Simple SH3 Commander question

[panthercules]

OK - finally got some time to mess with this stuff and got RUB 1.45 loaded up and then installed SH3 Commander 2.3.

Fired up SH3 Commander, picked my latest career, created a personnel file for my Kaleun (very cool ), set up my SH3 options (also very cool ) and then launched SH3. Loaded up the in base/after last patrol saved game, re-issued the medals and stuff, and set out on my next patrol.

So far, so good - too early to tell much, but everything seems to be working and things are looking good - did have some problems with my first couple of salvos (user error - forgot to open doors on my second salvo that I tried to squeeze off in a hurry after the first one missed for some unknown reason - and of course, missed just astern) in heavy seas (15m/s winds, and waves set to 1.25 multiplier - also very cool ) but finally did manage to sink the Norwegian C2 I found in my assigned patrol grid off the coast of Norway (early May 1940), after which I plan to head down toward France 'cause scuttlebutt has it that the Sitzkrieg down there is about to get real in a few days

Now for the question - it got real late and I had to quit and save mid patrol. Next time, am I supposed to launch SH3 using SH3 Commander, or are you supposed to only launch the game via SH3 Commander when you are starting a new patrol? If you use SH3 Commander to launch the game even mid patrol, is there any time now that I would ever launch the game using the normal SH3 icon instead of using Sh3 Commander, or do you just always use SH3 Commander to launch the game from this point on?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but something I read in one of the other threads (I couldn't find it again though) got me confused about this point.

Thanks to all the incredible modders who have put so much time and effort into these great mods - can't wait to really put them through their paces when I get some more time to play.

Good luck, and good hunting!