I could wish there was a way the game would respond when your boat has had the living snot beat out of it and is being held together with chewing gum and baling wire. Something like: "Abort patrol and return to nearest base ASAP. Escort will be provided if at all possible."

There's nothing like being down the south tip of Africa with a full load of torps, getting DC'ed by an airplane, and winding up with destroyed elecric motors, one destroyed diesel, both 'scopes destroyed . . . and getting a 'Press the attack!' message in reponse to your patrol report. :doh:

ok... does anyone have any ideas here?

when i change the en_menu file to my taste and run SH3 the messages work normally

When i change the en_menu file to my taste and run SH3 via SH3 Commander the messages revert back to the default "Press the attack" etc... there must be another file or En_menu file SH3 Commander accesses before loading SH3. :hmm:

Oh dear... I was getting rather excited at the prospect of spicing up those reply messages, but I too use SH3Commander. Please do let us know if you find a solution.

Great idea BTW. :up:

If only there was a Captain's Log Book we could manually update, or notes we could write on our maps. Ah well, I guess that's why pencils and paper still exist.

Hmmm, when SH3 Commander loads it adds the line "Loaded via SH3 commander" to the en_menu file and saves it.

if i can locate where SH3 Commander stores and loads this text, i might be able to solve the problem.

The file called "SH3 Options.cfg" located in...

C:program files/SH3 Commander/CFG/SH3 Options.cfg

has to be changed so that it either has the "Loaded via SH3 Commander" text removed or it includes the desired messages text so the "en_menu" file is not changed when SH3 Commander is loaded.

when i attempt to do this the CFG is saved as a text file and renders SH3 useless (fortunately i backed up the original file and have since restored it)

any takers?

Just add the messages into commander by adding en_ to the front of them in the [TEXTSETTINGS] section.

ok seems to be working now.

1. Rollback SH3 Commander
2. run SH3 via SH3 commander once
3. Exit SH3
4. Close SH3 Commander
5. Change the en_menu file to your liking
6. Run SH3 via SH3 Commander

and it should work until your next rollback.

Changes made during a patrol will not be reflected in the game.

tried that... when i close the file it says "Could not specify path ensure that the path is correct" yadda yadda yadda

when i double check the path it comes up with some nonsense about how i am not allowed to edit this file.

i saved the file to desktop hoping to just move and replace the existing CFG file... when i do this none of the buttons on SH3 commander work except the "close" button

Only if contact with a large convoy is entailed, otherwise this cappie keeps his ship quiet.

Is the AI capable of pinpointing your location by intercepting radio messages? I know it happened a lot IRL for sure, but, the usual question: Is this modelled???:hmm:

i think it is.

I'm not sure how accurate the information relayed is, but yes, your radio transmission does divulge your position. It's rather uncanny how closeby they are when you first get wind of their presence in the area.

I went two or three days in 1943 without sighting an aircraft or receiving one radar warning...

sent in a position report and within an hour i was attacked by mosquito bombers

Coincidence?

i have my doubts!

@ GoldenRivet and Penelope Grey: Your 'replies' are very nice, but I'd hate to be the radioman who had to send them. I only had to use the telegraph key and Morse code once, but it was awful. I'll keep mine short, thanks.

On a side note, one of the missions in SH2 had a message which read: "Chief Hinkle's wife says new submarine has arrived in port. Unit has a periscope."

they are long indeed... i would have hated to send the personal messages from Karl to his front line commanders in which he congratulates them on their success and informs them that they will have a knights cross waiting when they get back yadda yadda yadda :rotfl: