If you send a contact report when you are within range of the Luftwaffe, they will show up and bomb the target. Also you have to man the radio station in order to recieve messages.

Really? What is the range of the Luftwaffe, how would I find that?

I would say off the coast of any country Germany occupies.

Isn't it also possible to change the waves height in Commander?

Well, all I know is that I was about 2 days west of Brest and I gave a report to Bdu & that destroyer made a straight non-stop highspeed depth charge dropping run on my boat & knocked my tail feathers right off...

I couldn't even see his boat, only some smoke on the horizon...

I'm definately going to be on radio silence from now on...

Oh, by the way...Just what was the VIIB designed for? <The only boats available in the first fotilla were the IIA or DIIA or D & the VIIB & C. I couldn't see any difference between the B or C except the price was 500 renown higher for the C.

Not real sure .. but I think the C can dive deeper slightly more than B ... other than that they are the same ...........

Yes it is. If you aren't using it, download it and install it, and have a look around its different screens. It affects nothing until you tell it to, so you can look at it without actually having to use it.

As for what it can do:
http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/sof...dr%20Help.html

Install Sh3 commander.
It, coupled ith GWX1.3, is the greatest subsim in the world.
I love being in "command" of my crew. Handing out medals, promotions, choosing different areas of experience... etc. Also, the bar is a nice touch, kinda like Command Aces of the Deeps club scenes.
Also, it is possible to set wave height. It's on the same screen where adjust water clarity is located.
If you use 16km visibility distance, via JSGME, you'll loose the clarity of water unless you change it. I just did the stock distance. Forgive me I'm not at my computer and I dont know what is the value.

Oh, this may be a bug with sh3 commander. If youre in the file cabinet section(crew management) of the main career menu in SH3 and you wish to add a new officer, make sure the photo image of him is different from the rest of your officers. Otherwise, when you return to sh3 commander and go to manage crew his picture will not show. This is no big deal, but I like for my officers to look different, because in the heat of battle you need to know who is who real fast.

1. Water clarity: Any divers out there? Water clarity should be turned way down, if you want any kind of realism. Seeing any further than the tip of your U-boat is fairly unrealistic in most circumstances, especially at night or anywhere near rivers, harbours, sand banks, shallow waters, high-current waters, waters with high tide differences, etc.

2. Radio silence: the Brits will detect you with HF/DF(called "Huff-duff") radio emission detectors. That's what those big masts on the destroyers are for; to capture your radio signals. Unfortunately, you are under orders to report any convoy contacts immediately to BdU. It's all for the Greater Good.

Some Commander questions;

1) At every game exit the rollback box appears. Am I suppose to rollback on each exit of the game or just leave it alone & say no. How about when I get back to base after a patrol. I want to add a water mod. would I put it in commander? Where?

2) After completing a patrol must I do all the crew awards etc before exiting the game or can I just exit & do that stuff later? i don't want to loose the patrol that I just completed so I want to do things correctly.

3) can I use my own unique boat number or just the ones that commander offers. how would I use my own, if it is possible?

You need to Rollback if you want to add a new mod you MUST also be at port

You can give the medals (within the SH3 game) any time you like BEFORE you start your next patrol. I personally do this via SH3Cmdr but it's totally up to you.

You can use your own if you untick the "Select realistic U-Boat availiability" box in the Options Menu.

I renamed my own boat by editing the SHIII config files and SHIII-C u-boat numbers for the type of boat I am using. I still have realistic u-boat availability activated. Activating mods mid patrol can be done, but it's safer whilst in port to avoid possible problems. The only mods I have avoided activating mid patrol were the skin packs merchants/escorts/destroyers/capital ships and the GWX patches. I always do a copy paste backup of my named career folder when I exit the game before I activate any mods, just in case anything happens. Always keep a career folder backup anyway, sometimes the game will loose your saved games.

another small problem...
I put a picture into commander & set a name for myself. Now I want to edit the birth date and place of birth. However, It will not allow me to change what's already there. I have clicked on everything that I can see to click on, right clicks,, double clicks, left clicks, but to no avail...
I know that there must be a-way to change those items, but I can't do it.

Ah ha..another commander question...
I hava been trying to figure out how to change the date of birth plus the place of birth in my commander profile. But so far I havaen't been able to do it. I kknow it must be something simple, but I can't figure it out..