SH3/SH3GWX concurrent running?

GMA · 12-28-10, 10:13 AM

Having successfully set up and now running SH3GWX, is it possible to run the original SH3 from the desktop icon without conflict...or must I only use SH3GWX?

Gerald · 12-28-10, 10:24 AM

Are you using SH3 Commander? A good help to start the SH3 and that you can make different settings,

frau kaleun · 12-28-10, 10:33 AM

GWX installs in whatever SH3 game folder you directed it to - so that existing version of the game has been overwritten with the GWX super-modded version. When you click on the SH3 shortcut that points to the .exe file in that game folder, or load that installation of the game with Commander, you're playing GWX.

In order to play the stock game in addition to a GWX version (or any other modded game installation) you need multiple game installations on your hard drive, one to keep as the stock version and one or more to mod with GWX or some other modifications of your choosing.

To do this you need a clean installation of the stock version which you then copy to your hard drive in a different location and mod with GWX or whatever so you can play the two (or more) different versions. You will also need MultiSH3 to run different versions of the game on the same computer. MultiSH3 allows you to create a separate folder in My Documents for each installation of the game, so player files from one version don't get mixed up with player files from another.

Sailor Steve · 12-28-10, 10:35 AM

To run multiple installs you need to keep a stock SH3 handy, make copies with new names and then add the mods. You can't reverse-engineer a stock copy once GWX is added.

This little app helps:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1869

[edit] Too late. Too bad.

GMA · 12-29-10, 07:04 AM

Thank you, all.

12-28-10, 10:13 AM	#1
GMA Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Stratford, CT Posts: 8 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	SH3/SH3GWX concurrent running? Having successfully set up and now running SH3GWX, is it possible to run the original SH3 from the desktop icon without conflict...or must I only use SH3GWX?

12-28-10, 10:24 AM	#2
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Are you using SH3 Commander? A good help to start the SH3 and that you can make different settings, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-28-10, 10:35 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	To run multiple installs you need to keep a stock SH3 handy, make copies with new names and then add the mods. You can't reverse-engineer a stock copy once GWX is added. This little app helps: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1869 [edit] Too late. Too bad. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-28-10, 10:33 AM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	GWX installs in whatever SH3 game folder you directed it to - so that existing version of the game has been overwritten with the GWX super-modded version. When you click on the SH3 shortcut that points to the .exe file in that game folder, or load that installation of the game with Commander, you're playing GWX. In order to play the stock game in addition to a GWX version (or any other modded game installation) you need multiple game installations on your hard drive, one to keep as the stock version and one or more to mod with GWX or some other modifications of your choosing. To do this you need a clean installation of the stock version which you then copy to your hard drive in a different location and mod with GWX or whatever so you can play the two (or more) different versions. You will also need MultiSH3 to run different versions of the game on the same computer. MultiSH3 allows you to create a separate folder in My Documents for each installation of the game, so player files from one version don't get mixed up with player files from another.

12-29-10, 07:04 AM	#5
GMA Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Stratford, CT Posts: 8 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Thank you, all.