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[Captain Birdseye]

What an amazing response, thank you guys so much!!

I can't wait to get the sim. I've been watching U-571 (Ok, so perhaps not the MOST realistic film ever made) and Das Boot to get me in the mood.

Once again thank you so much for your input, if you have any other suggestions please do post!!

[Wildhawke11]

When you get your game why not put the new GWX3 on right away and play it at a low realism level. Its so much better in both looks and gameplay then the standard game.

[Otto Heinzmeir]

Originally Posted by Wildhawke11

When you get your game why not put the new GWX3 on right away and play it at a low realism level. Its so much better in both looks and gameplay then the standard game.

I agree GWX3 is tons better than stock. But playing some in stock first will give you an even greater appreciation of the mod. Its a good way to differentiate between 'practice missions' and the 'real war'. GWX can be less forgiving and it might be frustrating if you started cold turkey on it. Its not always fun to spend 2 and 1/2 hours dodging depth charges in real time.

I'm still fairly new to the subsim genre and I know it can be a bit overwhelming at first. The stock game will show ships on the nav map as friendly, neutral or enemy. While in GWX you just get a ship on the nav map and you have to determine its nationality. The nationality of the flags at night sometimes can only be indentified from 500 meters or less. Starting out you will have your hands full just intercepting ships.
Sinking a neutral will give you negative renown.

Heres one of my favorite Quotes but I can't remember where it came from- "There are bold captains and old captains but there are no old bold captains"

[UberTorpedo]

Captain Birdseye

Welcome aboard an enjoy your stay. Beside the links others have provided
you can check this one out http://hosted.filefront.com/Maik01 and also the link under my sig

arrghhh...


cheers

[Murr44]

Welcome aboard.

You may want to look at the "Tips & Tricks" thread located near the top of the top of the page in this section. It contains a lot of information not covered in the stock game manual (ie. to look at your incoming radio messages press the "M" key).

If you're using Vista be sure to browse the "SH3 & Vista" thread too. While your game will probably be already patched to 1.4 there is information in that thread that will help you install SH3 correctly & get you going.

Hope this helps & have fun...

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Captain Birdseye

[sharkbit]

Welcome aboard!
You'll find this forum to be the most friendly and helpful on the internetz.

I would bet that you won't be playing stock for long. Once you get your feet wet, try to load one of the super mods.(I'm using GWX. Haven't tried NYGM...yet). You'll find a huge difference and improvement over stock. I always felt that I wasted about a month of playing time playing stock once I downloaded GWX. It was night and day when comparing the two.

Once you pick a super mod, you'll soon start adding some of the various and awesome mods available.
Enjoy, and once again, welcome!