Me and SH4
 

Whoopee. :up: I just received my SH4 Gold Edition in the mail a little bit ago. I installed it then fired it up... wow, there is a lot to learn in this sim. :-?

Is this a good place to ask questions?
:)

Welcome! I doubt there's anyplace better to ask

Welcome and congratulation.

Welcome to the club. Next step is to figure out what mods you want to use to make it the best experience you can.

This is the only place I know of.
Aside from posting questions, there's a ton of information in the stickied threads up top. Read through those. There's some on the game, and some on the actual war. You can also read other members' patrol reports, and possibly learn some more in there. There's a reason the patrol reports were distributed to the fleet during the war. (Those reports can be found online, too.) And don't forget that the forum has a search function. You might find that you aren't the first to ask most of the questions you might think of.


Now, don't just stand there on the pier chatting! Get out there and sink some ships! :salute:

Welcome aboard and:

SINK'EM ALL!!!!

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Welcome! I'm kind of new here, too.

Ron

Welcome aboard thegrindre! :salute:

New victims, I mean, skippers are always welcome.
Don't be afraid to ask a question, we're all glad to help.

Now join the rest of the newbies polishing the props.

Should we be nice and stop them first?

Welcome to SUBSIM :-)

:har:

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Make sure you get a copy of JSGME installed. You'll need that.

Stop them??:06:

Stop the props/screws - so Zeus_Faber could polish them.

I thought is was pretty funny.

I thought it was funny, too. I chuckled at the joke. :haha:

:)

I strongly suggest you start by creating a backup copy of the games "data" folder and burn it to a cd so you can fix any game corruptions that always seam to happen when using mods with a game or creating your own mods.

next download and install the jsgme utility that is used to safely install mods to the game.

after that you are ready to start playing but first you should install my GFO mod which is 90% still the stock game but it has added fixes for game issues and adds a lot of extra game content to the game as well as some things to correct game "visuals" or eye candy issues with the way things look.

play the game like that for a month or so until you get good at it then decide if you want mods for increasing difficulty (TMO / RFB) or adding realistic battle scenes and removing the random shipping you run into all the time (RSRDC) plus there are endless small mods for individual taste that change a lot of little things in the game since we all like different things with our game, some want it to be more fun and some want it more realistic.

welcome to the community and enjoy the game

any questions you have just ask and we will guide you as best we can.

in the sig under my posts click on "my mods" where you find a list of my mods that many love to use so look it over and click on anything of interest and you can see what it does.

Thanks Webster. I've done a lot of looking at your stuff but don't understand it all yet.
I will ask when I want/need something.

Right now I'm running the 'vanilla' version and am in Sub School. I need to learn more about operating a submarine before I add any enhancements (mods) to the game. :-?

Thanks again, sir, and to everybody else that's tossed in some input. :up:
:salute: