[REL] Merchant Fleet Mod for Silent Hunter 3 - Page 96

09-26-18, 09:30 AM

("As always, just insert this into the SH3 Commander/CFG
folder and overwrite the old one.)

I removed and saved the original "Ship Names.cfg" folder and then inserted the mods' "Ship Names.cfg" folder into Commander's CFG directory. Sorry, but this did not work for me. Where did I go wrong?

Should I have left the original "Ship Names.cfg" folder alone and just inserted the mod folder into the CFG directory? Would these two folders have combined data maybe and worked? Please be more specific; thanks.

Also, where is there a skins mod to go into Commander that will make the MFM ships change as the years progress? I've heard of one but can't seem to find it.

Kelly621 · 09-26-18, 12:05 PM

Von Zelda,
Go to the forum thread listed below...the third post gives you three FTP links. Click on one of the links and then scroll down until you see "IAMBECOMELIFE" click on his name and you will see the MFM skins mod you want to download.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...171019&page=26

I think I understand where you might be confused on Steve's Ships Names mod. Frist, in the readme included with Steve's mod is a list of additional ship classes that you can copy and insert into the existing EnglishNames.cfg file in your SH3 Data/Sea folder. You just need to remove, as Steve points out, any class type that he has changed from the original EnglishNames.cfg. for example in the original cfg file you have L01B = Heavy Merchant 01 you delete it because you are replacing it with L01B = Glennapp Class Merchant. The other new class names he provides you simply paste into the correct position within the EnglishNames.cfg list. Then in game when you spot and identify or sink a ship you will see for example a Bamora class merchant or African Monarch class merchant rather then seeing the same old "medium merchant" over and over again.

Second, The Ships Names.cfg file that Steve provides, you copy over the existing cfg file in SH3 Commander.Then after a patrol when SH3 Commander generates a patrol report it will use real ships names to identify your victims

Here is an example of a patrol entry in SH3 Commander...

Ship sunk!
|Grid BE 82|
Sea Snapper (Old Tranp steamer), 3829 GRT/ts|
Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 42

Make sure you have "Use Real Ships Names" option checked in SH3 Commander options.

Hope this answers your questions....I am running out of typing energy..it sucks getting old

Sailor Steve please feel free to rap my knuckles with a ruler if I screwed any of this up!

Kelly621

09-26-18, 02:19 PM

Thanks Kelly, I think I understand. Found skin pack as directed, hope I can install.

VONHARRIS · 10-10-18, 05:03 AM

Here I am , asking for your help.

I know there is a fix for the MFM that stops ships from lagging behind the convoy after the torpedo hits , or after the first deck gun shell fired.

I have this problem now and it is annoying. Enemy tanker doing 10 kts and when I fire the first shell , suddenly her speed drops to 5 kts even before the shell hits (successfully or not)

Anyway , I can not find the fix.
Can I please have some instructions where to find it?

Thanks a lot in advance

Kelly621 · 10-13-18, 03:47 AM

I think you are talking about the MFM3.2 displacement correction mod. The problems you are experiencing are talked about around page 91 plus or minus a page or two of this thread. I got the impression that that mod did not fix the issue. Read through that section is the best answer I can give you.

Kelly621

Sailor Steve · 10-13-18, 06:08 AM

Sorry I can't help. I don't recall ever encountering that problem. More likely I did and just didn't notice it. Anyway, I have no idea how to fix it.

bigboywooly · 10-13-18, 10:58 AM

After a long break fancied a game or two .
Fresh install of SH3 and GWX and on patrol 13 in current career, then i came across this mod.
Cant resist a good ship mod so DL 3.3 and installed.

It CTDs with last 10% to load which indicates a ship issue to me, probably one already in GWX thats been rejigged to fit SH3s folder names. I did start to read all of this thread but gave up lol.

Any clues ppl ?

Will go back to reading the thread in the hope of finding a reason or will have to wind the mind back a few years

VONHARRIS · 10-13-18, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly621

I think you are talking about the MFM3.2 displacement correction mod. The problems you are experiencing are talked about around page 91 plus or minus a page or two of this thread. I got the impression that that mod did not fix the issue. Read through that section is the best answer I can give you.

Kelly621

Many thanks Kelly621
That's what I am looking for.

Kelly621 · 10-13-18, 11:06 AM

Bigboywooly,
If I remember correctly one cause of CTD's with the Merchant Fleet mood was not having the 4GB patch applied to SH3. This is a memory hungry mod. Have you created a new captain and check to see if the new career will load? The only other thing that comes to mind is a conflict with another mod.

Kelly621

bigboywooly · 10-13-18, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly621

Bigboywooly,
If I remember correctly one cause of CTD's with the Merchant Fleet mood was not having the 4GB patch applied to SH3. This is a memory hungry mod. Have you created a new captain and check to see if the new career will load? The only other thing that comes to mind is a conflict with another mod.

Kelly621

Good call, had applied the 4gb patch to my first GWX install but not the MFM one

Started after that.
Now to add some other mods :hmmm

Edit
Have my GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7 added in with a couple of tweaks
https://www.mediafire.com/file/68356...ips_V7.7z/file

Kelly621 · 10-13-18, 12:38 PM

Glad it was an easy fix. A bit off topic but I have found the thread linked below to be a great source for thinking about what mods to add to GWX.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...creen+for+nygm

Jeff-Groves · 10-13-18, 12:49 PM

Holy Ghost from the past!
Good to see you BBW!

bigboywooly · 10-13-18, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Holy Ghost from the past!
Good to see you BBW!

Ah Jeff, indeed a spectre.
Thought best sample the fruits of our work

HW3 · 10-13-18, 04:54 PM

Good to see you around here again BBW!!!

bigboywooly · 10-13-18, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HW3

Good to see you around here again BBW!!!

Thanx HW,
Glad to see a few old faces

Only ships I encountered on last patrol were from MFM

Cheers Iambecome

09-26-18, 12:05 PM	#1427
Kelly621 Officer Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 237 Downloads: 336 Uploads: 0	Ships Names and MFM skins Von Zelda, Go to the forum thread listed below...the third post gives you three FTP links. Click on one of the links and then scroll down until you see "IAMBECOMELIFE" click on his name and you will see the MFM skins mod you want to download. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...171019&page=26 I think I understand where you might be confused on Steve's Ships Names mod. Frist, in the readme included with Steve's mod is a list of additional ship classes that you can copy and insert into the existing EnglishNames.cfg file in your SH3 Data/Sea folder. You just need to remove, as Steve points out, any class type that he has changed from the original EnglishNames.cfg. for example in the original cfg file you have L01B = Heavy Merchant 01 you delete it because you are replacing it with L01B = Glennapp Class Merchant. The other new class names he provides you simply paste into the correct position within the EnglishNames.cfg list. Then in game when you spot and identify or sink a ship you will see for example a Bamora class merchant or African Monarch class merchant rather then seeing the same old "medium merchant" over and over again. Second, The Ships Names.cfg file that Steve provides, you copy over the existing cfg file in SH3 Commander.Then after a patrol when SH3 Commander generates a patrol report it will use real ships names to identify your victims Here is an example of a patrol entry in SH3 Commander... Ship sunk! \|Grid BE 82\| Sea Snapper (Old Tranp steamer), 3829 GRT/ts\| Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 42 Make sure you have "Use Real Ships Names" option checked in SH3 Commander options. Hope this answers your questions....I am running out of typing energy..it sucks getting old Sailor Steve please feel free to rap my knuckles with a ruler if I screwed any of this up! Kelly621 Last edited by Kelly621; 09-26-18 at 01:21 PM.

10-13-18, 03:47 AM	#1430
Kelly621 Officer Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 237 Downloads: 336 Uploads: 0	Displacement mod I think you are talking about the MFM3.2 displacement correction mod. The problems you are experiencing are talked about around page 91 plus or minus a page or two of this thread. I got the impression that that mod did not fix the issue. Read through that section is the best answer I can give you. Kelly621 Last edited by Kelly621; 10-13-18 at 03:57 AM.

10-13-18, 06:08 AM	#1431
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sorry I can't help. I don't recall ever encountering that problem. More likely I did and just didn't notice it. Anyway, I have no idea how to fix it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-13-18, 10:58 AM	#1432
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	3.3 CTD After a long break fancied a game or two . Fresh install of SH3 and GWX and on patrol 13 in current career, then i came across this mod. Cant resist a good ship mod so DL 3.3 and installed. It CTDs with last 10% to load which indicates a ship issue to me, probably one already in GWX thats been rejigged to fit SH3s folder names. I did start to read all of this thread but gave up lol. Any clues ppl ? Will go back to reading the thread in the hope of finding a reason or will have to wind the mind back a few years __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

10-13-18, 04:54 PM	#1439
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,583 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Good to see you around here again BBW!!! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

09-26-18, 09:30 AM	#1426
von Zelda Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	("As always, just insert this into the SH3 Commander/CFG folder and overwrite the old one.) I removed and saved the original "Ship Names.cfg" folder and then inserted the mods' "Ship Names.cfg" folder into Commander's CFG directory. Sorry, but this did not work for me. Where did I go wrong? Should I have left the original "Ship Names.cfg" folder alone and just inserted the mod folder into the CFG directory? Would these two folders have combined data maybe and worked? Please be more specific; thanks. Also, where is there a skins mod to go into Commander that will make the MFM ships change as the years progress? I've heard of one but can't seem to find it.

09-26-18, 02:19 PM	#1428
von Zelda Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Thanks Kelly, I think I understand. Found skin pack as directed, hope I can install.

10-10-18, 05:03 AM	#1429
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Here I am , asking for your help. I know there is a fix for the MFM that stops ships from lagging behind the convoy after the torpedo hits , or after the first deck gun shell fired. I have this problem now and it is annoying. Enemy tanker doing 10 kts and when I fire the first shell , suddenly her speed drops to 5 kts even before the shell hits (successfully or not) Anyway , I can not find the fix. Can I please have some instructions where to find it? Thanks a lot in advance

10-13-18, 11:06 AM	#1434
Kelly621 Officer Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 237 Downloads: 336 Uploads: 0	Bigboywooly, If I remember correctly one cause of CTD's with the Merchant Fleet mood was not having the 4GB patch applied to SH3. This is a memory hungry mod. Have you created a new captain and check to see if the new career will load? The only other thing that comes to mind is a conflict with another mod. Kelly621

10-13-18, 12:38 PM	#1436
Kelly621 Officer Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 237 Downloads: 336 Uploads: 0	Glad it was an easy fix. A bit off topic but I have found the thread linked below to be a great source for thinking about what mods to add to GWX. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...creen+for+nygm

10-13-18, 12:49 PM	#1437
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,658 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Holy Ghost from the past! Good to see you BBW!