Has Anyone Ever Made it the Whole War?
 

Has anyone ever played through the whole war, 1939 - 1945, without being killed? Even once? If so, on what realism setting and with what mods?

I'm actually about to start a new career with Sh4 Operation Monsun, and I believe I have a pretty good strategy to survive the whole conflict, but it'll take a bit of luck, that's for sure. My plan is to transfer to Flotillas with 'lighter' duties. IE, duties that avoid the North Atlantic after 1943.

'39 - '41, North Atlantic "Happy Times"

late '41 - '42, Drumbeat

'43 - '44 Gawd Help Me

'44 - '45 Deploy to the Indian Ocean (not going to be easy, I know, but I'd much rather be there than the North Atlantic!)

We'll see how it turns out!

Not in one career :har: but yeah I have made it. nothing special happens though you RTP (return to port) and its over. You still have to watch out for aircraft and warships because they will still try and sink you for some odd reason

Edit Mod wise i use NYGM with a whole other concoction of mods that changes every now and then. Realism settings are at 100% with Hsies patchkit and steiblers add-on pack

Yeah, I meant in one career, but I HIGHLY doubt anyone ever has. Just for the simple fact that most of the U-Boat aces I know of that survived the war conducted less than 20 patrols, and were sent to desk duty.

Unless someone comes up with a mod which transfers us off active patrol duty and just makes is sit there and do paperwork all day (no thank you), then we are forced to sea, and would conduct far more patrols than actual captains (that survived) would.

Add to this, the roughly 75% attrition rate of the U-Boat Waffen, and yeah.... a one career wonder would be a astounding.

But if anyone has ever done it, let me know!

I use SH3 Commander, which has a 'Forced Retirement' function. That said, I've never made past mid-1940. The problem isn't that I die so much, it's that every time some new mod comes out I start over. OCD, you see. Now there are so many mods my ancient computer won't run the games at all, so I'm not playing at all until I can get a new computer.

Of course there are some people who have reported completing the entire war in on career. I think the method was "reload saved games until you make it". :sunny:

A little off topic but i will be getting rid of this laptop in the semi near future Sailor Steve so if you are interested I am open to discussion.

@U-48 yeah it would be a wonder if anybody got all the way through which due to realism and some of our hard core and semi hard core players will never have done it because they more than likely have the retirement selected on SH3C

Never made it in one career 1941 is the latest.

Yes, in vanilla SH3 and with a few RTP. Now with GWX+mods+DID+SH3 commander, etc, never!

I'm in the same boat as Sailor Steve, which is why I want to make a finalized mod list for myself and never touch it again (and maybe save the game on another HD so I don't have to go through all the work again should this one fail).

So far, it's proving difficult. One day...

Yes I have in WAW, using GWX, one time. I made it a second time to mid April 45 before being killed. I was a careful skipper and didn't take many risky chances since we play D.I.D. there.

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I appreciate it, but I'm looking at putting myself together a desktop to go with my 28" monitor, one that will run anything I want.

Luno, sounds like a wonderful idea! If/when you get to a "finalized" mod list, please post it. Hopefully your list will be so comprehensive that I will feel no compunction to "improve" it and have to start another career! (Sure!)

BTW, one of the attractions of SH3 over SH5 is that sometimes SH5 mods are released hourly(!) and they're all Must Haves. At least, with SH3, I can sometimes actually play a few patrols before I absolutely "have" to install the newest mod.

Never made it past mid '42. If I am not killed/captured then I have become bored with my career or boat and start over again in '39 with someone new.

Right now(Dec '39) I have U-51 since Sept 39 and will see if I can get to '42 and then upgrade to a type VIIC for the rest of the war.

Well, it's actually not that comprehensive. I'm fairly picky about some mods and some are just too good, and therefore don't really fit in with the rest of the graphics, if that makes sense. I've also made many personalized tweaks to suit my own taste, and which may not be appreciated by other users (which is fine by me), and I shouldn't redistribute other people's work anyway, no matter how tweaked.

Some mods that I'm using right now include OLC Gui with ACM reloaded, free cam, lots of extra ships, Rick's rec manual, etc, etc. It's actually nothing out of the ordinary.

I just want to set it up and forget it. So I can actually try to play a full career for once.

If you are looking for something comprehensive, there are several members who have gargantuan lists that you can take a look at. :dead:

hehe yeah some of us have those large lists.

What is really funny is I am never happy with my mod list all the time and i have 49 mods installed ATM. Sometimes I want different music so I slap a custom music mod together. Other times hey never tried that mod lets see what it does if I am happy I keep it if I am unhappy or don't feel any difference after a few patrols I delete it.

Luno, I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek, since like you I am never able to resist trying out That New Mod, which often results in having to restart my career. And I misused the word "comprehensive" to mean "including all my requirements and desirements" rather than "including all relevant mods." I would be interested in seeing your mod list, and anyone else's, as I can learn from them all. For SH3/GWX, I try to keep the list as short as I can, in keeping with the spirit of the game. I understand what you mean about "harmonizing" the mods, particularly the graphics mods, to keep a consistent quality level. And I find it necessary to tweak some of the mods, to combine features that I like.

The trick, as you originally said, is to find a modload that you like and STICK TO IT. As Churchill liked to say: "Better is the enemy of Good Enough." Even with a platform as stable as SH3/GWX, I can find myself spending all my game time finding, evaluating, and tweaking mods while never actually playing the game at all. I am currently not playing SH5, because every time The Dark Wraith (inter alia) comes out with a new fix, it is such a significant improvement that I can't resist it. Which puts me back in the bunker!