My opinions on GW and NYGTW

[Von Hinten]

Originally Posted by JayW.

On the other side of the spectrum, it is the NYGTW mod which runs perfectly. Its problem is too little harbor traffic and non-existant air traffic in ports.

To some extent I have agree with Jay here. I absolutely love the NYG mod but after having a ship or two and some planes around you in the harbors it's something I've gotten used to very much and I'd love to have that back. To me this makes the game feel so much more alive. I wouldn’t classify this as a problem though, it’s probably turned out the way they wanted it to.

Apart from that both mods run flawlessly on my machine. I have no problems with them in the performance department, just a small glitch when using the binoculars on deck of the VIIC.

So if someone could tell me how to get a little more traffic going on while using the NYG mod I’d be most grateful.

[Stiebler]

Von Hinten said:

So if someone could tell me how to get a little more traffic going on while using the NYG mod I’d be most grateful.

NYGM 2.0 is provided with Rubini's Harbour Traffic. You will find it in the folder marked 'documentation'. Make a back-up of your file silenthunteriii\data\campaigns\campaign\campaign_S CR.mis, then copy into the same folder the replacement campaign_SCR.mis file from the Harbor-Traffic-Addin folder. Alternatively, copy the HTAddin folder into your silenthunteriii\mods folder (if you have one) and use the well-known JSGME program to overlay the HT file.

You won't find aircraft over the home bases though. We felt that these tended to affect the departure of the U-boat too much - the time compression kept dropping to low values.

Stiebler.

[Von Hinten]

Oh boy, a classic case of RTFM ... I feel so silly. I'm going to try that immediately.

Thanks so much for the enormous amount of patience you guys in these forums have with us non-reading captains.

[kapitanfred]

No probs whatsoever with Grey Wolves

[kiwi_2005]

Yes GW is brilliant. Ive only been playing it for approx 2 hrs and am impressed. This mod has made the graphics look very sleek. And on my first patrol 1939 VIIB on my way to BE31 i came across a Carrier task force with 3 destroyers and 1 light cruiser as escorts, the carrier looked blardy impressive! I came head on with it on a clear afternoon calm seas but had to move away and dive deep because i recieved a radio message not to attack any british taskforce only merchants cause hitler was hoping he could still trick britain into pulling out of the war. Okay i could of attack her even so. But didn't. Was i overcome by the realism of this mod:hmm: I must obey orders!

Anyways im here as i have one problem with the mod. The night time is pitch black i can't see 2 feet in front of me, and having a LCD monitor makes it worse. Is there a file i can use to change the night abit lighter? Can i load up the GW installation again and choose what i think is the right one - Atmosphere 16km Light (i choose 8km dark before) and just install that or will i have to do a whole reinstall of GW to get lighter nights. I mean when at night and i switch to external view i can't even see my boat :rotfl:

Great mod!

[Laffertytig]

to cmd gibbs, how much memory did that original card u had have and how much does your latest card? i dont even know how powerful a card my laptop will hold

Ti4800 - 128Mb's
FX5900 - 128Mb's
FX7800 - 256Mb's

Hope that helps you.

[Pants]

Ah was the 5700 only 128..sorry about that gibs

[GreenGriffon]

Originally Posted by spork542

My CyberPower computer, and not trying to brag here:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2 GB DDR400 RAM
NVidia GeForce 7800GT

I have no problems with Grey Wolves. Then again, my specs should be more than good enough anyway. 2 GB of RAM is apparently unnecessary, as is a 4800+. Before I get ridiculed for getting this computer to play SH3, I didn't. I got it because my previous Dell overheated (105 degrees C for the X600 graphics card) and also to play Battlefield 2.

You don't deserve to be ridiculed for buying this PC to play SH3.

Buying it to play Battlefield 2 is a different story however

GG

[Wulfmann]

I got tired of 109s circling in GW
So, opened the RND file in Mission editor and changed their waypoints so they did one fly by over me as I started then flew off inland and not bother me again.
Of course while I was there, I added a few PT boats after D-Day with some close in DD patrols to make the last couple patrols out of France the nightmare it was for real Kaleuns.
Hopefully this will be added to the next GW.
I use more of the NYGM cfg and sensor figures but still like the GW look better.
I should just make one of each but prefer blending the two with my own tweaks.
Once I start a career I stay with it so one combined is my preference.

Wulfmann

[The Munster]

Originally Posted by JayW.

Both are good but I discovered something fundamental wrong with both mods.

Grey Wolves is too expansive with the graphics that even the PCs with top notch graphic cards can't run SH3 without slight lag after it initializing a mission or a career mission. I have a new Dell XPS 400 with a state-of-art graphic card.
On my old 2002 Gateway PC, the graphic card was burned out literally after playing SH3 with Grey Wolves.
On the other side of the spectrum, it is the NYGTW mod which runs perfectly. Its problem is too little harbor traffic and non-existant air traffic in ports.

I propose that modders create a supermod which is a sort of hybrid of the two mods, a supermod that isn't an overly excess of graphics and keeping the NYGTW games system but adding some of the cosmetic appealing asspects of GW. I'm serious here, guys. Work with each other. There is not any reason that the NYGTW team and The GW team can figure something out.

Meanhile, I am strongly considering going back to The Real U-Boat 1.45 mod.


JayW.

I totally agree with this; I have GW and I have also just started a career with NYGTW. With the GW version, after a while, my NVIDIA 6800 starts whining like a banshee so it's schnell..save and exit until the smoke from my Computer goes away ! With NYGTW, everything runs smooth but elements are missing i.e. leaving Port with the Band playing in the background then hearing/seeing the planes returning 24/7 (is their an air base nearby ? well there is in Grey Wolves). I'm sure there is a compromise between the two that won't burn out your graphics card !

[Pants]

To Kpt. Munson i have a 6800 aswell but i dont get any probs :hmm: strange that you are..have you got any background programs running that should'nt be? or have you got updated drivers for vid card etc,etc ?

[The Munster]

Hi Pants..funny you should say that but I haven't updated my drivers from the get go and I've had the Computer now for 8/9 months; what is the procedure to do this ? Can you point me in the right direction ? Would be appreciated.

[Pants]

here you go mate..just choose what's on your system and download then run it

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

[The Munster]

Hi Pants.. thanks for that; done and done. Now I think 'I'll push the boat out' (sorry about the pun..couldn't resist it) and retry War Ace Campaign 1.8 Extreme Graphics version. Cheers