SH3 Commander R2.7?

[bigboywooly]

Send them to me too if you like AG
Seems I have been left with that particular baby :rotfl:

[mountainmanUK]

Originally Posted by Potoroo

Yes, you can. Indeed, that is the very point of MultiSH3 - it allows you to have completely separate careers for each installation. SH3 Commander 2.6.1 will pick up the careers path from the copy of FileManager.dll that is in the game path to which it points.


for example:

Installation 1:

- Stock 1.4b in "\SilentHunterIII"
- "\SilentHunterIII\FileManager.dll" by default points to "My Documents\SH3"
- SH3 Commander installation 1 launches "\SilentHunterIII\sh3.exe" and uses the career(s) in "My Documents\SH3"

Installation 2:

- GWX in "\SH3 GWX"
- use MultiSH3 to patch "\SH3 GWX\FileManager.dll" to put careers in "My Documents\GWX"
- SH3 Commander installation 2 run with the /l switch launches "\GWX\sh3.exe" and uses the career(s) in "My Documents\GWX"

etc.

You can use the same name for careers both installations but they are completely separate from each other.

Hi Potoroo!
Yes, we understand that...in fact I already have FOUR separate installs, all completely independent, by using your MultiSH3 with SH3 Commander.

What I was asked was not concerning the different SH3 (or GWX or WAW) folders in My Docs.....but the "Personnel Files" folder which SH3 Commander creates in My Docs!!

There seems to be no way to use more than ONE "Personnel Files" folder, to differentiate the Log Files etc created by SH3 Commander.

Sorry for not being more specific in my first post!

Cheers

[JScones]

Originally Posted by AG124

JScones, later this evening would you like me to send you that list of ships and ship names I mentioned sending earlier in this thread?

Definitely! But moreso send to BBW. He's carrying the can on this one.

[JScones]

Originally Posted by mountainmanUK

@JScones,

I was asked an interesting question this week, by one of the guys at WaW, regarding SH3 Commander and multi-instals using MultiSH3.
He was wondering if it was somehow possible to make SH3Cmdr to "point" to a different, additional "Personnel Files" folder in My Docs?

His main reason for asking was for running Careers using the same name, but using different installs of both SH3 and SH3Cmdr. Obviously, using the single Personnel Files folder would cause conflict between the different Career names.

I answered that I was unsure if it was possible, currently, and recommended he simply added a suffix to his Kaleun name (eg, Kurt Schmidt-GW, and Kurt Schmidt-WaW).

Not a problem, more of a query. Is it possible?

Cheers.....and major Kudos on a superb program!!

OK, I can add an extra layer viz My Documents\Personnel Files\XXX\CareerName\ where XXX is the save game folder you set via MultiSH3. Thus, you can end up with something like:

\My Documents\Personnel Files\SH3\Career 1\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\SH3\Career 2\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\SH3\Career 3\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\GWX\Career 1\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\GWX\Career 2\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\ETC\Career 1\
...

This will at least keep them all together, but still sufficiently separate. It will also keep them out of the SH3 save game folders, meaning less likelyhood of accidental deletion.

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by mountainmanUK

What I was asked was not concerning the different SH3 (or GWX or WAW) folders in My Docs.....but the "Personnel Files" folder which SH3 Commander creates in My Docs!!

There seems to be no way to use more than ONE "Personnel Files" folder, to differentiate the Log Files etc created by SH3 Commander.

Sorry for not being more specific in my first post!

My bad (that's what I get when I post at 4 in the am ). You are quite right. If Jaesen were to move the "Personnel Files" folder to within the SH3 save path (ie, My Documents\XXX\Personnel Files) it would solve that issue.

[JScones]

Originally Posted by jaxa

Sounds good, JScones. Is it possible to release it together with GWX? I'd like to play GWX with SH3Commander.

I anticipate release around the same time, but not necessarily at the same time as GWX.

My preference is to release prior to GWX though, but there needs to be some more testing.

Anyway, you'll soon have the chance to test SH3Cmdr and GWX.

[jaxa]

Originally Posted by JScones

I anticipate release around the same time, but not necessarily at the same time as GWX.

My preference is to release prior to GWX though, but there needs to be some more testing.

Anyway, you'll soon have the chance to test SH3Cmdr and GWX.

Good news

[mountainmanUK]

Originally Posted by JScones

OK, I can add an extra layer viz My Documents\Personnel Files\XXX\CareerName\ where XXX is the save game folder you set via MultiSH3. Thus, you can end up with something like:

\My Documents\Personnel Files\SH3\Career 1\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\SH3\Career 2\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\SH3\Career 3\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\GWX\Career 1\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\GWX\Career 2\
\My Documents\Personnel Files\ETC\Career 1\
...

This will at least keep them all together, but still sufficiently separate. It will also keep them out of the SH3 save game folders, meaning less likelyhood of accidental deletion.

Many thanks Jaessen!

That would indeed achieve the desired results!
As I said earlier, I was unsure whether it was even possible, let alone how much work would be involved.
I thank you for your continuing mission to extend the possibilities of this great little program (OK...now not so little! )

Regards

[fredbass]

JScones: You da man.

[kiwi_2005]

[JScones]

Curious question - does anyone use SH3Cmdr's "Set up for a single mission" option?

[fredbass]

I haven't.

Originally Posted by SubConscious

Thank you for your dedication to the subsim community. Without your generic mod enabler, these forums would be stuffed to capacity with help messages from gamers who botched up their attempts at installing mods. Speaking from personal experience, I know that I wouldn't have experienced a fraction of the mods I have in effect now without your wonderful tool.

I heartily second this! Although I'm rather computer-literate, and could manually install the mods that I use, I am delighted with (and extremely endorse the use of) your generic mod enabler. It makes the chore (and potential disaster) of manually installing mods so easy and moron-resistant (one can never make anything fool-proof, after all) that I shudder picturing making mod changes without it.

Originally Posted by SubConscious

In short, you have been a Godsend to this community, and especially this gamer. Thank you very much for donating your time and energy to the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of these fantastic tools.

(And now your updating SH3 Commander again? You're the best! )

Again I heartily second this! You're one of the unsung heroes of the modding community and this forum.

[irish1958]

JSCones
I have used the SH3CMDR and tried to run a single mission. Since before I load the mission, I don't know what type of sub I will have or what year I will be in, I find it confusing. Is there any reason to load single missions via SH3CMDR?
Your comment about SH3 loading the config files at startup not letting the player load the random files during a mission (and the SH3 Weather generator files) is interesting. Is it possible to contact the SHIV developers and have them modify this in SHIV?

[lurker_hlb3]

Originally Posted by JScones

Curious question - does anyone use SH3Cmdr's "Set up for a single mission" option?

Yes, I Do

Also can you reconfirm that 2.7 will no longer support "Randomised events_19xx & Static settings_19xx", if yes I going to have to do some major re-writes to merge my files together.