Thanks, in the meantime I automatically realised that those tga are only contained in the objects/ folder in the VIIb tower dat files... And therefore lost forever :/ without backup. So installed a fresh SH3 to get those dat files, and extracted the stock VIIIb tga's from the dat file and made a JSGME mod.
Maybe I upload it, if someone wants an -all-mod-compatible- backup of stock's rusty old subskins. (I did needed XD so maybe others also)
My new problem is the same savegame (fresh GWXv3 career) sometimes loads right, sometimes CTD. And: when I play my gramophone, and switch tracks, it usually finds some hell, after a few clicks, and CTD's...
All my gramophone files are converted to ogg, via FF, as suggested. These problems were absent before GWX

but Im ready to battle them, as I like this megamod.
So: the 4gb patch:
I have WIndows 7 64bit, and 3g system ram.
Can I profit from installing it? Does it help reduce CTD's?
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Oberleutnant z. s. Daniel Wolf
87% realism (100%-Cams to watch burning targets,

and torpedoes run for fun..)
SH5 The Wolves of Steel Megamod- Realnav+
Full manual targeting. -no contact updates, no map help.
U-50 forever - still a Smiling bastard