Greets, all... just registered here.
I recently picked up a copy of SH3 and loaded GWX -- absolutely amazing. I haven't messed around with a sub sim since AOD (and the original 688 before that) so my expectations might have been a bit low, but still... wow. And the GWX manual is so much better than the pitiful thing Ubi put out, Ubi should be ashamed.
In just the first few hours of fiddling around I've come across a few problems that Google couldn't answer, but that I did manage to solve, and wanted to pass them along to all the other noobs who're brand new to SH3+GWX.
#1 -- Using the dx9res10 resolution tweak (to get 1680x1050) I had to change the screen resolution in the d3d9.cfg *and* the SilentHunterIII\Data\Cfg\Main.cfg file to make things work correctly.
#2 -- To find merchant vessels in the recognition manual, click the left arrow on the book cover (there are no arrows in the bottom-right corner) until you see a "country" named "Handelsschiffe" with no flags. All the merchant vessels are in that book, regardless of country.
#3 -- Sinking 20+ thousand tons of British-flagged merchant vessels prior to September 1, 1939 will net you a 500+ renown point *loss*.
Incidently, I sent in patrol reports after each ship sunk, and not once did Bdu say, "Hey, dummy, the war hasn't started yet!"
All-in-all, I'm absolutely floored... and I don't know what SH3 was like before the 1.4b patch, or without GWX... but I don't much care, because what I've got now ROCKS!
