Gimp works very well, as well as an old copy of PhotoshopLE I have. The way I do it, is install Gimp, set the file associations you want (I leave MS Photo Viewer as my "default" image opener), and then I right-click on a bmp file in the Silent Hunter root directory, and choose "Open With..." to choose Gimp (or whatever app you want to use). Gimp has a cropping tool, so I'll usually do that first to cut out the unwanted areas of a picture, then I use the Image / Re-size and get it down to the size I want. It's usually best to "Constrain Proportions" to keep the top and sides the same proportion. You can choose pixels or inches or millimeters (or something else) as your unit of measurement. Once you get things set the way you want - there's also a Zoom-in and Zoom-out to help you with your editing - but once you have what you want, you have to use the File - Export in Gimp. The Save and Save As are for "native" Gimp files. When you go to Export the file though, choose the jpeg option at the bottom, and rename the file, maybe even saving it in a different folder for easier retrieval later. There will be a dialog that pops-up and asks you how much jpeg compression you want to use, between 1 & 10, with 10 being the bigger file, but more clarity. I usually try to keep my files around 100-150kb, which is generally fine for on-screen viewing. If you are after detail though, full-size is sometimes necessary.

Right now, Photobucket has ticked-off probably a third of the world's population with the change in their Terms Of Service, and they are definitely NOT the place to go, but Imgur.com is an OK (for now) place to upload photos to, and then "link" to them for posting here. While the site has an image upload thingie, they are generally rather tiny, and tough to see on the screen...

ok...here we go.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/data...711FPlMEM9k//Z
heading into port at 9 kts. Early morning on December 17.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/data...711FPlMEM9k//Z

Hi Immelmann,
Thanks for your post on the LAA issue. I am also using "LAA ver.2.0.4.0. but my registry shows I have Netframework V4.0.0.0, however when I "Alt.Tab." out of SH-4 FOTRSU_06.2 back to desktop then bring up windows task manager I too can see "memory in use" graph showing that I am using over 2-GBs actually (3.1 to 3.5 GBS)! So again thanks for your post because I wanted away to verify that the LAA program was actually working while I'm running the game! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Very interesting screen grab... Can you fully describe the circumstances? You are not in far enough to trigger the "End Patrol". Almost there, but not quite. Had the computer locked-up at this point? Yet you're able to take a screen shot, or did you do a Windows Screen Capture, with a <Shift><PrntScrn>? Did the loss of the dials come first, right after like what I call a "hiccup" in the "smoothness" of the game? You are a little East of where I got the hiccup in my game, from which I took my screenie above. Does your computer go on out the the desktop with a "Silent Hunter has quit working", or whatever the Windows error message is? Or did things just "freeze" and quit working?... What happens if you take the 3k bearing tool out of your active mods? Have you taken the Kongo Fix out? If you open LAA again, and look at the SH4.exe, does it show "TRUE" in the LAA column? Thanks in advance for any further info you can give.

Its more than interesting propbeanie, here's what I get after checking the properties of that top image that mark bonamer posted.

http://i67.tinypic.com/5owg8k.jpg
That address URL is one line in length but it takes up 54.7 KB, I think we need to know what method you are using to post your images.

on set course. 9 kts. on the surface. normal stations.

i was taking screen shots every few minutes in order to capture game conditions before the CTD. once the ctd hits, the game graphics are gone (see below)

the loss of dials began with the LOAD of the saved game. i mentioned this feature in previous posts. i thought it was related to DirectX 9 not being installed but i guess i was wrong.

SH4 crashed and i see a message box informing me of the crash. box has a couple of options none of which include a recovery.

not yet. i guess that will be next change(s).

yes.

:oops:+

my face is red.

i was done-in by a faulty drag and drop.

at sometime previously, i must have accidentally dropped the Submarine subfolder from a previous MOD into the 3000 yd tool folder set. when you (or scurvy or robbin) suggested that i back out of the Kongo fix and the 3000 yd fix it got me to thinking...which is bad. so i did a bit a reconnoitering and found the errant folder.

so i deleted it and reapplied the mod. fired up SH4, loaded the save and...i was able to finish the mission. No CTD and No white-out dials.

my sincere apologies for the wasted fission-material that you-guys used up trying to figure out what this dumb-ass did to fubar a fine mod.:yeah:

i did learn quite a bit from the exchange, though. i still need to figure out how to copy/paste graphics into the message stream. i'll work at it.

thank you for your patience.

:oops:

And that's all anyone needs to know. Thinking: it causes trouble EVERY TIME it's tried.:har::har:

No harm, no foul, and since it is a slight problem area anyway... If we didn't look, it'd be on us. :salute: We def don't wanna be no BuOrd and ignore a Captain's report... :yeah:

That thinking stuff is how all of us got started here. Talk about trouble!

I think you could be right!!!! Oh dear, there I go again thinking...:doh:

Is it to late to escape area 51? :D:har:

Don't stress yourself about it Mark
A ModSoup corruption is something that just about everyone around here has had at one point or another :up:

Far too many to count... Hell I'm still at it...:D

after further review....it was not I...it was the 3000 yd tool.
but i love that tool.
is anyone aware of a FOTRS-compatible replacement?:06:

Mark, can you upload a copy ?

I do not have this mod in my library, so i cannot see what it changes ?