Grey Wolves Mod & Original SH3

[Ham920]

I downloaded the Grey Wolves Mod and it works just fine, but I was wondering…is it possible to have both the Silent Hunter 3 and the Grey Wolves Expansion Mod on your PC? Would I just load them on different drives or something?

[melnibonian]

To have multiple copies of SH3/GWX you need multiple installations. The way to do it is simple

1. Install a clean version of SH3 in the C\Program Files\Ubisoft\SH3
2. Patch it to 1.4b
3. Copy the whole folder and paste it whenever you want the new installation to be. After that rename it to whatever you like. Let's say GWX.
4. Now put the multiSH3 into the GWX folder and run it. When asked put GWX as the default directory where your careers will be saved.
5. After all this install GWX in the GWX folder, make a shortcut to the desctop and you're ready to play.
6. Now you can install the SH3Cmd 2.7 including all the extra Cfg Files (if needed)
7. After the installation is complete you right-click onto the desktop icon. You click on properties and where it say target you type "C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\SH3Cmdr.exe" /l:"C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\GWX. Now this is the example of my SH3Cmd that will check the files in the My Documents\GWX folder that is generated by the C\Program Files\Ubisoft\GWX installation. After that this particular installation of SH3Cmd is linked to that installation of SH (GWX in this case).

I would suggest you do a different installation of SH3Cmd for each different installation of SH you have. That way you don't get the SH3Cmd confused and you don't mess up things.

Also I would suggest to leave the clean patched version of SH3 in the C\Program Files\Ubisoft\SH3 untouched as that way you can always copy it and paste it to add new mods. If you want to make new installations always copy and paste this folder and DO NOT USE the Installer of SH3 again (at least not for as long as the game is already installed)

[Jimbuna]

That's much better matey

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

That's much better matey

Glad you like it Jim :p

[croozer]

I had installed SH3 , did the V1.4 patch and GWX
My machine has plenty of power - I actually play thru my 50" plasma monitor
Had fun learning - getting killed often - but fun anyway at around 50% realism
problem was I encountered little bugs like freezeups and crashes on occasion
I learned to save/continue during missions which seemed to help
Finally ended up in mid-patrol and game would not start up without crashing so I decided to do a fresh install - uninstalled everything but kept current patrol files and reinstalled SH3 DVD version with Gameshadow
So SH3 installs fine - but Gameshadow says they've never heard of me and the V1.4 patch says it's not compatible with my version of SH3 ?? so GWX won't work
I originally downloaded GWX from Gameshadow - I see that there's an update now
Is there some basic thing missing besides my admitted lack of computer skills?

[Ham920]

I’m a working guy and I make it a point to spend time with the Mrs. so I don’t get back to the forums as often as I should, but I wanted to thank you Melnibonian for your quick reply to my inquiry. I’ve gone to http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian and downloaded some of your files and will try to follow your directions. Thanks again for your help – just wanted to get back to you to say “Thank you.”

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by Ham920

I’m a working guy and I make it a point to spend time with the Mrs. so I don’t get back to the forums as often as I should, but I wanted to thank you Melnibonian for your quick reply to my inquiry. I’ve gone to http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian and downloaded some of your files and will try to follow your directions. Thanks again for your help – just wanted to get back to you to say “Thank you.”

You're welcome. We're all here to help each other, so please don't thank me. I did exactly what anybody else would have done if they were fast enough to answer your post :p On a serious note: I'm very happy you have your game working, and I hope you do enjoy it as much as the rest of the people do. Thanks again for your kind words, Now get out there and sink some ships

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by croozer

I had installed SH3 , did the V1.4 patch and GWX
My machine has plenty of power - I actually play thru my 50" plasma monitor
Had fun learning - getting killed often - but fun anyway at around 50% realism
problem was I encountered little bugs like freezeups and crashes on occasion
I learned to save/continue during missions which seemed to help
Finally ended up in mid-patrol and game would not start up without crashing so I decided to do a fresh install - uninstalled everything but kept current patrol files and reinstalled SH3 DVD version with Gameshadow
So SH3 installs fine - but Gameshadow says they've never heard of me and the V1.4 patch says it's not compatible with my version of SH3 ?? so GWX won't work
I originally downloaded GWX from Gameshadow - I see that there's an update now
Is there some basic thing missing besides my admitted lack of computer skills?

I am not 100% sure but I think the problems you're facing are due to the fact that you kept the files in the C\My Documents\SH3 folder. When you reinstall the game you must have that folder clean or erased (Basically just re-name it to something else). About Gameshadow I don't know, but if you have trouble getting the game from them, just click on my signature or on the link under it to get all the GWX bin files, the installer (GWX.exe) and the latest patch GWX1.03. As far as the SH3 v1.4 Patch is concerned make sure of two things:
1. That the game is not already patched to 1.4
2. That you're using the correct version of the patch for your game. There are four patches. Two American (DVD and internet vesions) and Two European (DVD and Internet versions)