New GWX problem.. It freezes?

[Weiss Pinguin]

How long did you give it to load? GWX takes far longer to load than stock, depending on your specs - I have 2 GB of RAM on my computer and it takes a good 15-20 minutes to load a patrol. I'd say start up GWX again and this time go watch some TV/go for a jog/bake a cake or something for about 20 minutes (depending on your computer) and see if it loads. If not, then something might be up

Edit: Also, you can try loading one of the training missions first to see if that works, and then try a career.

Youre right Im rockin GWX3.0 and SH3 Commander 3.2 now!!
All the headaches have paid off. now time to get destroyed by destroyers more often now!

[Jimbuna]

Here is a link to the GWX3 CFG for SH3 Commander:

http://www.filefront.com/12815500/GW...Commanders.exe

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

....Now time to get destroyed by destroyers more often now!

See a plane = Crash Dive. Seriously, do not battle it out.

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

How long did you give it to load? GWX takes far longer to load than stock, depending on your specs - I have 2 GB of RAM on my computer and it takes a good 15-20 minutes to load a patrol.

No way! Something else is causing it to take that long.

A system with only 1gb RAM takes about 3-4 mins, just long enough to brew a tea.

Have you defragged recently?

[sharkbit]

Originally Posted by danlisa

A system with only 1gb RAM takes about 3-4 mins, just long enough to brew a tea.

Oh how I wish that were true on my computer.
It takes approximately 10-12 minutes to load on mine w/ 1gb RAM. I not only can make tea, but lunch as well and read the paper, and go potty before I see the blessed "Not So Long Ago...".

Regular defrags and registry cleanings help a little but not a big difference.

To OP: As Weiss Pinguin said above, GWX can take a long time to load compared to stock. There are a ton more ships to load.
If it loads fine with a training mission, it is working. The career takes a while. Patience young grasshopper.

[DaveU186]

I'm running an i7-860 with 4GB of ram and it still takes me a couple of minutes to load a mission up.

Of course if reloading a save you've still got that tense moment when 'not so long ago...' is up, waiting to see whether it crashes to desktop or not.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by DaveU186

Of course if reloading a save you've still got that tense moment when 'not so long ago...' is up, waiting to see whether it crashes to desktop or not.

I know how you feel, and sometimes it's only on screen for two seconds, sometimes - the more worrying times - about five or six, and you think 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - phew!'

If you've just got the basic GWX running then maybe 1Gb of RAM does only take 3/4 mins, but if you're running a lot (not 'alot' ) of GWXtras and some other system intense mods like MFM or some modded GUI/Environment then it will s l o w things down further. And then there are all the other programs on your system vying for memory use too!

thanks for all the help guys! a normal mission loads fine and I havent had to use the Config file yet for Commander so I assume the one I downloaded had it in it automatically? in either case Im gonna try and play today and see what all happens.

I got the config file and now it seems like the game loads incredibly fast! but when I plot a course out of kiel it wants to run me into land oh well I guess I can just manually fix it. PS: I cant wait for a new graphics card because A I can then maybe run SH5 and b My water in this game isnt reflective or near transparent but it works fine. I have to say the harbour and the U boat look alot better now since I installed GWX. I get the feeling when Sailing out that there IS a Germany and people actually populate it with all the activity I saw!