New to SH3 - mod questions
 

So, the last sub simulator I played was "Silent Service" circa 1987 on the IBM PC jr. I don't miss the floppy disks... Anyway, as my reflexes have slowed I've come full circle away from shooters and stumbled on Youtube videos for UBOAT. While I like the idea I knew I wanted more realism. Steam provided lots of options but the consensus seemed to be SH3 for the mod community and realism. So, here I am.

I noticed real quickly that I could get bogged down in the Mod Soup. I've got GWX Gold installed and running but I was wondering if someone could give me a short (like 5 or 6) list of mods that would enhance graphics, give me a widescreen resolution and just improve overall quality of life?

I also want to confirm that the list(s) posted are the order they should appear in my JSGME (i.e., the "bottom" mod goes first...)

Thanks in advance!

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\myUboat\SilentHunterIII\MODS]

NYGM Tonnage War V2.5 – Stand Alone Version
NYGM3_New
NYGM3_6F
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2
Stiebler4C_SubsFlag
NYGM_HiRes_Submarines_3_6F
Harbor Traffic Add-In
M.E.P v5
Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v5
Optional - Stock Reflections for MEP v5
1500 meter bearing overlay
Single Merchant Contact Mod
Depthcharge Shake v2.01
Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 Final
Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 Final - FILES for NYGM v3.6D
Color Dials with Dark Compass
NYGM Tonnage War Minefield Mod
Lighthouses and Entrance Points for NYGM3.6F beta
DD_VisibleMines_V1.0
Fubars harbor personnel
Das Boot Clothes
Bearded faces
RL_E v2 standard
RealDC_4
SHIV U-Boat Missions-Flaggen für SHIII
TheDarkWraith_Ejecting_Pilot(s)_v2_0_SH3
Real Depth Charge
Thomsen's WhispeRING RING mod
KB's Diesel Sound Mod
TheRealPing
RadioMessage - MorseCodeOnly
TorpedoTubesFfireFinal vStock
Optional O2-Gauges v2 (for V16B1)
Aces' Radio Room Postcards
depth charge explosions and fire light
Stiebler4C_Addon_for_V16B1
Optional - FSF for MEP v5
TKSS18 German U-Boats Compilation(noEagle)
TKSS18 German U-Boats Compilation2(noEagle)
New U-Boat Guns Fixed Reworked (for German U-Boats Compilation)
FixAllSubGWX
Stiebler_EnvSim
M.E.P v5 - VisualSensors for NYGM 3.6D
Haunting Atlantic Wind
Supplement to V16B1 (JSGME)

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I have a huge mod list that seems to change every time I reinstall the game (which is every year or two), because after fourteen years people are still creating new mods for SH3.

Unfortunately I consider everything I use to be essential, so I'm always working on it. That said, you asked for a few most important mods, so here are the ones I consider absolutely vital:

GWX 3.0
Hardcode Fixes - h.sie
New Interiors 2.1D - FlakMonkey (I plan on trying the U-Boats Combination Mod as I hear it's a great improvement)
Assisted Plotting Mod - Observer
Waterstream+Exhaust Kombimod v2.3 - Rubini/Racerboy/h.sie
Das Boot Sound Mod SH3 - Sailor Steve, based on 'Projeckt Schwertfisch', by the SH2 modders
DBSM SH3 Speech Fix - Sailor Steve
Halo Not Visible Through Body - Anvart
Head 04 Fix - Anvart
No Continuous 'Ship Spotted'
Seabed Repair Mod - Mikhayl
Merchant Fleet Mod - Iambecomelife

I'm not sure what you mean about the "bottom mod". I always list them in proper order starting at the top and working down.

If you like I will gladly post my full mods list. Also a few years back I chronicled one of my massive start-overs on a day-by-day basis, with every failure and restart, including all the testing and all the help I received during that trial. I've become one of those who has as much fun fiddling with the game as I do playing it. I've learned a lot along the way, the biggest thing I've learned being how much knowledge I still lack. I'll never be a programmer and I'll never be a true modder, but I do like making the game feel more realistic for me. I'll post a link to that thread if you like, but I'll warn you in advance that there's a lot there, and not all of it is pretty.

Steve...

If you meant uboat “compilation”...

Then yes you will love that. Mix that with Ahnanerbe GUI... I think it’s the best and closest uboat sim you will ever have.

Have fun!

Bob

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U-Boat Compilation
 

They are pretty boats all right, but they can't see.

There's something wrong with their sensor/visual range. Blind as bats.

See my comments in the U-Boat Compilation Thread in the SH3 Mods Workshop Section of this site:cry:.

David I

In my mod list there is a sensor fix for that

Bstanko6,

Which one would that be (by name)? I would love to use those beautiful boats on a regular basis.

David I

Please, the man asked for recommendations, not another discussion on a mod that has its own dedicated thread.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. bstanko6 - your YouTube videos have been fantastic and I've appreciated all of them. Keep up the good work!

Short and sweet for starters


1. Hsie's patch.


2. Stiebler's patch.


Both add more realism based options vs. graphical ones.

@David...
MEP visual sensors for NYGM

@Canvas...
Thank you so much!

Bstanko6,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I am not using Manos' MEP mod, so I don't think that's the problem/answer.

David I