New to SH3/GWX3

GentExec · 01-01-14, 07:07 PM

Hi all,

I'm new to SH3 as I bought it in the Steam sale.

Everything was going ok at first working my way through the tutorials and also experimenting on single missions to break up the learning.

I'm having a problem where after I return to the surface I cannot put the watch office in his big face square and the only way he will go back to the conning tower is as a regular bloke.

This means he doesn't appear in the bottom left and I can't interact with him.

What am I doing wrong?

Aktungbby · 01-01-14, 07:24 PM

Welcome GentExec Welcome aboard formally

Ask in the Forum 3/4/5 on the particular problem. No question too ridiculous-no problem unsolved! Happy New Year!

GentExec · 01-01-14, 07:28 PM

Thanks!

I'm confused, are you suggesting I post somewhere else on the forum?

I don't seem to be able to post anywhere but the subforums os SH 3/4/5.

Sailor Steve · 01-01-14, 07:49 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!

This is the SH3 forum and you're in exactly the right place.

That is an interesting problem. Unfortunately I've never encountered it so I'm not sure what the problem is. There are a large number of seasoned experts here so someone who has a clue should be along soon.

As to the other, you can find the main Subsim index page here.

HW3 · 01-01-14, 10:14 PM

Just a guess but, are you trying to put the full body P.O. watchman in the officer spot? That spot is for an officer who shows as just a face only. The P.O. and sailors move to the tower automatically, you have to drag and drop the officer there, usually from the forward crewrest compartment.
Welcome Aboard!

gi_dan2987 · 01-01-14, 10:28 PM

left click on the conning tower name, then right click your watch officer (big face), he should move automatically. If you need to move a lot of crew from one location to the next, left click on the compartment you want them to go, then right click the compartment name where they are, and they should automatically fill the other compartment. Do the same thing but right click on individual crew members to move them piecemeal.

Welcome aboard!

GentExec · 01-02-14, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HW3

Just a guess but, are you trying to put the full body P.O. watchman in the officer spot? That spot is for an officer who shows as just a face only. The P.O. and sailors move to the tower automatically, you have to drag and drop the officer there, usually from the forward crewrest compartment.
Welcome Aboard!

Sorry I missed ur message. I am moving the dude who has the watchman qualification. Is that the wrong man?

Edit: FFS I'm a retard. Yeah that was the problem. Sorry all I wont post again until I have a better understanding of the game. At least now I can crack on with things though and I've learnt a valuable lesson too.

Fire me out of the torpedo tube. I was blaming the game when it was totally my fault.

01-01-14, 07:07 PM	#1
GentExec Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	New to SH3/GWX3 Hi all, I'm new to SH3 as I bought it in the Steam sale. Everything was going ok at first working my way through the tutorials and also experimenting on single missions to break up the learning. I'm having a problem where after I return to the surface I cannot put the watch office in his big face square and the only way he will go back to the conning tower is as a regular bloke. This means he doesn't appear in the bottom left and I can't interact with him. What am I doing wrong?

01-01-14, 07:24 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,066 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome GentExec Welcome aboard formallyAsk in the Forum 3/4/5 on the particular problem. No question too ridiculous-no problem unsolved! Happy New Year! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-01-14, 07:49 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! This is the SH3 forum and you're in exactly the right place. That is an interesting problem. Unfortunately I've never encountered it so I'm not sure what the problem is. There are a large number of seasoned experts here so someone who has a clue should be along soon. As to the other, you can find the main Subsim index page here. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-01-14, 10:14 PM	#5
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,579 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Just a guess but, are you trying to put the full body P.O. watchman in the officer spot? That spot is for an officer who shows as just a face only. The P.O. and sailors move to the tower automatically, you have to drag and drop the officer there, usually from the forward crewrest compartment. Welcome Aboard! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-01-14, 07:28 PM	#3
GentExec Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks! I'm confused, are you suggesting I post somewhere else on the forum? I don't seem to be able to post anywhere but the subforums os SH 3/4/5.

01-01-14, 10:28 PM	#6
gi_dan2987 Weps Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 359 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	left click on the conning tower name, then right click your watch officer (big face), he should move automatically. If you need to move a lot of crew from one location to the next, left click on the compartment you want them to go, then right click the compartment name where they are, and they should automatically fill the other compartment. Do the same thing but right click on individual crew members to move them piecemeal. Welcome aboard!