GWX (Grey Wolves eXpansion Mod) - Page 427

danlisa · 07-19-12, 10:23 AM

Bugger!

I missed the 'Win 7 64bit' part.

Nocav, what is your install location for SH3? Win7 will not let you alter/modify any files within the Programs (any) directory, they are protected.

Force SH3 to install to a location that you choose (avoid the default path). Then patch the game (if required).
Run the game once.
Then try installing GWX (as admin).

To save your sanity (space permitting), when you have a working copy of SH3 + 1.4b patch, copy the entire Silent Hunter folder to a back up location. If you ever need to reinstall, just delete, copy and paste.

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-19-12, 10:39 AM

Hi Novac. If it is useful, I've just completed a download check and MD5 hash comparison using my links listed via the GWX website. All matched and assuming users downloads are not interrupted, the resultant downloads are still good.

A fresh installation of SH3 patched to 1.4b and a fresh download of GWX 3.0 installed over it, should cure your blues, assuming it is one or more files missing on your current installation.

@danlisa. Long time no see! I'm doin' great and I hope all is well with you and your family. How old is your daughter now?

Novac-185th · 07-19-12, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Hi Novac. If it is useful, I've just completed a download check and MD5 hash comparison using my links listed via the GWX website. All matched and assuming users downloads are not interrupted, the resultant downloads are still good.

A fresh installation of SH3 patched to 1.4b and a fresh download of GWX 3.0 installed over it, should cure your blues, assuming it is one or more files missing on your current installation.

Thanks, I'll give that a try after work.

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-19-12, 11:43 AM

Roger dodger.

danlisa · 07-19-12, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

@danlisa. Long time no see! I'm doin' great and I hope all is well with you and your family. How old is your daughter now?

Crewman 'Thingy' was 4 in May.

Don't know where the time has gone.

P.S Expecting the 2nd around Feb. Shhh

Edit - Scratch that, seems nature can kick you in the balls whenever it feels like it. F*ck.

07-19-12, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by danlisa

P.S Expecting the 2nd around Feb. Shhh

Well. Now we know what you've been doing in your spare time.

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-19-12, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danlisa

Crewman 'Thingy' was 4 in May.

Don't know where the time has gone.

P.S Expecting the 2nd around Feb. Shhh

Holy cow! Makes one feel OLD!

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Originally Posted by privateer

Well. Now we know what you've been doing in your spare time.

Consoling widows?

Maybe the second will have a periscope!

Just 48 more to go... and you'll have enough crew for a Type IX.

Cheers for now, matey. Hang in there!

07-19-12, 12:48 PM

2 or 3 more people show up here and We'll have GW convention!

Where's the COB by the way?

SLACKER!!

Sailor Steve · 07-19-12, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Holy cow! Makes one feel OLD!

My "babies" are 32 and 30 and have babies of their own older than Danlisa's.

Jimbuna · 07-19-12, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

2 or 3 more people show up here and We'll have GW convention!

Where's the COB by the way?

SLACKER!!

I'm here, well at work actually, trying to keep track on a netbook snail racing along on a dongle connection

Congratulations on the future arrival Dan

Novac-185th · 07-19-12, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Hi Novac. If it is useful, I've just completed a download check and MD5 hash comparison using my links listed via the GWX website. All matched and assuming users downloads are not interrupted, the resultant downloads are still good.

A fresh installation of SH3 patched to 1.4b and a fresh download of GWX 3.0 installed over it, should cure your blues, assuming it is one or more files missing on your current installation.

YES YES YES!

At last it works

This time I used Lehmanns files but I also did something different with my install of SH3.
I installed SH3 > 1.4 patch > then No DVD fix > Ran SH3 > installed GW3 = Success.

Previously I installed SH3 > 1.4 patch > Ran SH3 with DVD in drive > then No DVD fix > Installed GW3 = Fail

So I cant say if the Jimbuna files were causing the problem could it have been starforce?

@danlisa, Dont worry about my sanity. i went insane long long ago

Thanks to everyone who helped.
When I tried to install after a few years I thought Ive got no chance of support with an 8 year old sim. How wrong could I be!

I dont know if any of you are familiar with a sim called Falcon 4? But that is my main passion. Its been going for 12 years or so and that has been given a new lease of life by people like you. The BMS 4.32 upgrade gives new flight sims a run for there money!

Once again thanks

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-19-12, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Novac-185th

I dont know if any of you are familiar with a sim called Falcon 4?

One of the Grey Wolves Project's best modders, "Ref" from Argentina, did a great deal of work with us... and worked on Falcon 4 before coming to us.

Ref built the Moltenort Memorial at Kiel in GWX, ships like the Brooklyn class American Cruiser, (Before that there were no American cruisers in SH3) and corrected much relating to the screwed-up / incomplete player U-boat 3D models... He also created the Kiel Canal in GWX, the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, and much much more. Too much to list here.

I really hope he is doing well.

When you get comfortable, have a look at the credits in the GWX manual that Pablo put together for us. The amount and kind of help we were so fortunate to receive... is stupendous. War museums all over the world... people like Pamela Armstrong, and even the British Admiralty. In the end, even a German submarine commander offered his help.

Really glad to hear that you are up and running, Novac. I'm sure that Jimbuna's files are sound too. Sometimes I think SH3 just has an attitude problem.

Sink'em ALL!

Jimbuna · 07-20-12, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novac-185th

YES YES YES!

At last it works

This time I used Lehmanns files but I also did something different with my install of SH3.
I installed SH3 > 1.4 patch > then No DVD fix > Ran SH3 > installed GW3 = Success.

Previously I installed SH3 > 1.4 patch > Ran SH3 with DVD in drive > then No DVD fix > Installed GW3 = Fail

So I cant say if the Jimbuna files were causing the problem could it have been starforce?

@danlisa, Dont worry about my sanity. i went insane long long ago

Thanks to everyone who helped.
When I tried to install after a few years I thought Ive got no chance of support with an 8 year old sim. How wrong could I be!

I dont know if any of you are familiar with a sim called Falcon 4? But that is my main passion. Its been going for 12 years or so and that has been given a new lease of life by people like you. The BMS 4.32 upgrade gives new flight sims a run for there money!

Once again thanks

Ask the Kpt where he got his last set of files from

Pleased your sorted though

07-26-12, 08:50 AM

Question: I just installed the Grey Wolves mod and had a problem. Four of the mods; Black Sea, English Nav, Indian Ocean, and Merged Campaign won't install without overwriting one of the previous installed Grey Wolves mods.

Just one of the examples below:

"Campaign_SCR.mis" has already been altered by the "GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic" mod.

Am I doing something wrong? Should I go ahead and install the conflicting mods? I tried that and it greys out the mod it affects.

Regards.....

irish1958 · 07-26-12, 09:11 AM

If a new mod has a file conflict with an existing activated mod, JSGME warns you. You then have a few choices; but no matter what you do JSGME prevents your damaging your install since you can reverse the changes at will.
In general, most over-writes are harmless, but some will do real damage to the over-written mod. Most cosmetic mods are harmless. Most mods that over-write the menu 1064 and the campaign files will really screw things up. (Thank you Winston

)
As you become more familiar with the files of the game and the mods, you will be able to analyze the files and see what the problems are. You will then be able to merge the files; if possible, choose what you want to change or reject the changes.
Modding makes the PC games much more interesting than the console games. Have at it!
Congratulations Dan and Lisa

07-19-12, 10:23 AM	#6391
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Bugger! I missed the 'Win 7 64bit' part. Nocav, what is your install location for SH3? Win7 will not let you alter/modify any files within the Programs (any) directory, they are protected. Force SH3 to install to a location that you choose (avoid the default path). Then patch the game (if required). Run the game once. Then try installing GWX (as admin). To save your sanity (space permitting), when you have a working copy of SH3 + 1.4b patch, copy the entire Silent Hunter folder to a back up location. If you ever need to reinstall, just delete, copy and paste. __________________

07-19-12, 10:39 AM	#6392
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Hi Novac. If it is useful, I've just completed a download check and MD5 hash comparison using my links listed via the GWX website. All matched and assuming users downloads are not interrupted, the resultant downloads are still good. A fresh installation of SH3 patched to 1.4b and a fresh download of GWX 3.0 installed over it, should cure your blues, assuming it is one or more files missing on your current installation. @danlisa. Long time no see! I'm doin' great and I hope all is well with you and your family. How old is your daughter now? __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

07-19-12, 11:43 AM	#6394
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Roger dodger. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

07-26-12, 09:11 AM	#6405
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	If a new mod has a file conflict with an existing activated mod, JSGME warns you. You then have a few choices; but no matter what you do JSGME prevents your damaging your install since you can reverse the changes at will. In general, most over-writes are harmless, but some will do real damage to the over-written mod. Most cosmetic mods are harmless. Most mods that over-write the menu 1064 and the campaign files will really screw things up. (Thank you Winston) As you become more familiar with the files of the game and the mods, you will be able to analyze the files and see what the problems are. You will then be able to merge the files; if possible, choose what you want to change or reject the changes. Modding makes the PC games much more interesting than the console games. Have at it! Congratulations Dan and Lisa __________________ Irish1958

07-19-12, 12:48 PM	#6398
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	2 or 3 more people show up here and We'll have GW convention! Where's the COB by the way? SLACKER!!

07-26-12, 08:50 AM	#6404
lepski Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Question: I just installed the Grey Wolves mod and had a problem. Four of the mods; Black Sea, English Nav, Indian Ocean, and Merged Campaign won't install without overwriting one of the previous installed Grey Wolves mods. Just one of the examples below: "Campaign_SCR.mis" has already been altered by the "GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic" mod. Am I doing something wrong? Should I go ahead and install the conflicting mods? I tried that and it greys out the mod it affects. Regards.....