Advice for an Old Salt Returning to SHIII?

desirableroasted · 09-07-13, 11:33 PM

Hey fellow salts....

I am returning to the game after a couple of years away... and whoa did I embarrass myself in the stock game Naval Academy just now!

Just a little rusty...

Anyway, I used to run SHIII with GWX and SH3 Commander, and usually a few minor mods.

Just wondering:

1) I don't see anything particularly "new and shiny" from what I have read, but a lot can happen in two years. Any must-have mods or fixes? I am particularly interested in must-have GUIs.

2) Are we still dying like flies in 43-44? I am bound and determined, before I forever leave this game, to take a career through to 45 in GWX,

Finally, I see some familiar names here, and some new ones. Glad to be in your company.

sublynx · 09-08-13, 12:06 AM

Welcome back

1. I don't think much has happened in the GUI field for some time. U-HAHD looks stunning but is incomplete yet. If you like U-boat history try JFO (Just Follow Orders) mod. That mod can totally change the way one plays SH3 - the mod gives you the most important orders that BdU actually gave at the historical dates too. Then it's up to you if you decide to follow them.

2. I think 43-44 is even worse now as Rubini and Stiebler have modded air torpedoes (FIDO) into the game and this means the aircraft start dropping homing torpedoes on you after some date in 1943.

There are a lot of exciting projects around too and I'm pretty sure the wolfpack action that we now have with H.sie's hardcode fixes get even better after the recent breakthrough on .act files by backer.

desirableroasted · 09-08-13, 01:32 AM

Many thanks, Sublynx. Just that alone is enough to make me start digging. Had no idea about the h.sie stuff.

Keep it coming, fellow boaters.

Jimbuna · 09-08-13, 05:28 AM

You should find most everything in the downloads section.

Welcome back to the surface Kaleun

flag4 · 09-08-13, 06:44 AM

welcome back...it always makes me smile when people drift back after a couple of years...there must be something in the mix!

Tango589 · 09-08-13, 07:17 AM

BE MORE AGGRESIVE!!

Sailor Steve · 09-08-13, 07:48 AM

There's a name I remember! Welcome home, DR!

jaxa · 09-08-13, 12:40 PM

GWX + SH3Commander is a solid base for playing. I strongly recommend you to install h.sie's V16B1 patch over it, it gives your game many new mods like wolfpack mod for instance. Now you can install other goodies for better graphics, real war conditions and other features making this game superb:
GWX - 20km Atmosphere (Unofficial Mod)
Foam 512x512
New_clearsky_clouds
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
SH4StyleFlags_GWX
Sobers 3D waves
Sub Image mod
TheDarkWraith_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_4_SH3
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi - Single Exhaust for TypeII
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1
Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71
Rbs10-enhancedoilexplosion
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2
Unofficial_rockets_fix_GWX3.0
TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra ships
MFM3.2 displacement correction mod.

Instead of GWX 20km Atmosphere environmental you can try MEP v4.2 or SH-5 Water for GWX 3.

If you wanna try new GUI you can choose from these:
MaGUI Final, OLC Gold MkIId, Hitman GUI, Rafael DSK GUI, ACM-GUI Reloaded - h.sie's Edition V1.15 and hsGUI v3.1. The most popular is probably MaGUI Final now.

SH3&GWX is like wine, the older the better.
Good hunting Kaleun!

desirableroasted · 09-10-13, 02:41 PM

Thank you all! And thanks for the comprehensive rundown, Jaxa.

jaxa · 09-11-13, 02:03 AM

You are welcome

Aktungbby · 09-11-13, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Hey fellow salts....

I am returning to the game after a couple of years away... and whoa did I embarrass myself in the stock game Naval Academy just now!

Just a little rusty...

Anyway, I used to run SHIII with GWX and SH3 Commander, and usually a few minor mods.

Just wondering:

1) I don't see anything particularly "new and shiny" from what I have read, but a lot can happen in two years. Any must-have mods or fixes? I am particularly interested in must-have GUIs.

2) Are we still dying like flies in 43-44? I am bound and determined, before I forever leave this game, to take a career through to 45 in GWX,

Finally, I see some familiar names here, and some new ones. Glad to be in your company.

Welcome back; keep your snorkel up and decks awash in '44

09-12-13, 06:12 AM

Considering doing the same, myself. Looks like I have a lot of downloading to do.

Damn storms out here occassionally knock out my internet, playing War Thunder without a connection is next to impossible.

Rammstein0991 · 09-18-13, 12:16 AM

My advice is simple, grids AM 51 AM 52 and AM 02 are where you wanna go if you want to find kills w/o having to look all over the freaking atlantic >.< lol

majestic23 · 09-18-13, 09:40 AM

I'd recommend MaGui http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166320

09-07-13, 11:33 PM	#1
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Advice for an Old Salt Returning to SHIII? Hey fellow salts.... I am returning to the game after a couple of years away... and whoa did I embarrass myself in the stock game Naval Academy just now! Just a little rusty... Anyway, I used to run SHIII with GWX and SH3 Commander, and usually a few minor mods. Just wondering: 1) I don't see anything particularly "new and shiny" from what I have read, but a lot can happen in two years. Any must-have mods or fixes? I am particularly interested in must-have GUIs. 2) Are we still dying like flies in 43-44? I am bound and determined, before I forever leave this game, to take a career through to 45 in GWX, Finally, I see some familiar names here, and some new ones. Glad to be in your company. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

09-08-13, 01:32 AM	#3
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Many thanks, Sublynx. Just that alone is enough to make me start digging. Had no idea about the h.sie stuff. Keep it coming, fellow boaters. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

09-08-13, 05:28 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You should find most everything in the downloads section. Welcome back to the surface Kaleun __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-08-13, 06:44 AM	#5
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	welcome back...it always makes me smile when people drift back after a couple of years...there must be something in the mix! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

09-08-13, 07:17 AM	#6
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,377 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	BE MORE AGGRESIVE!! __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

09-08-13, 12:06 AM	#2
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	Welcome back 1. I don't think much has happened in the GUI field for some time. U-HAHD looks stunning but is incomplete yet. If you like U-boat history try JFO (Just Follow Orders) mod. That mod can totally change the way one plays SH3 - the mod gives you the most important orders that BdU actually gave at the historical dates too. Then it's up to you if you decide to follow them. 2. I think 43-44 is even worse now as Rubini and Stiebler have modded air torpedoes (FIDO) into the game and this means the aircraft start dropping homing torpedoes on you after some date in 1943. There are a lot of exciting projects around too and I'm pretty sure the wolfpack action that we now have with H.sie's hardcode fixes get even better after the recent breakthrough on .act files by backer.

09-08-13, 07:48 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	There's a name I remember! Welcome home, DR! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-08-13, 12:40 PM	#8
jaxa The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,501 Downloads: 418 Uploads: 0	GWX + SH3Commander is a solid base for playing. I strongly recommend you to install h.sie's V16B1 patch over it, it gives your game many new mods like wolfpack mod for instance. Now you can install other goodies for better graphics, real war conditions and other features making this game superb: GWX - 20km Atmosphere (Unofficial Mod) Foam 512x512 New_clearsky_clouds OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3 SH4StyleFlags_GWX Sobers 3D waves Sub Image mod TheDarkWraith_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_4_SH3 Torpedo damage Final ver2.0 WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010 Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3 Waterstream+Exhaust Combi - Single Exhaust for TypeII Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1 Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71 Rbs10-enhancedoilexplosion GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6 Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2 Unofficial_rockets_fix_GWX3.0 TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra ships MFM3.2 displacement correction mod. Instead of GWX 20km Atmosphere environmental you can try MEP v4.2 or SH-5 Water for GWX 3. If you wanna try new GUI you can choose from these: MaGUI Final, OLC Gold MkIId, Hitman GUI, Rafael DSK GUI, ACM-GUI Reloaded - h.sie's Edition V1.15 and hsGUI v3.1. The most popular is probably MaGUI Final now. SH3&GWX is like wine, the older the better. Good hunting Kaleun! __________________ SHIII + GWX 3 Gold + V16B1 hardcode fixes + SH3Commander SHIV + OM + OMEGU SHV + WoS

09-10-13, 02:41 PM	#9
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Thank you all! And thanks for the comprehensive rundown, Jaxa. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

09-11-13, 02:03 AM	#10
jaxa The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,501 Downloads: 418 Uploads: 0	You are welcome __________________ SHIII + GWX 3 Gold + V16B1 hardcode fixes + SH3Commander SHIV + OM + OMEGU SHV + WoS

09-12-13, 06:12 AM	#12
-SWCowboy. Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Considering doing the same, myself. Looks like I have a lot of downloading to do. Damn storms out here occassionally knock out my internet, playing War Thunder without a connection is next to impossible.

09-18-13, 12:16 AM	#13
Rammstein0991 Engineer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: NC USA Posts: 219 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	My advice is simple, grids AM 51 AM 52 and AM 02 are where you wanna go if you want to find kills w/o having to look all over the freaking atlantic >.< lol

09-18-13, 09:40 AM	#14
majestic23 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 13 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I'd recommend MaGui http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166320