Some Questions

PapaG39 · 08-31-07, 03:44 PM

Does anyone know for sure if;

1) Does boat speed have anything to do with the actual recharging of the batteries?

2) Same as above for replentishment of the Co2?

3) Would hugging the bottom (shallow...20-40m depth) engines off/silent running help to "NOT" be detected?

4) Just wondering, as night comes on I get splashes of colors water & skyline. looks like a water painting.
I have an ati X1900XT & all my other games colors are just fine. I doesn't bug me, but thought I would try & adjust it out, but won't bother if others have it also.

5) Just what benifit would I get from trying to download & install the GWX mod?

6) What are the (not so nice) things about the mod? I have read that the water takes a turn for the worst with gwx. I like the clear water to see what is going on under the water. That is part of the gaming fun for me...Just to be able to see..

JU_88 · 08-31-07, 03:55 PM

1) No

2) No

3) Hm not really, if you get detected at 20 to 40m, you are pretty dead no matter what you do!

4) Nvidia card here - sorry. but make sure your drivers are upto date at http://ati.amd.com/

5) You will have about twice as much game content as you do now. Play with with GWX for a week and you will wonder how you ever played SH3 without it.

(Im not going in to any detail as this forum is already rich with info on GWX!)

6) The only bad thing about it -is the long load times - (but its worth the wait), you need another tool called SH3 comander which you can use with GWX, You will love it, this tool will allow you to set the water in GWX to be as clear as you like - but it also does a great deal more than that!.

Download it here: http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html

Brag · 08-31-07, 04:05 PM

1) speed will not affect battery charging, actually the batteries recharge when you're on the surface , even out of fuel. :rotfl:

3 Just stay out of shallow water at 20-40 meters you're dead meat.

Lafferty · 08-31-07, 04:06 PM

yeah make sure to stay our of shallow water.

siber · 08-31-07, 05:46 PM

If you go to the (F2) Control room after surfacing while charging batteries, you can see that one engine is propelling the u-boat - and responding to your speed commands - while the other runs at constant speed to recharge the battery. Confused how it recharges without any fuel though...

PapaG39 · 09-01-07, 01:56 AM

Thanks for the good answers.
Its kinda hard to stay out of shallow water when your operating the type IID boat in the North Sea along the west coast of the England/Scotland.

When I pick up sound of what I preceive to be a Warship, I just get out of their way. I don't attack fishing boats, Trawlers or armed escorts because while I would be trying to sink them with this puny, POS pop pop gun they would be calling in air cover to sink my little boat. I haven't been depth charged yet, but I know that my day is coming. the odds get worse with every patrol & I'm in the middle of Patrol #9 now. There is deep water over next to Norway, but not much traffic that I have seen. I haven't been sent to the Norway coast as yet. I do go home that way & have made two or three sinkings, however it showed on the score card that they were neutral...even though their flags were British!

Ask far as that GWX...man I am so shy of doing mods. Every da*ned time I install a mod I screw up the install & end up having to uninstall & reinstall everything from the beginning.
Maybe after I get killed & have to start over again anyway I'll look iinto it. I just hate downloading & installing stuff. I always screw it up...guaranteed!

JU_88 · 09-01-07, 04:48 AM

Well, GWX is very easy to install!
Like any other progam you just double click on seteup.exe and click next, next, next, finnish. -Thats about it :p
If you need any help, you know where we are.

08-31-07, 03:44 PM	#1
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Some Questions Does anyone know for sure if; 1) Does boat speed have anything to do with the actual recharging of the batteries? 2) Same as above for replentishment of the Co2? 3) Would hugging the bottom (shallow...20-40m depth) engines off/silent running help to "NOT" be detected? 4) Just wondering, as night comes on I get splashes of colors water & skyline. looks like a water painting. I have an ati X1900XT & all my other games colors are just fine. I doesn't bug me, but thought I would try & adjust it out, but won't bother if others have it also. 5) Just what benifit would I get from trying to download & install the GWX mod? 6) What are the (not so nice) things about the mod? I have read that the water takes a turn for the worst with gwx. I like the clear water to see what is going on under the water. That is part of the gaming fun for me...Just to be able to see..

08-31-07, 03:55 PM	#2
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	1) No 2) No 3) Hm not really, if you get detected at 20 to 40m, you are pretty dead no matter what you do! 4) Nvidia card here - sorry. but make sure your drivers are upto date at http://ati.amd.com/ 5) You will have about twice as much game content as you do now. Play with with GWX for a week and you will wonder how you ever played SH3 without it. (Im not going in to any detail as this forum is already rich with info on GWX!) 6) The only bad thing about it -is the long load times - (but its worth the wait), you need another tool called SH3 comander which you can use with GWX, You will love it, this tool will allow you to set the water in GWX to be as clear as you like - but it also does a great deal more than that!. Download it here: http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html Last edited by JU_88; 08-31-07 at 04:12 PM.

08-31-07, 04:05 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	1) speed will not affect battery charging, actually the batteries recharge when you're on the surface , even out of fuel. :rotfl: 3 Just stay out of shallow water at 20-40 meters you're dead meat. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

08-31-07, 05:46 PM	#5
siber Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salford, Manchester, UK Posts: 182 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	If you go to the (F2) Control room after surfacing while charging batteries, you can see that one engine is propelling the u-boat - and responding to your speed commands - while the other runs at constant speed to recharge the battery. Confused how it recharges without any fuel though... __________________ Using GWX 3.0 at 100% realism, OLC's 'Ubermod' & Torpdamagefinal

08-31-07, 04:06 PM	#4
Lafferty Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 245 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	yeah make sure to stay our of shallow water.

09-01-07, 01:56 AM	#6
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the good answers. Its kinda hard to stay out of shallow water when your operating the type IID boat in the North Sea along the west coast of the England/Scotland. When I pick up sound of what I preceive to be a Warship, I just get out of their way. I don't attack fishing boats, Trawlers or armed escorts because while I would be trying to sink them with this puny, POS pop pop gun they would be calling in air cover to sink my little boat. I haven't been depth charged yet, but I know that my day is coming. the odds get worse with every patrol & I'm in the middle of Patrol #9 now. There is deep water over next to Norway, but not much traffic that I have seen. I haven't been sent to the Norway coast as yet. I do go home that way & have made two or three sinkings, however it showed on the score card that they were neutral...even though their flags were British! Ask far as that GWX...man I am so shy of doing mods. Every da*ned time I install a mod I screw up the install & end up having to uninstall & reinstall everything from the beginning. Maybe after I get killed & have to start over again anyway I'll look iinto it. I just hate downloading & installing stuff. I always screw it up...guaranteed!

09-01-07, 04:48 AM	#7
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Well, GWX is very easy to install! Like any other progam you just double click on seteup.exe and click next, next, next, finnish. -Thats about it :p If you need any help, you know where we are.