GWX question on nav-map and nav

diggercam88 · 11-10-09, 10:46 AM

BTW this mod is outstanding~!!

1. I started a new career using GWX and previous to playing GWX on the stock SH3 the contacts on the nav map were color coded to tell of enemy or neutral or friendly.... Now i started my career in 1939 2nd Flotilla and all the contacts are green colored and I cant tell if I should give em a fish or not? All the towns and boats on map are green does this mean the war didnt start yet and I shouldtnt shoot??

2. When the navigator says "radio message recieved" were do I find this message to listen to?????????

3. When i started my new career it started out saying i needed to go to BF10 but there is no BF10 only BF11 grid??????

Everything else seems to be pretty easy to understand as far as the game goes but these three I dont get??

diggercam88 · 11-10-09, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padvotke

The same and the same posts again.. RTFM before shouting your throat out noob!1. If you start your career in 1939 August that means the war did not started yet. You have full month for free shakedown patrols durint that period.2. Hit M when you receive a message.

No need to get upset but im sorry i cant go thru 18,184 threads232,753 Posts

to find the answer to these questions...

BTW thanks for the reply tho!

diggercam88 · 11-10-09, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padvotke

$@!%^@#&^@...It is ALL writen in one GWX manual!

Whats a manual???

A user guide or user's guide, also commonly known as a manual, is a technical communication document intended to give assistance to people using a particular system.[1] It is usually written by a technical writer, although user guides are written by programmers, product or project managers, or other technical staff, particularly in smaller companies.
User guides are most commonly associated with electronic goods, computer hardware and software.
Most user guides contain both a written guide and the associated images. In the case of computer applications, it is usual to include screenshots of how the program should look, and hardware manuals often include clear, simplified diagrams. The language used is matched to the intended audience, with jargon kept to a minimum or explained thoroughly.

I didnt know it came with a manual!! honest!!

Dissaray · 11-10-09, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padvotke

$@!%^@#&^@...It is ALL writen in one GWX manual!

You could try being helpful. It looks like this:

1. If all the cities on the map and all the ships you come across are the same color chanses are that the war hasn't started yet. The war dosen't kick off untill September 1st 1939. Even then the only valid targets would be Polish shiping, and I have yet to come across any Pol ships with the second fleet. England will jump into the war three days later on the 3rd. If you hit "F1" you can find a listing called "Enemies of Germany", that will tell you who is a valid target starting when and lasting how long.

2. When you get a notification of having a new radio mesage just hit the "m" key. That will bring up the proper screen to check your mesages.

3. I am not sure about this one. In the long run I don't think it realy matters weather or not you patrol your asigined grid, the renown bonos for doing so is gone. If it keeps giving you target grids you can't find you might consider using the SH3 Commander tool. With this tool you can controll lots of things including asigning a new patrol grid of your chosing or a new random one.

Weiss Pinguin · 11-10-09, 11:28 AM

To be fair, the GWX 3 manual comes separate from the install. You can get it here, just look up whatever you need in there, and you should find it. It's also great just to look through it anyways, as there are dozens of features and little bits covered in there that you might not otherwise know about.

Dissaray · 11-10-09, 11:32 AM

Ya, brousing thru that is a generaly good idea. But for a few simple questions like these asking here could be faster and easyer. After all that manual is freekin' huge.

diggercam88 · 11-10-09, 11:49 AM

Awesome! I will get the manual and give it a gander. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions because it really helped out alot! BTW, I feel bad for the 3+ Merchants I sunk that were french + Brit because the war didnt even start yet....

Weiss Pinguin · 11-10-09, 02:26 PM

Well, as long as they didn't see who did it

comet61 · 11-10-09, 02:29 PM

Also...in the periscope view (F3) in the upper left hand corner of the screen (GWX users) you'll see a tab labeled "Flaggen". Pull that down and you'll find all the flags of the countries involved in WWII. Next to each flag is a note of either AL (Allies) or AX (Axis) or Neutral. What is even better is that next to these flags are the years/dates of their involvement in the war. Case in point: All British (Empire) countries like England, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Egypt started on and after Sept 1 1939. Whereas the US didn't get into the fray until late 1941....some countries later than that.

In the GWX manual (Get it and read/study it) there is another similar flag chart with a graph of their involvement; giving the years of neutrality or allied with Germany or the Allies.

I have learned that between 1939 to autumn of 1941 in any Career I choose I have to be careful at who I shoot at, especially in the dark. On one patrol (June 1941) I was patrolling in the Azores in a IXB and sank 2 merchants in the dark. The Nav map showed the wrecks as green...oops! I found out I sunk 2 American merchants. After 51 days on patrol I returned to base and I was soundly spanked and was fined a great deal of renown. Now..in that same career (patrol 6) I have had to pass up several ships because they were neutral. On my way back I was able to find and hunt and kill an Egyptian freighter only due to being able to identify the flag in the periscope view and pulling down the Flaggen tab. Hence....a red wreck icon on the Nav map.

Peruse the GWX manual. The premise of this mod is realism, so in many cases you'll need to ask questions first, then shoot if need be later.

danlisa · 11-10-09, 04:17 PM

Sweet Jebus!

Friendly round here ain't it?

Answers!
1) When you start a career in GWX you start before the onset of war. That's why everything is labeled as friendly (i.e green). This was done to simulate a 'shake down cruise'.

2) Press M

3) GWX is still only an expansion over the original Game and that original game has unfixable bugs. Assigning grids that don't exist is one of them. Just pick a grid and do your own thing.

Lastly,the GWX manual is included with every install. Either as a link or within the Documentation folder.

Happy hunting OP.

Venatore · 11-10-09, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weiß Pinguin

the GWX 3 manual comes separate from the install.

Incorrect my friend. Danlisa is correct, the manual is located in the documentation folder: Ubisoft/SilentHunterIII/documentation. Look for the PDF file called "Manual_V3.0".

Good Luck

Kind Regards

Ven

Abd_von_Mumit · 11-10-09, 08:16 PM

Your questions were pretty much answered already. As to the grid, BF10 would mean in Kriegsmarine grid naming system "all the grids from BF11 to BF19" - so you can feel free to roam this area during your patrol.

As far as i remember GWX does NOT reward you for patrolling your patrol zone assignement with renown points (as in stock game), so you could as well just not care about it at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padvotke

The same and the same posts again.. RTFM before shouting your throat out noob!

Who are you to offend people on these forums? By such posts you make it worse, not better, so go RTF netiquette first!

Weiss Pinguin · 11-10-09, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Venatore

Incorrect my friend. Danlisa is correct, the manual is located in the documentation folder: Ubisoft/SilentHunterIII/documentation. Look for the PDF file called "Manual_V3.0".

Good Luck

Kind Regards

Ven

Huh, I could've sworn I never got my copy. Then again that was a good while ago, and I might've moved/deleted it be accident or somesuch.

Oh well, anyone missing their manual now has a link

Onkel Neal · 11-10-09, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padvotke

The same and the same posts again.. RTFM before shouting your throat out noob!1. If you start your career in 1939 August that means the war did not started yet. You have full month for free shakedown patrols durint that period.2. Hit M when you receive a message.

Please use tact when discussing with other members.

sharkbit · 11-11-09, 10:06 AM

OP:
Please ignore the chaff and feel free to ask as many questions as you want. There are plenty of people on this forum who are willing to answer them.

Welcome aboard.

11-10-09, 10:46 AM	#1
diggercam88 Watch Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Atlantic Posts: 27 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	GWX question on nav-map and nav BTW this mod is outstanding~!! 1. I started a new career using GWX and previous to playing GWX on the stock SH3 the contacts on the nav map were color coded to tell of enemy or neutral or friendly.... Now i started my career in 1939 2nd Flotilla and all the contacts are green colored and I cant tell if I should give em a fish or not? All the towns and boats on map are green does this mean the war didnt start yet and I shouldtnt shoot?? 2. When the navigator says "radio message recieved" were do I find this message to listen to????????? 3. When i started my new career it started out saying i needed to go to BF10 but there is no BF10 only BF11 grid?????? Everything else seems to be pretty easy to understand as far as the game goes but these three I dont get?? __________________ " I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln Last edited by diggercam88; 11-10-09 at 10:56 AM.

11-10-09, 11:28 AM	#5
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	To be fair, the GWX 3 manual comes separate from the install. You can get it here, just look up whatever you need in there, and you should find it. It's also great just to look through it anyways, as there are dozens of features and little bits covered in there that you might not otherwise know about. __________________

11-10-09, 11:49 AM	#7
diggercam88 Watch Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Atlantic Posts: 27 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Awesome! I will get the manual and give it a gander. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions because it really helped out alot! BTW, I feel bad for the 3+ Merchants I sunk that were french + Brit because the war didnt even start yet.... __________________ " I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln

11-10-09, 02:26 PM	#8
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Well, as long as they didn't see who did it __________________

11-10-09, 02:29 PM	#9
comet61 Sparky Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 151 Downloads: 240 Uploads: 0	when to shoot Also...in the periscope view (F3) in the upper left hand corner of the screen (GWX users) you'll see a tab labeled "Flaggen". Pull that down and you'll find all the flags of the countries involved in WWII. Next to each flag is a note of either AL (Allies) or AX (Axis) or Neutral. What is even better is that next to these flags are the years/dates of their involvement in the war. Case in point: All British (Empire) countries like England, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Egypt started on and after Sept 1 1939. Whereas the US didn't get into the fray until late 1941....some countries later than that. In the GWX manual (Get it and read/study it) there is another similar flag chart with a graph of their involvement; giving the years of neutrality or allied with Germany or the Allies. I have learned that between 1939 to autumn of 1941 in any Career I choose I have to be careful at who I shoot at, especially in the dark. On one patrol (June 1941) I was patrolling in the Azores in a IXB and sank 2 merchants in the dark. The Nav map showed the wrecks as green...oops! I found out I sunk 2 American merchants. After 51 days on patrol I returned to base and I was soundly spanked and was fined a great deal of renown. Now..in that same career (patrol 6) I have had to pass up several ships because they were neutral. On my way back I was able to find and hunt and kill an Egyptian freighter only due to being able to identify the flag in the periscope view and pulling down the Flaggen tab. Hence....a red wreck icon on the Nav map. Peruse the GWX manual. The premise of this mod is realism, so in many cases you'll need to ask questions first, then shoot if need be later.

11-10-09, 11:32 AM	#6
Dissaray 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 280 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Ya, brousing thru that is a generaly good idea. But for a few simple questions like these asking here could be faster and easyer. After all that manual is freekin' huge.

11-10-09, 04:17 PM	#10
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Sweet Jebus! Friendly round here ain't it? Answers! 1) When you start a career in GWX you start before the onset of war. That's why everything is labeled as friendly (i.e green). This was done to simulate a 'shake down cruise'. 2) Press M 3) GWX is still only an expansion over the original Game and that original game has unfixable bugs. Assigning grids that don't exist is one of them. Just pick a grid and do your own thing. Lastly,the GWX manual is included with every install. Either as a link or within the Documentation folder. Happy hunting OP. __________________

11-11-09, 10:06 AM	#15
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	OP: Please ignore the chaff and feel free to ask as many questions as you want. There are plenty of people on this forum who are willing to answer them. Welcome aboard. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

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