I got the mod fever and now I can't get any playing done

[sublynx]

It started so innocently just looking at a screenshot with a cool GUI. It turned out to be Magui Final and I decided to try it, I thought there would be no harm done. After that I thought, ok, maybe I'll try OLC Gui too. And then Hitman Gui. And then I got the fever. I put on Merchant Fleet mod, then SH4 maptools for SH3, Racerboy's SH4 effects for SH3 and so on and so on....

Now I can't hear my radio news from April 1940 because the deck gun sound is a real 105 mm cannon sound and really sounds nasty and my boat has a vision distorting wicked new skin and my crewmen have these sweaters and pullovers and whatnot and my map looks like a black and white paper map now.

And my Silent Hunter III has turned into a mutant. It's a crossover between Hitman Beta Gui and SH4 maptools for SH3 - they did'nt work without manually editing a file in the menu folder...

I can't get any play time now - it's all about mods this and that and how to make them work perfectly

Is there any cure for this? I'm at a point where I'm actually starting to plan adding Hitler's speeches to my gramophone.

[Sailor Steve]

It's an addiction. No, there is no cure except to remove SH3 from your computer and never touch it again.

Welcome to my nightmare.

[RConch]

Sometimes you guys remind me of someone in a resturant with a beautiful steak in front of them and just covers it in layers of A-1 sauce.

[Wreford-Brown]

There is no cure!

I had a brief vacation due to a work related course and when I finally got some free time back I ended up creating new mods rather than going out there and sinking some ships.

SH3 is an addiction, and once you get bitten by the modding bug it gets even more addictive!

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by sublynx

It started so innocently just looking at a screenshot with a cool GUI. It turned out to be Magui Final and I decided to try it, I thought there would be no harm done. After that I thought, ok, maybe I'll try OLC Gui too. And then Hitman Gui. And then I got the fever. I put on Merchant Fleet mod, then SH4 maptools for SH3, Racerboy's SH4 effects for SH3 and so on and so on....

Now I can't hear my radio news from April 1940 because the deck gun sound is a real 105 mm cannon sound and really sounds nasty and my boat has a vision distorting wicked new skin and my crewmen have these sweaters and pullovers and whatnot and my map looks like a black and white paper map now.

And my Silent Hunter III has turned into a mutant. It's a crossover between Hitman Beta Gui and SH4 maptools for SH3 - they did'nt work without manually editing a file in the menu folder...

I can't get any play time now - it's all about mods this and that and how to make them work perfectly

Is there any cure for this? I'm at a point where I'm actually starting to plan adding Hitler's speeches to my gramophone.

Finally! Somebody with the same problem!

My cure is a crappy internet connection. When you feel the urge to mod, shut down the internet connection. Haha. Works for me since my internet is on sattelite and gets about 30 kbps. I dont even have to shut down the connection. I just have to limit the downloads.

[Red Heat]

How about a nice vications...far from computers, laptops and mods?

[sublynx]

You guys don't sound like there is much hope for me.

It seems to be getting worse now - I just realised that the modded protractor I now have is a wee bit too dark in the middle and it should be easy to change it with an image editor. I also thought that editing the world map might be possible: I could add lines in it so that it would be faster for players to the get the full 4-digit grid number. Also, one of the shirts I now have modded in seems a little weird and could be made better with only slight changes. It might be possible to combine the parts I like in different GUIs in one GUI tailored to my liking.

Modding the game does not even demand an internet connection all the time, if one has the right tools on one's computer. I already have a sound editor, an image editor, S3D editor, Das Boot dvd...

I think this does not look so good.

Btw, I also just downloaded Real Navigation mod. Maybe that will help me getting back to the meat of it - playing.

[zygoma]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It's an addiction. No, there is no cure except to remove SH3 from your computer and never touch it again.

Welcome to my nightmare.

Heheheh..... no problem, kid -- the first one's always free <evil, maniacal cackle>

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by sublynx

You guys don't sound like there is much hope for me.

It seems to be getting worse now - I just realised that the modded protractor I now have is a wee bit too dark in the middle and it should be easy to change it with an image editor. I also thought that editing the world map might be possible: I could add lines in it so that it would be faster for players to the get the full 4-digit grid number. Also, one of the shirts I now have modded in seems a little weird and could be made better with only slight changes. It might be possible to combine the parts I like in different GUIs in one GUI tailored to my liking.

Modding the game does not even demand an internet connection all the time, if one has the right tools on one's computer. I already have a sound editor, an image editor, S3D editor, Das Boot dvd...

I think this does not look so good.

Btw, I also just downloaded Real Navigation mod. Maybe that will help me getting back to the meat of it - playing.

Oh. You make mods. I download mods. I have too many mods to run all at once.

[Von -E]

Originally Posted by sublynx

It seems to be getting worse now - I just realised that the modded protractor I now have is a wee bit too dark in the middle and it should be easy to change it with an image editor.

This is where you completely lose it. Adding mods and trying to get them to work is one thing. Actually starting to make mods or modding mods, is another whole can of worms. It will ruin a game for you. I've done mods for other games in the past, and once you start... that's it. You can't play the game without analyzing your work and potential areas for more work.

...and then when you get a new game, you start eyeing it in the same fashion.

But there is hope... slim, but hope. I got over it by not hardly even trying to play a game over the course of 5 years, but here are some other suggestions...

1. Stay away from the great games that can become a life.
2. Only play "disposable" games that are too short or silly to take seriously.
3. Try starting a face to face conversation with a family member.
4. Walk outside to see what, if any weather you have.
5. Try and meet someone of the opposite sex (or same if that's your thing).
6. Get a pet that NEEDS you to walk away from your computer for 10 minutes a day to feed them, at a minimum.
7. Read a newspaper and become so depressed, that nothing, including modding will still have that "that shine."
8. Walk outside and see if civilization still exists.
9. Move to Tibet.
10. Try to like a politician (it will prove you're insane and get you committed, away from computers).
11. Join a cult.
12. Take a shower and/or bath.
13. Watch broadcast television and become so brain dead you think that "reality" shows are real.
14. Spend all your time trying to locate and buy a real WWII U-boat commander's hat and uniform.
15. Seek the meaning of life.
16. Channel your efforts into something creative... like making a mod I want! *grin*

[TwoGamers]

17. Get a life effectively... or you could make us some more mods

[sublynx]

LOL @ your answers.

I guess I'm in a mess like Renton in that Trainspotting movie:

"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the **** you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"

Who needs heroin when there's SH3 + mods and the possibility of starting to make own mods

[Qitbuqa]

Easy peasy. I installed GWX Gold and that's it for me. Life is good (even though they are nerfing my favourite tank big time in "that" communist tank game).

[marioh99]

that's why i only use 1 mod, GWX3, lol. i know how crazy modding can become from playing other games like oblivion, simcity, etc..

i will admit when i was by the east river yesterday, i was checking out a couple of merchant ships wondering what the draft was, and how many torps it would take to sink them.

[Qitbuqa]

Originally Posted by marioh99

i will admit when i was by the east river yesterday, i was checking out a couple of merchant ships wondering what the draft was, and how many torps it would take to sink them.

Reminded me of those long gone times when I'd be playing Carmageddon at school and my grandpops would come to pick me up, we would be driving and he'd stop next to the fraffic lights and I'd be like - "Dang! Why did you do that for?"...