SH4 1.5 Add-On Mods supplemental forum?

SgtWalt65 · 03-02-08, 03:58 AM

Would it be possible to create a new forum just for SH4 Add-On Mods? Just to prevent the inadvertant installation by any of those people who don't read all of there read me's written by modders. I have not done it, but its only a matter of time before someone does and borkers there game install up.

rulle34 · 03-02-08, 04:50 AM

Good idea, at least for a start

LukeFF · 03-02-08, 05:15 AM

Not needed. Modders just need to say whether the mod is 1.5 compatible. No need to fragment the forums any more than they are.

If people don't READ the readme files, it's their own damn fault.

AVGWarhawk · 03-02-08, 06:48 AM

Luke is correct here. In light of cleaning up this forum of stickies and getting it organized, we only request and I'm sure a natural thing for the modder to do when posting, state that it is 1.5 compatible. It is already ingrained by the modders to add JSGME ready in their posts. Seeing as that has become second nature, so will adding "1.5 compatible".

Also, I would like to thank each modder personally who dedicates a bit extra to make each mode combatible with RFB/TM/ROW/NSM/RSRD/stock game(sorry if I missed any) and rolling it all up for you, the end user, no matter what version you are playing and with what mod. The end user gets all of that a one awesome price. No coupon required.

SgtWalt65 · 03-02-08, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Luke is correct here. In light of cleaning up this forum of stickies and getting it organized, we only request and I'm sure a natural thing for the modder to do when posting, state that it is 1.5 compatible. It is already ingrained by the modders to add JSGME ready in their posts. Seeing as that has become second nature, so will adding "1.5 compatible".

Also, I would like to thank each modder personally who dedicates a bit extra to make each mode combatible with RFB/TM/ROW/NSM/RSRD/stock game(sorry if I missed any) and rolling it all up for you, the end user, no matter what version you are playing and with what mod. The end user gets all of that a one awesome price. No coupon required.

Ok,

. BTW, thank you to all the modders out there for the great work yall do with this game and UBI for the add-on. Now just add the atlantic campaign to this and maybe the japs and this game would be close to perfect...hehe ( I know, to much to do ).
The forum idea was just an Idea. I am currently running a very heavily modded 1.4 game and have a second install with the 1.5 add-on that has 3 of the current 1.5 capatable mods installed. The RSRD V310, Scope / NomoGraph and the Enviromental Color Mods on it.
Was just trying to help those out there who might not understand english enough to prevent the usually "murphys law" ( Insert the,

I should have had a V-8 juice commercial here ) from taking effect....lol.

Doolittle81 · 03-02-08, 01:08 PM

DELETED....My Question became too incomprehensible...

Digital_Trucker · 03-02-08, 01:32 PM

Copy your entire Silent Hunter 4 Install folder to another location (make sure and change all your desktop shortcuts to reflect the folder change. Good idea to rename them, too, so they don't get overwritten later). Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4 (you only have 3 characters to work with. I'm planning on using S for the first character, the last digit of the version number for the second character and S (for stock), M (for modded), T (for test), M (for TM), R (for RFB) or some other character to denote differences for the third character.

Then, so you start with a fresh install, uninstall SH4 (it will uninstall from the original location) and reinstall and patch to the version you want to use. If you want to keep a stock version, copy the newly patched install folder somewhere (like .....Silent Hunter 4 v1.5 Stock) and use MultiSH4 in that install folder to assign the folder where you want saved games stored.

Oh, yeah, and don't forget to buy a new hard drive so that when you have 12 different installs, you'll have someplace to put them:rotfl:

Doolittle81 · 03-02-08, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

Copy your entire Silent Hunter 4 Install folder to another location (make sure and change all your desktop shortcuts to reflect the folder change. Good idea to rename them, too, so they don't get overwritten later). Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4...
....

OK I can do that... Let me try to say it in my own words to see if I understand:

Let's say I put the copy of SH4 1.4 on my D Drive.

Then, you say I should completely Uninstall (using Control Panel), my entire current SH4 (1.4) (from my C Drive)??? Then use my original SH4 Disc to re-install the stock SH4, then download the new Addon and Patch to 1.5. I should also put a JSGME application in the new 1.5 folder?? Then copy back over from my D Drive any Mods (hopefully compatible with 1.5) I want, and any new 1.5 specific Mods that come along...and enable using the new JSGME in the SH4 1.5 folder... Is that right?

That will leave me with a 1.4 SH4 (D Drive), a 1.5 SH4 (C Drive), each with a separate JSGME's and each with separate "My Documents\SH4\Save folders?

If I can do that without messing up the Registry I'll be amazed.

Digital_Trucker · 03-02-08, 05:46 PM

I don't know about copying over all your mods since most of them will probably be affected somehow by the patch, but basically that's it. Just don't forget to use multish4 to give each install a seperate save folder in "My Documents".

By uninstalling the game, you remove the registry entries so you shouldn't have any registry problems.

ReallyDedPoet · 03-02-08, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Doolittle81

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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

Copy your entire Silent Hunter 4 Install folder to another location (make sure and change all your desktop shortcuts to reflect the folder change. Good idea to rename them, too, so they don't get overwritten later). Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4...
....

OK I can do that... Let me try to say it in my own words to see if I understand:

Let's say I put the copy of SH4 1.4 on my D Drive.

Then, you say I should completely Uninstall (using Control Panel), my entire current SH4 (1.4) (from my C Drive)??? Then use my original SH4 Disc to re-install the stock SH4, then download the new Addon and Patch to 1.5. I should also put a JSGME application in the new 1.5 folder?? Then copy back over from my D Drive any Mods (hopefully compatible with 1.5) I want, and any new 1.5 specific Mods that come along...and enable using the new JSGME in the SH4 1.5 folder... Is that right?

That will leave me with a 1.4 SH4 (D Drive), a 1.5 SH4 (C Drive), each with a separate JSGME's and each with separate "My Documents\SH4\Save folders?

If I can do that without messing up the Registry I'll be amazed.

I have about 4 installs now, works fine

A couple of 1.4, now two 1.5

RDP

1480 · 03-02-08, 07:45 PM

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Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4 (you only have 3 characters to work with

And where is this elusive and cunning "MultiSH4" located? For the short yellow bus commandos like me

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Digital_Trucker · 03-02-08, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1480

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Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4 (you only have 3 characters to work with

And where is this elusive and cunning "MultiSH4" located? For the short yellow bus commandos like me

.

Well, as they say in my neighborhood it's rat cheer and you don't need no short yeller bus to git thar

1480 · 03-02-08, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

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Originally Posted by 1480

Quote:

Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4 (you only have 3 characters to work with

And where is this elusive and cunning "MultiSH4" located? For the short yellow bus commandos like me

.

Well, as they say in my neighborhood it's rat cheer and you don't need no short yeller bus to git thar

In my 'hood it's ober dare in da gangway, youse guise ain't from aye-round her....

.

Redwine · 03-03-08, 06:11 AM

The best way may be to have a separated forum for Wolves at Paciphic v1.5 because it is not a patch is a new game...

03-02-08, 03:58 AM	#1
SgtWalt65 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Addison, Texas USA Posts: 117 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	SH4 1.5 Add-On Mods supplemental forum? Would it be possible to create a new forum just for SH4 Add-On Mods? Just to prevent the inadvertant installation by any of those people who don't read all of there read me's written by modders. I have not done it, but its only a matter of time before someone does and borkers there game install up. __________________ Every day is a good day for the other side to die. Your motto is "Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud".

03-02-08, 04:50 AM	#2
rulle34 Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 835 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Good idea, at least for a start __________________

03-02-08, 05:15 AM	#3
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Not needed. Modders just need to say whether the mod is 1.5 compatible. No need to fragment the forums any more than they are. If people don't READ the readme files, it's their own damn fault. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

03-02-08, 06:48 AM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,280 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Luke is correct here. In light of cleaning up this forum of stickies and getting it organized, we only request and I'm sure a natural thing for the modder to do when posting, state that it is 1.5 compatible. It is already ingrained by the modders to add JSGME ready in their posts. Seeing as that has become second nature, so will adding "1.5 compatible". Also, I would like to thank each modder personally who dedicates a bit extra to make each mode combatible with RFB/TM/ROW/NSM/RSRD/stock game(sorry if I missed any) and rolling it all up for you, the end user, no matter what version you are playing and with what mod. The end user gets all of that a one awesome price. No coupon required. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-02-08, 01:08 PM	#6
Doolittle81 Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 624 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	DELETED....My Question became too incomprehensible... Last edited by Doolittle81; 03-02-08 at 01:44 PM.

03-02-08, 01:32 PM	#7
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Copy your entire Silent Hunter 4 Install folder to another location (make sure and change all your desktop shortcuts to reflect the folder change. Good idea to rename them, too, so they don't get overwritten later). Use MultiSH4 to change the name of the folder used for saved games to something other than SH4 and rename your My Documents\SH4 folder to something other than SH4 (you only have 3 characters to work with. I'm planning on using S for the first character, the last digit of the version number for the second character and S (for stock), M (for modded), T (for test), M (for TM), R (for RFB) or some other character to denote differences for the third character. Then, so you start with a fresh install, uninstall SH4 (it will uninstall from the original location) and reinstall and patch to the version you want to use. If you want to keep a stock version, copy the newly patched install folder somewhere (like .....Silent Hunter 4 v1.5 Stock) and use MultiSH4 in that install folder to assign the folder where you want saved games stored. Oh, yeah, and don't forget to buy a new hard drive so that when you have 12 different installs, you'll have someplace to put them:rotfl: __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

03-02-08, 05:46 PM	#9
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	I don't know about copying over all your mods since most of them will probably be affected somehow by the patch, but basically that's it. Just don't forget to use multish4 to give each install a seperate save folder in "My Documents". By uninstalling the game, you remove the registry entries so you shouldn't have any registry problems. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

03-03-08, 06:11 AM	#14
Redwine Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, , Argentina. Posts: 1,962 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The best way may be to have a separated forum for Wolves at Paciphic v1.5 because it is not a patch is a new game... __________________ . "SH III and SH IV Mods" "Manual TDC Tutorial" "SH2 Downloads Selection"