How i clean installed for NYGM TW 2.0

Originally Posted by JScones

I'm like Wulfmann but with one change.

I installed SH3 once, patched to 1.4b, made a few "other changes" and created what I would consider a generic base. I copied that x times, renaming the resulting "Copy of SilentHunterIII" folders to something like "SilentHunterIII-Grey Wolves" or whatever. I then applied the appropriate mods to each copy, leaving one copy untouched.

I did something similar. I was keeping a folder I called "Favorites" full of my favorite mods which I would have to reinstall any time I needed to redo the game. I finally figured it out: In my "Favorites" folder I now have two special files. One is titled "Data + 1.4", in case I need something from the original folder. The other is titled "Data-My Way". Every time I add something new to my game I either add it to the "My Way" file if I like it or chuck the whole Data folder and put the existing "My Way" back in.

I'll make a copy of my "+1.4", add NYGM 2.0 to that and put it in. If I like it I can keep it; if not, "My Way" goes back in.

Of course, being me, I'll probably go through every file in NYGM and mix-'n'-match like always.

[irish1958]

I have a question about multiple installs and SH3CMDR. If I have been playing a GW install for a while via CMDR and I decide to switch to another install via CMDR, say IUB 1.03 or NYGM tonnage mod, does the roll back in CMDR roll back all the separate installs?
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irish1958

[JScones]

Originally Posted by irish1958

I have a question about multiple installs and SH3CMDR. If I have been playing a GW install for a while via CMDR and I decide to switch to another install via CMDR, say IUB 1.03 or NYGM tonnage mod, does the roll back in CMDR roll back all the separate installs?
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irish1958

OK, this is where *some* users will find this tricky and/or confusing.

If you remember to always "resolve" SH3Cmdr/SH3 after exiting SH3 you won't have problems. That is, if you run "SH3Cmdr - GW", and after exiting SH3 run "SH3Cmdr - GW" again and do a manual rollback, you'll be right.

However, if you run "SH3Cmdr - GW", then exit SH3 and run "SH3Cmdr - NYGM" you will have problems as SH3Cmdr will rollback the GW based files into the NYGM version of SH3.

That's why this feature is not advertised in big letters - only players who understand the rollback concept will be able to use this method successfully. Fortunately, it's usually only the same players that understand how to create multiple copies of SH3 this "easy" way.

[irish1958]

JScones,
Thanks for the reply. I thought this is how it worked, but I wasn't sure.
irish1958