I´ve started SH3 15 times and 11 times a crew member was transfered, killed in a bar fight or injured in an accident. In my opinion this result is acceptable. The only thing I don´t like is, as I already wrote, that the transfer windows doesn´t show what qualifications the crew member had. This makes it a bit more time consuming to make a correct replacement, but it´s not really tragic...

This did cross my mind - but I thought my time was better spent on implementing gameplay options than the fluffy bits. It may happen in a later version, after the key features have all been implemented. I have already started on the next (major) release, which has already cut 10mb off the full download size due to some refinement of the way date based variable menu text is inserted into SH3 (only the changed values are inserted, meaning no more full copies of *_menu.txt are required in SH3 Commander). There's some other nice new features coming that people have asked for (hopefully)...

It's not hard to do - I could have even went fancier with stylesheets...but, again, overkill when there are so many other enhancements that need to be added. I may compromise and change to XML in a later release. This will give users the ability to modify the templates to their liking, within some constraints (ie there still needs to be places for the data to insert!). Of course, there's nothing stopping users editing the current output in their favourite html editor. :D

Yeah, that will happen. SH3 Commander should only be used to load the game between patrols. If you're in mid-patrol you should use the regular SH3.exe to load the game. All the correct SH3 Commander files will still be there, but the crew transfer and realistic career length features won't kick in. Jaesen is looking for a foolproof way to allow players to load via SH3 Commander at any time.

Couple of questions: Now that Rub 1.44 is out, do I need to rollback SH3 Commander before installing the latest Rub (using mod installer), then reinstall Commander?

Also, someone above mentioned the radiolog mod. I presume this adds realistic news broadcasts etc at certain dates via gramaphone folder.... is this compatible with SH3 Commander's own historical broadcasts etc? Also, where can I find info and download site on this mod (UBoat.realsimulation.com ain't letting me access the general downloads page)...

Thanks for any help on above.

It's always a good idea to do a rollback in SH3 Commander before installing a new mod, but you shouldn't need to reinstall SH3 Commander. The rollback should remove any files that are in question. After installing the latest RUb mod, SH3 Commander should still work fine. If you need to upgrade SH3 Commander too, then a rollback should be sufficient for that too, although be sure to read the Help file, as some tweaking may need to be done if you're replacing older versions of SH3 Commander.

Radiolog contains messages that you get through your game's Enigma machine, so they appear as text messages from your radio officer. They are compatible with RUb and don't affect the gramophone broadcasts.

Go to www.beerymod.com. You'll find the latest RUb and SH3 Commander mods there.

I don't know the answer for the first question but radio log is not a graphone mod. It adds radio messages as new 'funkspruchen' (like these from BdU about convoys). In-game text radio messages.

There are 2 versions. I'm using "radiolog841(1.4ready).zip". There is also "radiologlite(1.4ready).zip" which is included in IUB AFAIR. It's available at u-boot.realsimulation.com in general mods section. Register there to have access to mods

Thanks for the info guys.

Correct. When installing mods or enabling mods via JSGME (particularly large mods that change many files), you should perform a "Rollback" in SH3Cmdr first. That is all that is necessary - you do *not* need to uninstall or reinstall SH3Cmdr when enabling or disabling any new mods.

I find it's a good habit to always "resolve" SH3Cmdr. That means if you launch SH3 via SH3Cmdr, the next action you perform after you've finished your patrol and exited SH3 is either a Rollback or commencement/continuation of the next patrol.

Amazing stuff guys. yet again. :up:

This is my first post, but I have been lurking here for a number of years. I finally ran into a problem that forced me to register and make this post. I hope someone can help me.

Excuse my ignorance but I can't seem to install SH3 commander. My puter doesn't recognize the file, and I can't figure it out either (I have XP SP2). Can someone please enlighten me.....I would very much appreciate it. Thank You!

Probably you can't unzip it. Try searching for "WinRAR" or "7zip." Either of these programs will most likely fix your problems.

And Welcome. If my suggestion doesn't help, stick around and ask again. The folks here are most helpful.

Thanks for your help! I downloaded 7zip and viola! it worked. Now I'm having fun with the program. I REALLY like the RPG aspect that this adds. Thanks again! Porter