Long time player, but have a few questions
 

I've been playing the SH series for years, and was hooked on subsim games when Silent Service was on the original Nintendo....but I recently got back into playing SH3 seriously and had a few questions.

First, I see alot of people showing pics of a mod that has things blasting off the decks, rendering vehicles on decks, and tossing the crew of ships into the water. Where do I get this mod, and is it 100% compatible with GWX3.0? I saw on the dlownloads page that there was a mod named "Real Damage Mod for 1.3 and New DC/Sonar Fix" but whenever I click it, I just get a bunch of garbled code and no download. Could someone point me in the right direction?

I was also looking if there was a mod that showed the known shipping lanes that could be put on the map.

Secondly, is there a a pretty much 'idiot proof' guide on how to use the map and mapping tools such as the marker, compass, etc and what to use them for. I know the general gist of what needs to be done to compute speed, range, etc but I wanted to know if there was a comprehensive guide as in, Step 1, you do this and here are the instructions on how to do it and why, Step 2, etc. I read the GWX3.0 manual and it is very vague on some of them and what to do, and when.

Thanks!

for the garbled code try right clicking the link and "save target". As for mod compatibility I don't know.

Do a forum search on tutorials for manual targeting to find manuals how to use the drawing tools in the map.

Edit: Welcome on board von Crandall :salute:

Download the SHIII Community Manual from the Subsim download site. It will answer a lot of your questions. (click downloads - now open at top of page)

Welcome aboard vonCrandall http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...es/welcome.gif

GWX3.0 comes with an enhanced damage effects mod already.