I'm back to the drawing board myself as a new version of NYGM has forced me back to rebuilding the game. SH3log TdwWaterDisturbances and Sh3Contacts etc are now all on the waiting list as I first need to see if the system works without CTD's...

Yep :yep:. Been doing that for almost ten years now. No wonder we've never completed a single career. :dead:
:rotfl2:

I'm still fooling myself with different excuses: "when the kids grow a little older", "next Sunday", "next holiday", "when I retire"...

In reality I don't think we'll ever get a career completed.

At least you've played Silent Hunter 4 and 5! That's another of those I'll try that as soon as I get the time and opportunity ideas that I'll probably never get around to :)

Sorry to butt in but Steve has yet to play SH5, his system specs haven't been up to the requirements till of late.

'Age' (which one) and all that :O:

Good to hear that I'm only one game behind :)

Don't lie. You're not sorry at all. :O:

And my old machine did run SH5, kinda sorta...for about a week before it decided enough was way too much.

To be honest, I haven't really played much SH4 either, even though I've had the game for six years. My obsessive-compulsive nature insists that all my careers happen in the proper sequence. This means that once I get rolling with SH3 I'll still have two in-game years before I start an American career. Yes, I will be running careers in Operation Monsun, but they don't start until September, so I'll have a couple of SH3 patrols with a mid-August start before I even get there. :dead:

Manually (and permanently) installed a bunch more minor mods I've always liked.

Assisted Plotting Mod - Removes map contacts except for a circle and the label "Unknown". Identifying one ship puts it on the map with all the details. It will not move or update unless you do it yourself. This gives the historical feel of having the map only show what is known for sure.
English-To-German Names - Labels everything in German
Historically Accurate U-Boat Emblems - Just what it says.
Halo Not Visible Through Body - Stops lights from shining through people
Port People - Puts interesting clothes on the dockside well-wishers.
Realistic Blueprint Damage Screens - Makes the damage screens into drawings of the boat's interior
Remove Station Labels - Moves the "Ship View", "Bridge View" labels off-screen so you don't see them anymore
SH3 Color Icons - Just a little brightening of the icons for the different stations on the left-screen pullout
Waterstream+Exhaust Kombimod v2.3 - Gotta have those water streams!
Modified Searchlight Beams - OLC
U-Boat Bases Map with New St. Nazaire - meduza
Lifeboats & Debris v4 - Rubini/Privateer

Still working on my system restore.
:nope:

Those can be :/\\!!:/\\!!

Do the updates EVER end????
:o

Takes a while? Last time I had a glitch I did a system refresh. I was having problems with sluggish frame-rates with SH3. Did the above plus a complete reinstall. All seems fine now. But I have done a couple of restores. Pain in the butt.

The previous times I've had SH3 loaded I've always got bored at the start of '40!! Then just removed it from the PC for a year or so before giving it another go then just doing the same.

This time it's grabbed me and I'm loving it. I've even ordered the Commanders Handbook from my local bookshop.

I just wish I had a good enough PC to run the 16k Atmosphere :nope:

Steve, one of the reasons I quit playing SH5 (the one that even SH5 aficianados don't take exception to) is that the stream of updates, new Must Haves, etc, etc is relentless. I would just get to Coastal Waters, then Something New would happen and I was back in the Baltic, paddling a log canoe. With Sh3, I can usually get at least a year in.:)

Oh no, I just had to go and try a widescreen GUI :dead: Now almost all of my mods are unusable. There's no way I can go back to 1024x768 when I've seen what 1368x768 looks like.

Just...one...more...update....:88)