How Do You Minimize SH3?

[Mowinz]

Hello again!

Can anyone help me out. I would like to minimize SH3 when running so I can go to windows and perform some other tasks, go online, visit subsim, maybe get some work done, etc.

What command function will allow me to minimize the game and if it is minimized will I hear a look out say, "Ship Spotted". So I can revert back to the action.

This would be a great solution to the slow times of the game.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in Advance!!

[Mooncatt]

ummm think its alt+tab or if u run gwx its the windows key i believe im not sure if you would still here "ship spotted" though

[Slick Rick]

press the windows key....bottom left of key board second one in....

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Slick Rick

press the windows key....bottom left of key board second one in....

Or the bottom right one.

[Mooncatt]

ok so we have established how to minimize will he still hear "ship spotted" if the game was minimized??????

[Kumando]

Originally Posted by mooncatt

ok so we have established how to minimize will he still hear "ship spotted" if the game was minimized??????

When i minimize the game with the windows key i never get to hear anything .

[Mowinz]

Thank You! Thank you very much!

[Mowinz]

I'm testing it now. I just left Lorient on my 3rd patrol heading down to ET 51. Cruising at 1/3 speed with TC at 64.

Doesn't look like I'm going to hear the Watchman say, "Ship Spotted".

Now that the game is minimized I have lost all sound......it doesn't look good at this point. What a bummer!

I can only hope that there is a way to minimize the game without losing the sound?

Cheers

[fredbass]

I would never minimize and leave the game running, with or without sound. You're just asking for trouble.

[Mooncatt]

hhehehehe yeah he is right i left mine on x1 tc and went to the loo. came back and i had been sunk by a DD caught with with my pants down you could say:rotfl:

[Mowinz]

Originally Posted by fredbass

I would never minimize and leave the game running, with or without sound. You're just asking for trouble.

I have the game minimized now and running with no sound of course. I'm aware this is risky business to do this but I believe there is a work around. Maybe I'll get lucky and find out how to turn on the sound.

Last time I restored the game I was at 1x speed and noticed that I was spotted by an aircraft so I crashed dived and escaped.

Perhaps, I might just change the settings in SH3 Commander to PAUSE when a ship or aircraft is spotted. This should work right?