Hello everybody! (Including a question)

Avenger176 · 01-12-12, 12:41 AM

Hello everybody here! I am your newest visitor and now mamber

I was browsing your fine forums since 2 days to look for some mods. Since I was planning to reinstall Silent Hunter III (I´ve never managed to REALLY play it... Since all these years

) I thought about adding a few mods here and there. Alot of you guys have created awesome stuff and this will make the game even better.

The only mod I have tried was GWX 2.6 back in the day when I planned to finaly begin my first campagin in Silent Hunter III. Since I had to abort the.... 7th try? I took a longer break from mods in general.

But hell, THIS time I will start and finish, all the way from 1939 to 1945 :p Heavily motivated via a Lets Play of one of your fellow members (Frontier359) I was being sent here to aquire some of the mods he was using. I already got the newest version of the GWX 3.0 Gold (Is this the latest version?) mod.

Since I dont plan to bore you any longer with my blabberish... :p

My question is: Will I have significant problems with a 16:9 widescreen (Resolution 1360 x 768)? I heard a few romours here and there.... To be honest, I am quite scared. Well, tomorrow is the day and I will eventually find out before anyone is able to reply

Nicest greetings and a big ahoy!

Sailor Steve · 01-12-12, 12:50 AM

WELCOME ABOARD!

I've been playing SH3 for almost seven years, and have never finished a career. I always stop and start over every time some cool new mod comes along. Now I'll never finish the war in one stop because I use the 'Realistic Career Length' function of SH3 Commander. No captain ever did more that six to eight patrols before being promoted.

Since you asked, GWX3 is a good overall supermod, combining graphics and gameplay improvements. The perfect companion is SH3 Commander, which does for your career what the supermods do for the game itself.

Your widescreen monitor should pose no problems. What happens is that the game stretches to the corners and there is some distortion. Some like the mods that correct that, but I just got used to it and ignore it. My resolution is set to 1440 x 900.

K-61 · 01-12-12, 01:31 AM

On my widescreen I get the blank vertical bars on both sides. I'd rather suffer with that than get a headache from a warped perspective. Like Steve, I also use the realistic career length in SH3 Commander. It adds pucker factor to the game, for I never know which patrol will be my last. I've had careers as short as five patrols. It rather forces you to make the most of your opportunities. I begin in 1939 with a fresh captain and green crew. I play until that captain is KIA or retired, at which point I begin a new career in the month and year where the previous career ended. That way I get to experience the rising and falling fortunes of war. By 1943, or even sooner, you realize you can no longer treat the enemy with contempt, if you even dare to in GWX.

Laufen zum Ziel · 01-12-12, 10:28 AM

Welcome aboard to the best Sim and forum ever. No major problems with wide screen. Recommend you use SHIII Commander and install all mods by JSGM. Installing additional mods may crash you until you get the proper load sequence on them. It is trial and error with mods but they are all great. Congrats to our modders.

andwii · 01-12-12, 11:09 AM

ive gone through 1 complete carrer, but now I use the realistic carrer lenght with SH3 Commander. Anyway I recomend deffently getting the commander, then GWX 3.0 Gold, I use the lifeboat mod, and the deck gun in all weather mod, mostly because its a bit unrealistic, oh I can use the deck gun because its raining, what ever will I do! Send bernhard out there!

Jimbuna · 01-12-12, 11:52 AM

Welcome Aboard

Sailor Steve · 01-12-12, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andwii

...and the deck gun in all weather mod, mostly because its a bit unrealistic, oh I can use the deck gun because its raining, what ever will I do! Send bernhard out there!

So now you have people shooting the deck gun when waves are washing clear over the bridge. Much more realistic.

01-12-12, 12:41 AM	#1
Avenger176 Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 8 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Hello everybody! (Including a question) Hello everybody here! I am your newest visitor and now mamber I was browsing your fine forums since 2 days to look for some mods. Since I was planning to reinstall Silent Hunter III (I´ve never managed to REALLY play it... Since all these years ) I thought about adding a few mods here and there. Alot of you guys have created awesome stuff and this will make the game even better. The only mod I have tried was GWX 2.6 back in the day when I planned to finaly begin my first campagin in Silent Hunter III. Since I had to abort the.... 7th try? I took a longer break from mods in general. But hell, THIS time I will start and finish, all the way from 1939 to 1945 :p Heavily motivated via a Lets Play of one of your fellow members (Frontier359) I was being sent here to aquire some of the mods he was using. I already got the newest version of the GWX 3.0 Gold (Is this the latest version?) mod. Since I dont plan to bore you any longer with my blabberish... :p My question is: Will I have significant problems with a 16:9 widescreen (Resolution 1360 x 768)? I heard a few romours here and there.... To be honest, I am quite scared. Well, tomorrow is the day and I will eventually find out before anyone is able to reply Nicest greetings and a big ahoy!

01-12-12, 12:50 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! I've been playing SH3 for almost seven years, and have never finished a career. I always stop and start over every time some cool new mod comes along. Now I'll never finish the war in one stop because I use the 'Realistic Career Length' function of SH3 Commander. No captain ever did more that six to eight patrols before being promoted. Since you asked, GWX3 is a good overall supermod, combining graphics and gameplay improvements. The perfect companion is SH3 Commander, which does for your career what the supermods do for the game itself. Your widescreen monitor should pose no problems. What happens is that the game stretches to the corners and there is some distortion. Some like the mods that correct that, but I just got used to it and ignore it. My resolution is set to 1440 x 900. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-12-12, 01:31 AM	#3
K-61 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 795 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	On my widescreen I get the blank vertical bars on both sides. I'd rather suffer with that than get a headache from a warped perspective. Like Steve, I also use the realistic career length in SH3 Commander. It adds pucker factor to the game, for I never know which patrol will be my last. I've had careers as short as five patrols. It rather forces you to make the most of your opportunities. I begin in 1939 with a fresh captain and green crew. I play until that captain is KIA or retired, at which point I begin a new career in the month and year where the previous career ended. That way I get to experience the rising and falling fortunes of war. By 1943, or even sooner, you realize you can no longer treat the enemy with contempt, if you even dare to in GWX. __________________

01-12-12, 10:28 AM	#4
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	Welcome aboard to the best Sim and forum ever. No major problems with wide screen. Recommend you use SHIII Commander and install all mods by JSGM. Installing additional mods may crash you until you get the proper load sequence on them. It is trial and error with mods but they are all great. Congrats to our modders. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

01-12-12, 11:52 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome Aboard __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-12-12, 11:09 AM	#5
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	ive gone through 1 complete carrer, but now I use the realistic carrer lenght with SH3 Commander. Anyway I recomend deffently getting the commander, then GWX 3.0 Gold, I use the lifeboat mod, and the deck gun in all weather mod, mostly because its a bit unrealistic, oh I can use the deck gun because its raining, what ever will I do! Send bernhard out there!