Am I cheating

[Jimbuna]

Or download my SpySat mod and pretend your testing the Nazis latest top secret weapon.......Sat Nav.

[TabbyHunter]

Cheating? Yes. Fun? You tell me.


But can someone explain how to? And how to increase renown....I want a type IX w/o starting in 42/43, and w/o having to sell an arm and a leg.

[Jimbuna]

Using Commander you can get an IXB as early as Dec 39 sailing out of 2nd Flotilla.

To change your renown go on a short patrol (out of the dock even then straight back) and save the game.

Now go to C:\Documents and Settings\usually your name\My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\your Kaleuns name

Open up the Patrols_0 CFG and third line from the bottom is Delta Renown....change that to any value you want.

[TabbyHunter]

I use a laptop, and it has two accounts...or...something...Home and School.

I don;t have a C drive, my home side is E...and i tryed that, and i cannot find what you said to look for.

Also, what program do i open the files with? another note, i donot have GWX.

[Johnfb]

Originally Posted by TabbyHunter

I use a laptop, and it has two accounts...or...something...Home and School.

I don;t have a C drive, my home side is E...and i tryed that, and i cannot find what you said to look for.

Also, what program do i open the files with? another note, i donot have GWX.

You can search for the SH3 file using the search tool in your PC / Laptop or right click on its icon on the desktop to get its file path. This will tell you whst drive it is in, if you didn't choose your own destination drive at the inital installation

Open the files with notepad and change the text to whatever you wish as instructed in the previos post
When you try to open it a splash screen will come up asking to choose the web to find a program to open the cfg file or choose one from you system...select this option and choose notepad.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Johnfb

You can search for the SH3 file using the search tool in your PC / Laptop or right click on its icon on the desktop to get its file path. This will tell you whst drive it is in, if you didn't choose your own destination drive at the inital installation

Open the files with notepad and change the text to whatever you wish as instructed in the previos post
When you try to open it a splash screen will come up asking to choose the web to find a program to open the cfg file or choose one from you system...select this option and choose notepad.

Correctly answered

[Wreford-Brown]

Using an XXI from 1939 - now that's proper cheating!

[TabbyHunter]

I do that myself, but, after a while, i get bored of the XXI. It begins to look bland, i have to manualy turn off recharge mode, it has WAY too many torpedo's for my patrol lenghts, that is, unless i find a convoy, (less than a week on average, round trip) and i learned that at >5 knots, the thing is, as Marko Ramius put, "Has the manoverablility of a crippled whale". Someone make a mod for the IXC in '39 and that'll be a bit more fun.

[TabbyHunter]

I've searched in notepad, and there is no delta renown....the third from the bottom is sonar. Career_0....right? Because in that, none of the three patrol logs have any of the ships i sunk, and i know i sank the renown class battleship in scapa flow on october....7th...ish. That does, however, show up in just Career cgf.

[Johnfb]

Originally Posted by TabbyHunter

I've searched in notepad, and there is no delta renown....the third from the bottom is sonar. Career_0....right? Because in that, none of the three patrol logs have any of the ships i sunk, and i know i sank the renown class battleship in scapa flow on october....7th...ish. That does, however, show up in just Career cgf.

The delta renown is at the bottom of the Patrol_0 file.

Hmmm.
If you don't want to cheat, but can't be bothered with rotating the crew, which is understandable, why not:

1. Turn off Fatigue.

2. Use only the 4 basic "officers", at the 4 stations that require them.
No officers in the torpedo compartments, engine rooms, or damage control, ever.

3. No promotions or medals for officers (Front Clasp & War Badge are OK, after all POs have them).

4. PO promotions are limited to a maximum of 1 per patrol, after a minumum of 1 seaman has been promoted.

5. You assign GQ stations to the crew, and that's where they stay for the entire patrol.
Both engineering compartments fully manned 24 x 7.
A gunner, flak gunner, and 2 seaman on standby in aft berthing 24 x 7.
Good luck in dividing what's left between the 2 torpedo compartments, and damage control. This is where you find out that it's not a give-a-way.
(And you won't have to steal medals from the guys who won't be coming home from Stalingrad).

[Johnfb]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

Hmmm.
If you don't want to cheat, but can't be bothered with rotating the crew, which is understandable, why not:

1. Turn off Fatigue.

2. Use only the 4 basic "officers", at the 4 stations that require them.
No officers in the torpedo compartments, engine rooms, or damage control, ever.

3. No promotions or medals for officers (Front Clasp & War Badge are OK, after all POs have them).

4. PO promotions are limited to a maximum of 1 per patrol, after a minumum of 1 seaman has been promoted.

5. You assign GQ stations to the crew, and that's where they stay for the entire patrol.
Both engineering compartments fully manned 24 x 7.
A gunner, flak gunner, and 2 seaman on standby in aft berthing 24 x 7.
Good luck in dividing what's left between the 2 torpedo compartments, and damage control. This is where you find out that it's not a give-a-way.
(And you won't have to steal medals from the guys who won't be coming home from Stalingrad).

Very very good post that. Seriously, a very good posting indeed


Jeez...I feel bad for those guys at Stalingrad

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TabbyHunter

I've searched in notepad, and there is no delta renown....the third from the bottom is sonar. Career_0....right?

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Using Commander you can get an IXB as early as Dec 39 sailing out of 2nd Flotilla.

To change your renown go on a short patrol (out of the dock even then straight back) and save the game.

Now go to C:\Documents and Settings\usually your name\My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\your Kaleuns name

Open up the Patrols_0 CFG and third line from the bottom is Delta Renown....change that to any value you want.

See above.

[Johnfb]

My ears pricked up when I say this

Using Commander you can get an IXB as early as Dec 39 sailing out of 2nd Flotilla.

Is it possible to tell me how to do this...I am very interested.
Please and thank you


John

[TabbyHunter]

Whoops, i swear somone said "left turn from chicago"....okay, i did something wrong, and now, i just CTD everytime i go to the main menue....when i get home tonight im reinstalling.