change the starting date gwx3.0

Weiss Pinguin · 01-06-09, 12:48 PM

I don't think you can set a starting week in SH3, only a starting month.

emaluzer · 01-06-09, 03:14 PM

I started a career from the 2nd flotilla in wilhelmshaven. I started in the year 1939. I went on patrol which started on Aug 6th 1939 and through the whole patrol there was no war going on. EVeryone was neutral. The war starts in early September. In my GWX2.0 installation when I launched the same career it started in the begining of September. Im not sure if a mod caused that or if the starting date was changed in GWX3. The whole patroling during peacetime where I can only look at the ships is not my cup of tea. Just wondering how to start closer to the time I can sink ships and not skip to a different year.

bigboywooly · 01-06-09, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by emaluzer

I started a career from the 2nd flotilla in wilhelmshaven. I started in the year 1939. I went on patrol which started on Aug 6th 1939 and through the whole patrol there was no war going on. EVeryone was neutral. The war starts in early September. In my GWX2.0 installation when I launched the same career it started in the begining of September. Im not sure if a mod caused that or if the starting date was changed in GWX3. The whole patroling during peacetime where I can only look at the ships is not my cup of tea. Just wondering how to start closer to the time I can sink ships and not skip to a different year.

August start was introduced in GWX 2.1
If you wanna start in Sept use SH3commander to start

You can mess with the flotilla cfg to adjust it that way but not near those files at mo

emaluzer · 01-06-09, 04:43 PM

I wasnt sure if it was a mod that did that or not. I never got to upgrade to gwx 2.1 so I never noticed it.

panthercules · 01-06-09, 08:36 PM

I forgot to do this myself on my latest GWX 3.0 career start on August 1st '39, but while loading a saved game subsequently I noticed that the GWX folks have suggested a workaround for this on the loading screen - i.e., start your first patrol on 8/1/39, but make it basically a shakedown cruise/trial run that only lasts about 5 days or so - then dock back at base and, with the normal number of days in base setting you will start your next patrol (your first "real" one) just a few days before the war starts - just time to reach your patrol grid and be on station when the shooting starts

Seems like a pretty reasonable approach, since such shakedown cruises were probably pretty common for new skippers/new boats. I'm not sure if there's a way to go back later and rename/renumber some of the saved game files to get rid of that first patrol if you really don't like seeing it in your personnel files later, but there probably is a way to do that if you really want to.

A Very Super Market · 01-06-09, 08:47 PM

If you want to get straight to the action, you could start the patrol, exit it immediately, and the game will start you in August 30 or so, so you can manuevre into position.

emaluzer · 01-07-09, 05:26 AM

i started a patrol then ended it 4 days later and it only took me to Aug 24th so it will still be 7-10 days before the war starts (7 till poland, 10 till Britain), still a long time of nothing going on.

3 or 4 days isnt a problem, but when it gets to be more than that then I get anxious and start sinking neutrals!!!

01-06-09, 12:48 PM	#1
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	I don't think you can set a starting week in SH3, only a starting month. __________________

01-06-09, 03:14 PM	#2
emaluzer Loader Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 85 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	what im saying.... I started a career from the 2nd flotilla in wilhelmshaven. I started in the year 1939. I went on patrol which started on Aug 6th 1939 and through the whole patrol there was no war going on. EVeryone was neutral. The war starts in early September. In my GWX2.0 installation when I launched the same career it started in the begining of September. Im not sure if a mod caused that or if the starting date was changed in GWX3. The whole patroling during peacetime where I can only look at the ships is not my cup of tea. Just wondering how to start closer to the time I can sink ships and not skip to a different year.

01-06-09, 04:43 PM	#4
emaluzer Loader Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 85 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	thanks for clearing that up! I wasnt sure if it was a mod that did that or not. I never got to upgrade to gwx 2.1 so I never noticed it.

01-06-09, 08:36 PM	#5
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I forgot to do this myself on my latest GWX 3.0 career start on August 1st '39, but while loading a saved game subsequently I noticed that the GWX folks have suggested a workaround for this on the loading screen - i.e., start your first patrol on 8/1/39, but make it basically a shakedown cruise/trial run that only lasts about 5 days or so - then dock back at base and, with the normal number of days in base setting you will start your next patrol (your first "real" one) just a few days before the war starts - just time to reach your patrol grid and be on station when the shooting starts Seems like a pretty reasonable approach, since such shakedown cruises were probably pretty common for new skippers/new boats. I'm not sure if there's a way to go back later and rename/renumber some of the saved game files to get rid of that first patrol if you really don't like seeing it in your personnel files later, but there probably is a way to do that if you really want to. __________________ Last edited by panthercules; 01-06-09 at 08:56 PM.

01-06-09, 08:47 PM	#6
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you want to get straight to the action, you could start the patrol, exit it immediately, and the game will start you in August 30 or so, so you can manuevre into position. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-07-09, 05:26 AM	#7
emaluzer Loader Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 85 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	actually i started a patrol then ended it 4 days later and it only took me to Aug 24th so it will still be 7-10 days before the war starts (7 till poland, 10 till Britain), still a long time of nothing going on. 3 or 4 days isnt a problem, but when it gets to be more than that then I get anxious and start sinking neutrals!!!

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