New GWX problem.. It freezes?

Okay guys. so heres the situation I finally got GWX 3.0 installed. I didnt bother with the patch for SH3 Commander yet and did a test run with SH3 commander. It ran fine, until I went to jump into a mission, it loaded until about 20 to 15% was left and just froze.. So figuring it was SH3 Commander config file that was the problem, I just ran normal SH3 without going through commander, I go to start up a career and same thing

Im going to go through and disable the GWX mods one by one and see if I cant find which one was causing the problem. But any suggestions guys? I really want to play with this mod because it seems like the one to be playign with !

[Weiss Pinguin]

How long did you give it to load? GWX takes far longer to load than stock, depending on your specs - I have 2 GB of RAM on my computer and it takes a good 15-20 minutes to load a patrol. I'd say start up GWX again and this time go watch some TV/go for a jog/bake a cake or something for about 20 minutes (depending on your computer) and see if it loads. If not, then something might be up

Edit: Also, you can try loading one of the training missions first to see if that works, and then try a career.

Youre right Im rockin GWX3.0 and SH3 Commander 3.2 now!!
All the headaches have paid off. now time to get destroyed by destroyers more often now!

[Jimbuna]

Here is a link to the GWX3 CFG for SH3 Commander:

http://www.filefront.com/12815500/GW...Commanders.exe

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

How long did you give it to load? GWX takes far longer to load than stock, depending on your specs - I have 2 GB of RAM on my computer and it takes a good 15-20 minutes to load a patrol.

No way! Something else is causing it to take that long.

A system with only 1gb RAM takes about 3-4 mins, just long enough to brew a tea.

Have you defragged recently?

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

....Now time to get destroyed by destroyers more often now!

See a plane = Crash Dive. Seriously, do not battle it out.

[sharkbit]

Originally Posted by danlisa

A system with only 1gb RAM takes about 3-4 mins, just long enough to brew a tea.

Oh how I wish that were true on my computer.
It takes approximately 10-12 minutes to load on mine w/ 1gb RAM. I not only can make tea, but lunch as well and read the paper, and go potty before I see the blessed "Not So Long Ago...".

Regular defrags and registry cleanings help a little but not a big difference.

To OP: As Weiss Pinguin said above, GWX can take a long time to load compared to stock. There are a ton more ships to load.
If it loads fine with a training mission, it is working. The career takes a while. Patience young grasshopper.

[DaveU186]

I'm running an i7-860 with 4GB of ram and it still takes me a couple of minutes to load a mission up.

Of course if reloading a save you've still got that tense moment when 'not so long ago...' is up, waiting to see whether it crashes to desktop or not.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by DaveU186

Of course if reloading a save you've still got that tense moment when 'not so long ago...' is up, waiting to see whether it crashes to desktop or not.

I know how you feel, and sometimes it's only on screen for two seconds, sometimes - the more worrying times - about five or six, and you think 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - phew!'

If you've just got the basic GWX running then maybe 1Gb of RAM does only take 3/4 mins, but if you're running a lot (not 'alot' ) of GWXtras and some other system intense mods like MFM or some modded GUI/Environment then it will s l o w things down further. And then there are all the other programs on your system vying for memory use too!

thanks for all the help guys! a normal mission loads fine and I havent had to use the Config file yet for Commander so I assume the one I downloaded had it in it automatically? in either case Im gonna try and play today and see what all happens.

I got the config file and now it seems like the game loads incredibly fast! but when I plot a course out of kiel it wants to run me into land oh well I guess I can just manually fix it. PS: I cant wait for a new graphics card because A I can then maybe run SH5 and b My water in this game isnt reflective or near transparent but it works fine. I have to say the harbour and the U boat look alot better now since I installed GWX. I get the feeling when Sailing out that there IS a Germany and people actually populate it with all the activity I saw!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

when I plot a course out of kiel it wants to run me into land...

Are you plotting and forgetting to tell the Nav to follow the plot

No shame if you did, I did it this morning approaching Scotland in early '40, I carried on at about TC128 and thought, 'that should be turning by now!'.

[CherryHarbey]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

I got the config file and now it seems like the game loads incredibly fast! but when I plot a course out of kiel it wants to run me into land oh well I guess I can just manually fix it.

The kiel canal only becomes visible when you zoom in, at very large scale maps it is no longer visible (but is still there).
That said, if you're going through the kiel canal I recommend adjusting the proximity to land max TC (default is x4 and will take ages to get through) using SH Commander.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

The kiel canal only becomes visible when you zoom in, at very large scale maps it is no longer visible (but is still there).
That said, if you're going through the kiel canal I recommend adjusting the proximity to land max TC (default is x4 and will take ages to get through) using SH Commander.

I hate the Kiel Canal, I always go through Kattegat or transfer to Wil until France is available.

There is a Nav mod, don't know if it's just GWX to auto-plot through canal but it just seems to take forever and when you've only got a short amount of time to sink something...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

The kiel canal only becomes visible when you zoom in, at very large scale maps it is no longer visible (but is still there).
That said, if you're going through the kiel canal I recommend adjusting the proximity to land max TC (default is x4 and will take ages to get through) using SH Commander.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I hate the Kiel Canal, I always go through Kattegat or transfer to Wil until France is available.

There is a Nav mod, don't know if it's just GWX to auto-plot through canal but it just seems to take forever and when you've only got a short amount of time to sink something...

Then do as CheeryHarbey suggests