SH3 Commander Release 2.4 now available!

[JScones]

Release 2.4 of SH3 Commander is now available!

"Main engine" changes:

- Added new career action - "Go to Nightclub..." and slightly renamed other existing actions
- Added ability to remove the deck gun from your U-boat
- When starting a new career a U-boat can now be selected from any U-boat type and variant available to the selected Flotilla up to the selected career start date
- Added ability to set U-boat number when starting a new career
- Selected Flotilla and U-boat type no longer reset when year or month is changed
- Use of historic U-boat availability dates is now a selectable option
- Now rolls back changes made by the "Randomise gramophone tracks" option
- Now saves Personnel Files to user's "My Documents" folder
- Added ability to import user defined crew configurations for using with new careers and missions
- Added ability to modify the renown awarded in "Ship displacements.cfg"
- Added new wave height selection - "Seasonal"
- Added an extra 40,454 first names and 41,786 last names to the names lists to reflect the names of (almost) every person to serve on a U-boat. Now provides 1.7+ billion crew name combinations!
- Added an extra 1,300 towns to the birth place list to reflect the birth places of almost all U-boat Commanders
- Realistic crew now has more voice and complexion variety
- Minor interface tweaks and code improvements

New included mods:

- Adjustments to allow selection of U-boat emblem at start of career - by Rubini.
- Fix which forces correct Mediterranean water textures when playing career in 29 Flotilla - concept by Marhkimov.

There are two configurations available for download. Note that prior to installing this release you must uninstall your current release. Don't forget to rollback SH3 Commander first and back up any SH3 Commander files that you may have modified!

1. SH3Cmdr24.exe. This is the standard installation release and will be the file downloaded via the SH3 Commander "Updates" feature. Size 19.7mb
2. SH3Cmdr24.7z. As per #1, but without installer. Size 19.4mb

Please note that to keep download file sizes low, the ship skins no longer form part of the core SH3 Commander download. Should you want the ship skins, you need to download the SH3 Commander Combined Skin Pack Add-on.

Read instructions before installing and read 'SH3Cmdr Help.html' after.

As always, please post your questions/feedback/problems to this thread. Further information and FAQ can be found here.

[Punisher_sa]

Originally Posted by JScones

Release 2.4 of SH3 Commander is now available!

"Main engine" changes:

- Added new career action - "Go to Nightclub..."

Heeeeeehaaaaaa Herr Kaulen Barnard is practicing his dance moves for the club lol :rotfl:

[Marhkimov]

Finally, eh?

[kiwi_2005]

Great!

[K_Sea6]

I've been waiting a long time for this.
Loved the last Commander edition.
can't wait

[jackcford]

Yeah! 2.4 is up and working, a big thank you.....

One problem that I cannot find an answer for in the FAQ or elsewhere is that it doesn't seem to like Improved U-Boatv102. SHIII starts from SHIIICmdr until Improved U-Boatv102 is activated in JSGME then SHIII hangs at start up. I did the roll back and deactivated all mods first but still this problem?

Also I'm a little unclear about the extra skins (which are installed as per the instruction) does SHIIICmdr automatically select them according to date and is any other mod required to make them work?

Any ideas please?

[Camaero]

Thank you! I have been waiting for this with great hope! Your work brings us all a much better game.

[Punisher_sa]

great program mate, just one problem i went to the club and the damn place was closed due to all the bombings

[lafeeverted]

Is there an uninstall option as part of SH3 commander 2.3 or do you uninstall through windows? Confused because of file size. Windows shows SH3 Cmndr2.3 as 313Megs while the 2.4 d/l is only 20 megs.

[Skweetis]

As Jaesen described, in 2.4 the ship textures are not included, you have to download them seperately with this version. This was to reduce download size. 2.3 included the textures in the package, which made it so large.

Hope that helps.

Jamie

PS you should be able to select uninstall from the START > Programs menu. Make sure you roll back SH3 first.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by lafeeverted

Is there an uninstall option as part of SH3 commander 2.3 or do you uninstall through windows? Confused because of file size. Windows shows SH3 Cmndr2.3 as 313Megs while the 2.4 d/l is only 20 megs.

There is an Uninstall.exe file in the SH3 Commander folder.

Before you run it, click the ROLLBACK SH3 button in the old SH3 Commander. Then run the uninstaller. Then rename the undeleted old SH3 Commander folder to something like "SH3 Commander Old".

Then you're ready to install the new version.

[The Avon Lady]

So where's the nightclub? There's nothing new under ACTIONS.

[lafeeverted]

I see no uninstall.exe in the Commander folder.

Got the textures already but still wasn't sure if the two d/l's of 40 megs were going to uncompress to over 300megs. Thanks for the info. i didn't want to delete something incorrectly.

[Camaero]

Avon, make sure that you are in port and not sailing. The night club shows up fine for me and is great!

[Marhkimov]

I believe the nightclub might be dependent on the date. Sometimes it won't be available. There aren't a lot of entries in it yet...

I guess we gotta wait until someone decides to write a giant nightclub scene that runs throughout the entire war. Well, at least I'm hoping.