My Favorite GW Moment :)

[panthercules]

I love all the harbor traffic in Grey Wolves, especially the friendly U-boats, and the little surprises that keep popping up when you least expect them - Ran into this the other day while leaving from Lorient:

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1369809/0/nouser_1369/T1_-1_1369809.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1369809)

Hey - we can dream, can't we? ;)

[Enigma]

Hahaha...

That part of the movie always cracks me up....

[VonHelsching]

Please post the same pic with 15 m/s winds! :rock:

[panthercules]

Please post the same pic with 15 m/s winds! :rock:



OK - how about this one?

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1370225/0/nouser_1370/T1_-1_1370225.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1370225)

[Scorpius]

No offense mate, but you need to learn photoshop! ;)

Nice pic tho. I dont like that moment in the movie. But i do like the moment after, where they are angry at bdu.

[Nippelspanner]

No offense mate, but you need to learn photoshop! ;)

Nice pic tho. I dont like that moment in the movie. But i do like the moment after, where they are angry at bdu.

huh? Its one of the best moments... because it shows pretty good how happy the crew and the klauen is to see OTHERS... mh... strange guy, you are! :know:

[Scorpius]

Oh well i didnt look at it that way. I just thought that was just an unusual moment in the movie. A boring moment in other words...

Dont get me wrong, i reckon das boot is there alongside all the great war movies. For realism, you cant go past das boot.

[U-Schultz]

You got me all excited for a moment...I thought it was a GW "easter egg."

That is a cool scene in the movie.

[panthercules]

No offense mate, but you need to learn photoshop! ;)

Yeah - for sure - I was using Paint Shop Pro and I've never really gotten the hang of layers and transparencies. Something went wrong when I finally managed to get the sub picture layered under the binoculars and left a white ring around the edges of the binoculars and it was too late and I was too tired to do a decent job of fixing it. The worst part is I was clicking around trying several things and now I don't even remember what I was doing when I finally got the sub into the binoculars view :doh:

Maybe one of these days.

[Scorpius]

Well if your interested i could walk you through a few things if you got the time.

[panthercules]

Well if your interested i could walk you through a few things if you got the time.

Thanks for the offer - I might take you up on it when things slow down here a bit (lots going on with graduations, birthdays, and family illness at the moment) - haven't been underwater for a couple of weeks or so now, and will definitely want to get some game time in before messing around with pictures again - at least long enough to see if I can finally get in a shot at this convoy I've been tracking through heavy storms for 4 or 5 straight game days :)

[Scorpius]

Not a problem mate. :up:

[JohnnyBlaze]

Where has all the traffic gone?

I have GW supermod installed and I've played a few patrols with it.
Now i'm on to my third patrol, but there's no traffic anymore?
I did install a mod called "Real Battery life" so could that be effecting the traffic at harbours somehow??

Thanks,

Johnny

[VonHelsching]

Where has all the traffic gone?

I have GW supermod installed and I've played a few patrols with it.
Now i'm on to my third patrol, but there's no traffic anymore?
I did install a mod called "Real Battery life" so could that be effecting the traffic at harbours somehow??


The Real Battery Life is not affecting harbour traffic.

-Have you installed anything else?
-When you say "no traffic", what do you mean. There are no ships / subs at all? 2-3? 5-6 stationary ships?
- Which harbour is your base?

[JohnnyBlaze]

The Real Battery Life is not affecting harbour traffic.

-Have you installed anything else?
-When you say "no traffic", what do you mean. There are no ships / subs at all? 2-3? 5-6 stationary ships?
- Which harbour is your base?
Yes I mean that there are no ships/subs at all in the harbour area.
I'm based at Lorient and the year is 1942.

No not that I remember installing anything else, besides some manual tweaking in the config files to experience the XXI early in the war, but that was a different campaing.

One other thing that bothers me is that on my last patrol which lasted for about 3 months, I received no Convoy reports at all. not even once.

Thanks

[VonHelsching]

Looks like ther is something wrong with your scripted and random layer. Maybe you deleted / moved some files by mistake. I'm at work right now and I don't remember the file structure by heart (to identify what's wrong)

Are you using JSGME? If yes, please write down your mods (enabled and disabled)

I'll get back to you.

[andy_311]

My fav spot is the choke point NW of Port of Spain before GW I never tried a IX boat don;t ask me why I don't know but last career went and got myself transfered to the 2 flottila and haven't looked back. (I think the choke point is EG98) but that's were they enter and depart they have to go through that gap and I think it's only about 6 miles wide.

[VonHelsching]

Where has all the traffic gone?

I have GW supermod installed and I've played a few patrols with it.
Now i'm on to my third patrol, but there's no traffic anymore?
I did install a mod called "Real Battery life" so could that be effecting the traffic at harbours somehow??

Thanks,

Johnny

Look at the folder Sh3/data/campaigns/campaign How big is the campaign.scr file?
Did you edit this file?

Are you using JSGME? If yes, please write down your mods (enabled and disabled)

[JohnnyBlaze]

Look at the folder Sh3/data/campaigns/campaign How big is the campaign.scr file?
Did you edit this file?

Are you using JSGME? If yes, please write down your mods (enabled and
disabled)

Yes I use JSGME.
Available mods: RUb1.45
Activated mods: GW and Real Battery Life for GW version 1

And I just remembered I'm also using radiolog1241, but it's not listed as a mod.

No I havent modified the campaign.scr file. Dont even know how to :roll:
The file size is 2.715 193 bytes

Thanks for trying to figure this out.

I think it would be a lot easier to fix by reinstalling the game, but if you can bare me the trouble I would appreciate it alot.

[VonHelsching]

Looks like you might have Rub's campaign file left somehow in your system.
I don't remember by heart the file sizes, but it looks small. The Unified Campaign
for GW I think it is 4 or 6 MB. Definitly not 2.7. You might want to try to upgrade to GW 1.1 with the patch (IIRC it has the new campaign file inside).

I'll get back to you anyway (at work again...)

[JohnnyBlaze]

Looks like you might have Rub's campaign file left somehow in your system.
I don't remember by heart the file sizes, but it looks small. The Unified Campaign
for GW I think it is 4 or 6 MB. Definitly not 2.7. You might want to try to upgrade to GW 1.1 with the patch (IIRC it has the new campaign file inside).

I'll get back to you anyway (at work again...)

that's weird because I've never actually used the RUb mod.
Do you think that might be affecting the convoys also?

Well I could try the patch or then do a full reinstall of the game and mods.
there's one thing that concerns me about reinstall. How do I save my current career?
I've already had to reinstall the game once and I lost all of my career files.

Thanks for the effort

[VonHelsching]

I just checked with RuB 1.43 and it's campaign file is 2.7 MB. Yes you have Rub's campaign enabled somehow and probably your random layer has problems (since you received no report in 3 months). I would suggest a clean install and patch GW to 1.1.

Before you do that, make sure you return to your base. You might not lose your career, if you load a save game at the office (not mid-patrol).

[JohnnyBlaze]

I just checked with RuB 1.43 and it's campaign file is 2.7 MB. Yes you have Rub's campaign enabled somehow and probably your random layer has problems (since you received no report in 3 months). I would suggest a clean install and patch GW to 1.1.

Before you do that, make sure you return to your base. You might not lose your career, if you load a save game at the office (not mid-patrol).

Thanks to you for investigating that.
The problem for me is not the corrupted saves and reinstall. But there's no careers to choose from.
So what files I must backup to keep my careers intact?

Thanks

[VonHelsching]

All your save games are under My Documents/SH3.

I have the impression that a clean install will leave the My Documents/ folder unaffected. But a backup wouldn't hurt.

I wouldn't try to continue with GW any careers that started either with stock or with RuB.

I would back-up the folder, then delete the original My Documents/SH3, uninstall SH3 and clean install, patch with 1.4b, and then GW 1.0 and 1.1.

Make sure you always use JSGME in order not to run into trouble again.

[JohnnyBlaze]

All your save games are under My Documents/SH3.

I have the impression that a clean install will leave the My Documents/ folder unaffected. But a backup wouldn't hurt.

I wouldn't try to continue with GW any careers that started either with stock or with RuB.

I would back-up the folder, then delete the original My Documents/SH3, uninstall SH3 and clean install, patch with 1.4b, and then GW 1.0 and 1.1.

Make sure you always use JSGME in order not to run into trouble again.

Thanks for the support, dude.

I'm on to the clean install after I've finished my current patrol.

As we already are way off topic, I have one more question. Can I run the Gray Wolfes mod with the NYGM 2 mod?

[Rose]

You can run it with NYGM 1.03, but NOT 2.0. Apparently the people over at GW are going to release a little graphics/sound addon for NYGM 2.0 in the near future.

[HunterICX]

Wow, In the stock game I have never seen an friendly sub...

So is this Grew Wolves an MOD? or an Expansion pack of SH3?

[VonHelsching]

As we already are way off topic, I have one more question. Can I run the Gray Wolfes mod with the NYGM 2 mod?

No. Many compartibility problems. You'll just have to choose.
Or have multiple SH3 installations.

[VonHelsching]

Wow, In the stock game I have never seen an friendly sub...

So is this Grew Wolves an MOD? or an Expansion pack of SH3?
It's a "supermod". Has a fine collection or (made compartible) mods, new ships, the NYGM Damage Model 1.3 and a lot of GW exclusive features.

Just fits in a CD.

[JohnnyBlaze]

As we already are way off topic, I have one more question. Can I run the Gray Wolfes mod with the NYGM 2 mod?
No. Many compartibility problems. You'll just have to choose.
Or have multiple SH3 installations.

Just have to choose? DOH!
Well then I'll just stick with the Gray Wolfes for now on. Just have to make it work like it should

[harzfeld]

My most favorite moment is May 27th at NE corner of BE 53, the Bismarck chase. A few days before that day, I was already engaged in a convey heading west 2 or 3 grid SE of BE 53, sunked 4 ships as I received message from BDU to be at NE corner of BE 53 to help Bismarck. I was in VIIB btw.

I decided to leave that convey to save some torpedos for escorting Bismarck. I arrived near the middle of that grid on May 26th, submerged & listening on hydophone, letting my crewmen get some rest. On May 27th, sonarman detect a warship west heading east, I pulled up periscope and went whoa! Bismarck ahead full toward me.

I surfaced and hit flank to east as Bismarck was already going 25knot catching up. While I was heading east along with Bismarck, WO spotted warships, Nelson & King George V heading from north to SW and 2 Fijis heading from SE I think to west, and Sutherland plane from Fijis. I dived to periscope and opened all tube doors. Bismarck turned to west after it passed me as the battle had begun.

While I wait for Nelson & King George V coming into my range, I watched Bismarck taking up so much shells pounding from these 4 ships which look like flashes from Dresden or Hamburg firebombing. It was awesome to watch. When Nelson & King George V got into my range at high speed, I was targeting at Nelson's engine which she came first, right at 90 degree in 600m range. I hitted and sunk her, then King George V begun to zigzag, it didnt matter as long I was close enough and fired a eel at her engine, she blew up & sunk.

Bismarck was already shuttled or destroyed during my engagements with 2 British's big battleships, and the 2 Fijis were already zigzaging 5000m away from me. I only used 2 torpedos during the battle and they both counted, then closed the rest doors. It got laggy littlebit when Bismarck's starboard turned to color black from thousands of shells been hitting upon from Nelson & King George V. Then I received message from BDU that Bismarck had sunk and its sad day for the German. Bismarck was slowly sinking to bottom, and on my map marked blue as her sunken. It was awesome experience, and I did read Bismarck's history at her website and Wikipedia before, then it became more exciting when I am into it.

For the next career, I will try to be at Demark's Strait before May 24th to watch Bismarck vs Hood including Prinze Eugen & POW, then maybe I could get a chance to sink that crippling & retreating POW afterward. :up: