Missing Binoculars?

[GJO]

Playing SH3 with GWX - my watch crew hold up their hands as if holding binos but the binos are not there - at first I accepted that this was just a feature of the game but having searched the forum and noted that no one else seems to have raised this. Perhaps it is just my game as installed - is there a fix?

Best wishes to all at sea,
GJO

[RConch]

I had that happen with the original video card that came with the computer.
It wasn't fixed until I got a new card.
Probably not what you want to hear.

[Jimbuna]

You'll need to get a higher spec graphics card.

[mikey117us]

I had this problem on several installations on different rigs it was so annoying I decided to fix it somehow, especially because I wanted to use venatore's Elite U-Boat Binocular Mod which this fix incorporates his texture and for which this fix would not exsist if it was not for that texture and the decision to learn a few tricks about modding for myself. I thought i was alone with this binocular Glitch or I would have uploaded it somewhere 2 years ago.
Find The Fix Below.
https://www.mediafire.com/?8vqox761cqbyubn
For stock/vanilla users without JSGME just unzip and open the mod and open shIII back up your original binocular dat file in data/library and place the new file in. open the data/textures/Tnormal/tex folder backup the 01_binoculars.tga and place the new one in. close it up start the game and the binoculars are fixed.
note: The problem I found was a corrupt 3D model I don't know why it happens I ran shIII vanilla for a couple of years but from 1.3 to 1.4b somehow it got corrupted and after i retired the DVD and bought the digital download shIII 1.4b the binoculars were also missing. using the 3D model from the AI crew and rotating the 01_binocular.tga to line up with it gave me a perfect result.

[RConch]

Good work!

[GJO]

Originally Posted by mikey117us

I had this problem on several installations on different rigs it was so annoying I decided to fix it somehow, especially because I wanted to use venatore's Elite U-Boat Binocular Mod which this fix incorporates his texture and for which this fix would not exsist if it was not for that texture and the decision to learn a few tricks about modding for myself. I thought i was alone with this binocular Glitch or I would have uploaded it somewhere 2 years ago.
Find The Fix Below.
https://www.mediafire.com/?8vqox761cqbyubn

Brilliant! My watch crew now have binoculars! And nice ones too!

Vielen, herzlichen Dank!

[U1260]

Originally Posted by mikey117us

I had this problem on several installations on different rigs it was so annoying I decided to fix it somehow, especially because I wanted to use venatore's Elite U-Boat Binocular Mod which this fix incorporates his texture and for which this fix would not exist if it was not for that texture and the decision to learn a few tricks about modding for myself. I thought i was alone with this binocular Glitch or I would have uploaded it somewhere 2 years ago.
Find The Fix Below.
https://www.mediafire.com/?8vqox761cqbyubn

Thank you!

[Joefour]

Originally Posted by mikey117us

I had this problem on several installations on different rigs it was so annoying I decided to fix it somehow, especially because I wanted to use venatore's Elite U-Boat Binocular Mod which this fix incorporates his texture and for which this fix would not exsist if it was not for that texture and the decision to learn a few tricks about modding for myself. I thought i was alone with this binocular Glitch or I would have uploaded it somewhere 2 years ago.
Find The Fix Below.
https://www.mediafire.com/?8vqox761cqbyubn
For stock/vanilla users without JSGME just unzip and open the mod and open shIII back up your original binocular dat file in data/library and place the new file in. open the data/textures/Tnormal/tex folder backup the 01_binoculars.tga and place the new one in. close it up start the game and the binoculars are fixed.
note: The problem I found was a corrupt 3D model I don't know why it happens I ran shIII vanilla for a couple of years but from 1.3 to 1.4b somehow it got corrupted and after i retired the DVD and bought the digital download shIII 1.4b the binoculars were also missing. using the 3D model from the AI crew and rotating the 01_binocular.tga to line up with it gave me a perfect result.

Not to open the crypt and bring out old subjects, but I'd like to thank you Mikey for making that fix. Since I first got SH3 from Amazon on disk (It's version 1.4.0.1) I have had the same problem and no one could help me. The watch on the bridge with fingers curled around nothing. I thought it was a conflict or something with my video card. IT'S FIXED NOW AFTER PLAYING SH3 FOR OVER A YEAR. The thing is, in the stock installation, there IS no .tga file to replace. Ubisoft's screwup.
THANKS AGAIN BROTHER!