What Mods to use with GWX 3.0 gold

Stevetry · 04-29-12, 07:56 AM

So i am new to SH3 and i have the game with GWX 3.0 Gold and i was wondering can i use others mods with it if so can you name them ?

11Bravo · 04-29-12, 08:16 AM

Of course.

You use the JSGME which was included with GWX. You use it to add or subtract mods.

Download any mod you want to try, put it into the MODS folder in the SilentHunterIII directory, fire up JSGME, select the mod and load it using the > button. If there are any conflicts between mods you get a warning. Fire up the game and see what happens.

I have some mods in my signature. One of them is a nautical chart that adds timezone lines and lat lon grid to the map so you can figure out where you are.

There are probably thousands of mods. Most people run a dozen. Sometimes called a "mod soup".

Sailor Steve · 04-29-12, 09:43 AM

Oh yeah. Many of us have long lists of mods we use. There are graphics improvements, sound mods, add-ons and gameplay mods, all waiting to be added. There are mods that improve the harbors and mods that add more than 100 new ships to the mix, mods that make most of the sound files into scenes from Das Boot. And of course there's SH3 Commander, which creates a background and career for your captain and lets you micromanage your crew and also gives a name, cargo and crew number to every merchant you sink.

There's a whole world opening up for you. GWX is just the beginning.

Stevetry · 04-29-12, 09:46 AM

yea but i dont know what mod to get can you name a few that are interesting ?

mods that add more ships seem nice are they damamge mods ? sound mods would be nice too

Sailor Steve · 04-29-12, 12:15 PM

Here's my list of the mods I use. There are many hundreds more available and it's kind of hard to go into detail unless you can tell me exactly what you want from your game.

Current Mods:
GWX 3.0
GWX 3 Wil, St Naz and Schluese and other units - Bigboywooly
GWX Community Units
Das Boot Officers - AIL
Small Moon - AIL
Das Boot Sound Mod SH3
DBSM SH3 Speech Fix
Ultimate Aircraft Sounds
Spirit of Machines - Einbecker
Torpedo Fire (German) v1.02 - Ktl_KUrtz
No Rank Or Medals On Crew - Dertien
Remove GWX Compass - ichso
Simfeeling 6-Dials Mod - FLB_ U-999
Clean Nav Map
Assisted Plotting Mod
English-To-German Names - Phoenix3000
Historically Accurate U-Boat Emblems - Conus
Halo Not Visible Through Body - Anvart
New Compass Graphics U-505 - Hitman
Port People - Pascal
My Favorite Uniforms - New Uniforms and Das Boot Clothes
Realistic Blueprint Damage Screens - Pascal
Remove Station Labels
SH3 Color Icons - Capt. Teach
Waterstream+Exhaust Kombimod v2.3 - Rubini/Racerboy/h.sie
Modified Searchlight Beams - OLC
U-Boat Bases Map with New St. Nazaire - meduza
Lifeboats & Debris v4 - Rubini/Privateer
Open Hatch v3.09 - Diving Duck
Open Hatch Conning Deck Cam Fix - Diving Duck
Conning Tower Open Hatch - Lucagaeta
Open Hatch for Type II - postalbyke
SH4 Maptools for SH3 - Racerboy (aka TheDarkWraith)
Head 04 Fix - Anvart
SH3 Officer Faces
Aces' Modified Headphones
Alex Do-24
Aces' Crew On Deck Stand Alone GWX
Aces' Radio Room Postcards
SH5 Water for GWX 0.9 20 Km -
TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra ships
GWX DFa Flags and Pennants 2010 - Anvart
Clearsky Clouds - Rubini
FM30_UpDown - Anvart
FM New Interior - FlakMonkey
FM NI Fix for FM30 UpDown - FlakMonkey
Conning Tower Open Hatch
Aces Multimod Compatability Fix v1.3 release - Aces
SH4 Effects for SH3 - Racerboy/TheDarkWraith
Torpedo Damage Final -
Tuddley's Barracks Screen
h.sie's Colored Hull Integrity Indicator
Ricks GWX Rec Manual Final
Aces' St. Nazair Super Pens v5.1 GWX
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod-1.1 - Iambecomelife
Decks Awash + Fuel Economy - Wreford-Brown
Extras for Wilhelmshaven Campaign - Wreford-Brown
Type IIa Tuneup Dark
VIIB Early War Skin -
New Freecam Mod - Asanovic7
No Continuous 'Ship Spotted'
Seabed Repair Mod
Searchlights Removed -
Sober's 3D Waves - Sober
Type IIa Flags & Pennants - Anvart
Type VIIa Features - Wreford-Brown
Type IIb AI Camo - Sean (changed to IIA)
Always reinstall My SH3 Files
Cameras
Commands_en
Dials
Tools
SH3 Commander - JScones
SH3 Weather - Sqweetis
SH3 Contacts - Nicolás

[edit] Try this thread.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170090

Stevetry · 05-05-12, 08:57 PM

FM New Interior - FlakMonkey

i try to add that but is say something about replacing files is this normal ?

"Commands_de.cfg" has already been altered by the "GWX - Integrated Orders" mod.
"Commands_en.cfg" has already been altered by the "GWX - Integrated Orders" mod.
"Commands_fr.cfg" has already been altered by the "GWX - Integrated Orders" mod.
"NSS_Uboat7_CR.cam" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"NSS_Uboat7_CR.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"NSS_Uboat7_CT.cam" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"NSS_Uboat7_CT.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"NSS_Uboat7_RR.cam" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"NSS_Uboat7_RR.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"Cameras.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod.
"Sh3.sdl" has already been altered by the "LifeBoats&Debris_v4" mod.
"Sh3.sdl" has already been altered by the "Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71" mod.

P_Funk · 05-08-12, 01:49 PM

@ Sailor Steve

I've been looking at incorporating some different mods into my mix and I've noticed you're running most of the ones I'm trying to get working together.

Specifically I'm trying to add Ace's Crew on Deck stand alone for GWX and it both edits the commands file which is changed by FM_NewInteriors and also wants to overwrite NSS_Uboat dat files from the Waterstreams Kombimod.

I have the last two installed just fine, and the commands are easily fixed since I think the change is mentioned in the read me, however I'm not sure if this mod won't break WaterstreamsKombimod.

Any help is appreciated.

Sailor Steve · 05-08-12, 06:45 PM

My seven-year-old single-core system only allows me to run so many different things before it crashes, and FM new interiors isn't one of them.

I keep a special folder with all the mods I've added. I keep copies of the 1024.ini, the Dials and the Commands.cfg, set up the way I like them. After I've installed anything new I compare the Commands files for changes. If I don't like the changes I reinstall my 'special' one. If the changes are necessary or I like them I change my 'special' to reflect the new configuration. It's the only way I can be sure everything works the way I want it.

I think what I would do in this case is uninstall Waterstreams and reinstall it after New Interiors. Either that or compare the lines they have in common and rewrite whatever you need to manually.

I don't know the actual answers. Mostly what I do is experiment as I go along and then save it all the way I want it and put it into my 'Special' folder for next time.

P_Funk · 05-08-12, 08:48 PM

I'm not bothered with changing any .ini files, especially if the readme gives me the specific lines I have to change, I'm more worried about those .dat files from Kombimod that Cew On Deck wants to overwrite. I can't imagine all those nss_uboat.dat files getting overwritten isn't going to break something, not to mention I don't know how to edit those or if its even possible without some proper modder's program.

I guess my question is, does anybody actually simultaneously use Waterstreams Kombimod and Ace's Crew on Deck Standalone for GWX?

I'm not really concerned about FM Interiors since all I'd have to do is c/p one new command as far as I can tell. I am however stuck on those nss_uobat.dat files.

TorpLos · 05-08-12, 09:06 PM

See Sailor steeve!!!!! Thhiiis is what i meant!!!!! lol

Sailor Steve · 05-08-12, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorpLos

See Sailor steeve!!!!! Thhiiis is what i meant!!!!! lol

That makes no sense at all. What are you talking about?

TorpLos · 05-09-12, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That makes no sense at all. What are you talking about?

My request for a sticky with Mod loadouts/Authors/ and the link to Mod Archive... nm

Sailor Steve · 05-09-12, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorpLos

My request for a sticky with Mod loadouts/Authors/ and the link to Mod Archive... nm

We discussed the reasons why that would't work. I put it up here to show why it's impossible do describe and explain every single mod to everyone who asks. There is already a good thread explaining what different people's favorites are and what they do. Perhaps it should be a sticky.

Vince82 · 05-09-12, 04:34 PM

Have been downloading a lot of mods for the past couple of days. Had to reinstall windows. Vista this time, don't really like it, but that was my best choice as I couldnt install XP for some reason anymore (got a BSOD and a 0x7c error).

But luckily I got SH3 running under vista, starforce free using the fixed exe. So that's the good news.

Anyways I downloaded a nice little mod yesterday: RealDC_4
Gonna try it and see what it's like. It makes depth charges sink faster later on in the war.

I found it in the download section under gameplay mods.

Wolfstriked · 05-09-12, 04:48 PM

Sticky this!!

04-29-12, 07:56 AM	#1
Stevetry Seaman Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 31 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	What Mods to use with GWX 3.0 gold So i am new to SH3 and i have the game with GWX 3.0 Gold and i was wondering can i use others mods with it if so can you name them ?

04-29-12, 08:16 AM	#2
11Bravo Medic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Error Triangle Posts: 168 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Of course. You use the JSGME which was included with GWX. You use it to add or subtract mods. Download any mod you want to try, put it into the MODS folder in the SilentHunterIII directory, fire up JSGME, select the mod and load it using the > button. If there are any conflicts between mods you get a warning. Fire up the game and see what happens. I have some mods in my signature. One of them is a nautical chart that adds timezone lines and lat lon grid to the map so you can figure out where you are. There are probably thousands of mods. Most people run a dozen. Sometimes called a "mod soup". __________________ "Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him." -- Job 15:21

04-29-12, 09:43 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh yeah. Many of us have long lists of mods we use. There are graphics improvements, sound mods, add-ons and gameplay mods, all waiting to be added. There are mods that improve the harbors and mods that add more than 100 new ships to the mix, mods that make most of the sound files into scenes from Das Boot. And of course there's SH3 Commander, which creates a background and career for your captain and lets you micromanage your crew and also gives a name, cargo and crew number to every merchant you sink. There's a whole world opening up for you. GWX is just the beginning. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-29-12, 12:15 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Here's my list of the mods I use. There are many hundreds more available and it's kind of hard to go into detail unless you can tell me exactly what you want from your game. Current Mods: GWX 3.0 GWX 3 Wil, St Naz and Schluese and other units - Bigboywooly GWX Community Units Das Boot Officers - AIL Small Moon - AIL Das Boot Sound Mod SH3 DBSM SH3 Speech Fix Ultimate Aircraft Sounds Spirit of Machines - Einbecker Torpedo Fire (German) v1.02 - Ktl_KUrtz No Rank Or Medals On Crew - Dertien Remove GWX Compass - ichso Simfeeling 6-Dials Mod - FLB_ U-999 Clean Nav Map Assisted Plotting Mod English-To-German Names - Phoenix3000 Historically Accurate U-Boat Emblems - Conus Halo Not Visible Through Body - Anvart New Compass Graphics U-505 - Hitman Port People - Pascal My Favorite Uniforms - New Uniforms and Das Boot Clothes Realistic Blueprint Damage Screens - Pascal Remove Station Labels SH3 Color Icons - Capt. Teach Waterstream+Exhaust Kombimod v2.3 - Rubini/Racerboy/h.sie Modified Searchlight Beams - OLC U-Boat Bases Map with New St. Nazaire - meduza Lifeboats & Debris v4 - Rubini/Privateer Open Hatch v3.09 - Diving Duck Open Hatch Conning Deck Cam Fix - Diving Duck Conning Tower Open Hatch - Lucagaeta Open Hatch for Type II - postalbyke SH4 Maptools for SH3 - Racerboy (aka TheDarkWraith) Head 04 Fix - Anvart SH3 Officer Faces Aces' Modified Headphones Alex Do-24 Aces' Crew On Deck Stand Alone GWX Aces' Radio Room Postcards SH5 Water for GWX 0.9 20 Km - TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra ships GWX DFa Flags and Pennants 2010 - Anvart Clearsky Clouds - Rubini FM30_UpDown - Anvart FM New Interior - FlakMonkey FM NI Fix for FM30 UpDown - FlakMonkey Conning Tower Open Hatch Aces Multimod Compatability Fix v1.3 release - Aces SH4 Effects for SH3 - Racerboy/TheDarkWraith Torpedo Damage Final - Tuddley's Barracks Screen h.sie's Colored Hull Integrity Indicator Ricks GWX Rec Manual Final Aces' St. Nazair Super Pens v5.1 GWX Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod-1.1 - Iambecomelife Decks Awash + Fuel Economy - Wreford-Brown Extras for Wilhelmshaven Campaign - Wreford-Brown Type IIa Tuneup Dark VIIB Early War Skin - New Freecam Mod - Asanovic7 No Continuous 'Ship Spotted' Seabed Repair Mod Searchlights Removed - Sober's 3D Waves - Sober Type IIa Flags & Pennants - Anvart Type VIIa Features - Wreford-Brown Type IIb AI Camo - Sean (changed to IIA) Always reinstall My SH3 Files Cameras Commands_en Dials Tools SH3 Commander - JScones SH3 Weather - Sqweetis SH3 Contacts - Nicolás [edit] Try this thread. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170090 __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-08-12, 01:49 PM	#7
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	@ Sailor Steve I've been looking at incorporating some different mods into my mix and I've noticed you're running most of the ones I'm trying to get working together. Specifically I'm trying to add Ace's Crew on Deck stand alone for GWX and it both edits the commands file which is changed by FM_NewInteriors and also wants to overwrite NSS_Uboat dat files from the Waterstreams Kombimod. I have the last two installed just fine, and the commands are easily fixed since I think the change is mentioned in the read me, however I'm not sure if this mod won't break WaterstreamsKombimod. Any help is appreciated. __________________

04-29-12, 09:46 AM	#4
Stevetry Seaman Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 31 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	yea but i dont know what mod to get can you name a few that are interesting ? mods that add more ships seem nice are they damamge mods ? sound mods would be nice too

05-05-12, 08:57 PM	#6
Stevetry Seaman Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 31 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	FM New Interior - FlakMonkey i try to add that but is say something about replacing files is this normal ? "Commands_de.cfg" has already been altered by the "GWX - Integrated Orders" mod. "Commands_en.cfg" has already been altered by the "GWX - Integrated Orders" mod. "Commands_fr.cfg" has already been altered by the "GWX - Integrated Orders" mod. "NSS_Uboat7_CR.cam" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "NSS_Uboat7_CR.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "NSS_Uboat7_CT.cam" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "NSS_Uboat7_CT.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "NSS_Uboat7_RR.cam" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "NSS_Uboat7_RR.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "Cameras.dat" has already been altered by the "GWX - Open Hatch Mod" mod. "Sh3.sdl" has already been altered by the "LifeBoats&Debris_v4" mod. "Sh3.sdl" has already been altered by the "Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71" mod.

05-08-12, 06:45 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My seven-year-old single-core system only allows me to run so many different things before it crashes, and FM new interiors isn't one of them. I keep a special folder with all the mods I've added. I keep copies of the 1024.ini, the Dials and the Commands.cfg, set up the way I like them. After I've installed anything new I compare the Commands files for changes. If I don't like the changes I reinstall my 'special' one. If the changes are necessary or I like them I change my 'special' to reflect the new configuration. It's the only way I can be sure everything works the way I want it. I think what I would do in this case is uninstall Waterstreams and reinstall it after New Interiors. Either that or compare the lines they have in common and rewrite whatever you need to manually. I don't know the actual answers. Mostly what I do is experiment as I go along and then save it all the way I want it and put it into my 'Special' folder for next time. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-08-12, 08:48 PM	#9
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	I'm not bothered with changing any .ini files, especially if the readme gives me the specific lines I have to change, I'm more worried about those .dat files from Kombimod that Cew On Deck wants to overwrite. I can't imagine all those nss_uboat.dat files getting overwritten isn't going to break something, not to mention I don't know how to edit those or if its even possible without some proper modder's program. I guess my question is, does anybody actually simultaneously use Waterstreams Kombimod and Ace's Crew on Deck Standalone for GWX? I'm not really concerned about FM Interiors since all I'd have to do is c/p one new command as far as I can tell. I am however stuck on those nss_uobat.dat files. __________________

05-08-12, 09:06 PM	#10
TorpLos A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 71 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	See Sailor steeve!!!!! Thhiiis is what i meant!!!!! lol

05-09-12, 04:34 PM	#14
Vince82 Engineer Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 216 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Have been downloading a lot of mods for the past couple of days. Had to reinstall windows. Vista this time, don't really like it, but that was my best choice as I couldnt install XP for some reason anymore (got a BSOD and a 0x7c error). But luckily I got SH3 running under vista, starforce free using the fixed exe. So that's the good news. Anyways I downloaded a nice little mod yesterday: RealDC_4 Gonna try it and see what it's like. It makes depth charges sink faster later on in the war. I found it in the download section under gameplay mods.

05-09-12, 04:48 PM	#15
Wolfstriked Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 756 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	Sticky this!!