Time seems to stand still when in port

[Platapus]

And it is driving me nuts!!!


Is there any way I can temporarily override the Time Compression settings?

I appreciate having the Time Compression rules that will automatically reduce the TC when certain situations present themselves, i.e., aircraft or other ships close by. However, these same TC rules make it a pain in the butt leaving a harbour like Lorient. Creeping along at TC 1 really takes the fun out of this game.

I know there are ships in the area and I know that there are aircraft, but it is in my own harbour! I don’t need to have TC drop to 1 just because I am passing all these ships or the circling aircraft are in my area. I have tried reducing my watch to one person and removing the radio/sonar person from their stations in port but I still get bogged down in TC issues.

Is there mod out that that would allow me to temporarily override the TC rules while in my own harbour but allow them to operate once I get to open water when I need them? Something in the order of “hold down the control key when changing TC will override the rules”

Or, has someone smart coded a mod that allows me to start a mission 25Km outside the port like in SH4.

I like the harbour graphics but after you have exited the harbour twice it becomes more an annoyance.

[Jimbuna]

Not aware of such a mods existence I just keep pressing the '+' button and it doesn't seem to take that long

[Kingcobra24]

Mine is a solid 32x out of my harbor. If you don't want your sonar people to drop your TC to 1x every few seconds, do this:

Put your radioman and sonarmen in the stern quarters until you're out to sea. Sitting at their stations, they're merely doing their jobs by keeping the captain informed of nearby traffic.

Secondly, as soon as you leave the berth, dive to periscope depth for your trip out to sea, and you should be able to hold 32x.

Once clear of the harbor, and out to sea, increase speed to what you want, put your sonar and radio people back at their stations, and you're good to go, so to speak.

[NeonSamurai]

There is no mod like what you describe, the only way would be to manualy do it (save and exit, change the file that controls the time accelleration settings, load the game)

[JScones]

Running GWX? If so, install the Lite Harbor Traffic optional mod. Reduces harbour traffic which reduces TC drops.

[bigboywooly]

If you are running GWX enable the light harbour traffic
Tis in the mods folder

This cuts down the amount of traffic in flotilla ports only
By a huge amount

EDIT
Damn just beat me Jaesen
LMAO

[xlbob]

I used to have the same problem, until I activated Lite Harbor traffic option. Now, there's only my boat and one escort when leaving the sub pen.

[Homerthedoomer]

The reason why you can't use high time compression in harbors such as Lorient is that you're too close to land. You can manually adjust your tc settings if you go to your personal documents, open the sh3 folder and search for the file main.cfg. Open it with an editor and raise the tc settings when close to land to a number higher than 4X.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by JScones

Running GWX? If so, install the Lite Harbor Traffic optional mod. Reduces harbour traffic which reduces TC drops.

Well yes I am running GWX, but I was not aware of the Lite harbor traffic optional mod.

How I enable this?

Do I need to alter a config file
Is it an option I select
Is it replacing files.

This seems to be the answer to my question, thanks for the tip

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

And it is driving me nuts!!!


Is there any way I can temporarily override the Time Compression settings?

I appreciate having the Time Compression rules that will automatically reduce the TC when certain situations present themselves, i.e., aircraft or other ships close by. However, these same TC rules make it a pain in the butt leaving a harbour like Lorient. Creeping along at TC 1 really takes the fun out of this game.

I know there are ships in the area and I know that there are aircraft, but it is in my own harbour! I don’t need to have TC drop to 1 just because I am passing all these ships or the circling aircraft are in my area. I have tried reducing my watch to one person and removing the radio/sonar person from their stations in port but I still get bogged down in TC issues.

Is there mod out that that would allow me to temporarily override the TC rules while in my own harbour but allow them to operate once I get to open water when I need them? Something in the order of “hold down the control key when changing TC will override the rules”

Or, has someone smart coded a mod that allows me to start a mission 25Km outside the port like in SH4.

I like the harbour graphics but after you have exited the harbour twice it becomes more an annoyance.

there is such a mod You need wolfies tweek pak and within
it you need Tweeksh3 as opposed to tweek sub that will provide
you with an easy way to do it instead of manually editing the
config. what you need to do is
reduce crew fatigue setting to a lower number so
when your in high tc on the bridge the crew fatigue
is turned off at 32 tc
for the harbour issue you need to adjust the
valid tc for hunterstate or prey state but mostly
whats bugging you is the time setting for "land proximity"
and that I set to 64 tc or 2048 depends on if I plan
on being on deck or not.
MM

[Mush Martin]

I looked and the link for wolfies tweek pack on the modifs and tools
list is dead i realize I have dumped my own copy but will look through
my backups a little later

in lieu of the tweek pak try this locate the following file

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Cfg

within it locate this section then flavour to taste as it were.
each number represents the default tc for each eventtype
prey state is when your being stalked
hunter state is when your stalking
I set radio reports to 1 tc in campaign so I dont miss
a nearby reported convoy and overshoot it while
reading the message.

[TIME COMPRESSION]
TimeStop=0
RealTime=1
LandProximity=128
CriticalDamage=1
CrewEfficiency=1
AirEnemyDetected=1
SoundEffects=2
CharacterAnim=4
EnemyDetected=8
RadioReport=8
Particles=8
PrayState=8
HunterState=32
3DRender=32
Maximum=1024

Particle will show wakes above normal tc settings if you up it
but that will put a load on your system under tc
Maximum max setting is 4096 but how fast your max
can be depends on your own computers ability to
deal with it so it may have to be lower

Just to reitterate though
whats bugging you most is land proximity
(normal setting is to prevent you grounding without warning)

[edit] ps your file may not have the above displayed settings.

[JScones]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Well yes I am running GWX, but I was not aware of the Lite harbor traffic optional mod.

How I enable this?

Do I need to alter a config file
Is it an option I select
Is it replacing files.

This seems to be the answer to my question, thanks for the tip

In your SH3/GWX installation folder will be a file called JSGME.exe. Run it. On the left of the screen select "GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic". Press Enable. Done.

Then browse the GWX manual for descriptions of the other optional mods.

Re MM's very highly convoluted and confusing posts (seems everything has to be double or triple posted ), to change your TC settings, either use SH3Cmdr (search the forum for more info) or open your My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\main.cfg and adjust the LandProximity value up if you want to increase the speed at which TC operates when near land. Mine's at 512. But be careful; SH3 is not forgiving if you stuff your waypoints up and hit land!

[Platapus]

[quote=JSconesIn your SH3/GWX installation folder will be a file called JSGME.exe. Run it. On the left of the screen select "GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic". Press Enable. Done.[/quote]

Thanks for that answer. I might, just might, be able to follow that

[Heibges]

SH3 Commander is a tool that will easily let you change this.