post and bad English, I hope I made some sense here. :arrgh!:
Thx for the help in advance.
Best Regards!
P.S. First question (SH3 vs SH5) is edited out, since I decided to stick to SH3!
First, let me express my greetings to this polite, educated and helpful community and especially to modders, who did all their wonderful job to improve SH3 game. You guys, really rock!
Now about my case.. l made a full circle and now, something inside me says that I need to jump into the German submarine and sunk some ships. I already had some SH3+GWX 3.0 experience back into 2010, when i abandoned the game bcz I basically lost my save and went mad about it. Now, I have a strong desire to play again, but I dont want to ruin my experience and I decided to ask a couple of questions to Subsim veterans before ill possibly give it a go.
2) SH3+GWX3.0 in WS and HD
Back in 2010 I used highres fix for 1920X1200 resolution and was ok with that. GUI aspect was little distorted but that wasnt a problem. 5 years later I see some GUI`s were developed for the game, but they all still support only low WS resoulutions. Ahnenerbe`s GUI is only one who support HD resolution, but it have some minor issues with other mods and most important, this GUI looks too small for me (bad vision) :)
So I have a couple of questions here
a) about highres fix, is it distorts both GUI and 3D scene aspects or only GUIs one? I really cant say for sure myself.
b) how good is Ahnenerbe WS GUI? Looks like it supports correct aspects for 3D and GUI, but all instruments are too small and there is some incompatibilities, but Im ready to use it if you recommend it over other options.
c) Maybe there is another solution I dont know about yet? My goal is to run game in 1920X1200 (1080) with correct aspect, and I want my GUI to function without bugs and errors. Whats your advice?
3) Atmosphere (Environment)
Back in 2010 I just started to experiment with mods before I stopped playing. Now I plan to install some environment mod but still not sure about basics.
So I have a couple of questions here as well
a) I need to install only one env mod at a time. I cant have GWX 16km+SH5 water or M.E.P. + SH5 water at the same time. Right?
b) What mod do you recommend, guys? Which one is looking nice, offers good big sun halo, dont have floating ships issue, etc?
4) Save game problem
Now last, but most important question. I dont want to ruin my game again. So far I trying to summarize my knowledge of this problem and it comes to:
- create dummy campaign
- uncheck read-only attribute in SH3 sub-folders
- do not save submerged in TC and near other active in-game objects
And my questions are
a) Can you add any additional save game hints to these?
b) Is there a situation where I can save with 99% safety, like in port, or problems still can arise with any save?
Sorry for the big post and bad English, I hope I made some sense here. :arrgh!:
Thx for the help in advance.
Best Regards!
P.S. First question (SH3 vs SH5) is edited out, since I decided to stick to SH3!