I love SHIII but...

[DeepFried]

The purpose of this thread is twofold:

1) I've played quite a bit of SHIII in the past, and loved it, but I never finished it so i'm going back in... can someone recommend a small selection of essential mods (i've always run it vanilla in the past). Also once I'm done with SHIII where do I go from there? SH5? (I actually have SH5 but I tried it for a couple of hours once and gave up completely mystified)

2) I need to post to reinstate my download privileges, so although I may be able to glean answers to (1) using the search function, as I'm being pointlessly forced to post I may as well make a thread of it. /annoyed

[Sailor Steve]

First of all, welcome back.

Originally Posted by DeepFried

1) I've played quite a bit of SHIII in the past, and loved it, but I never finished it so i'm going back in... can someone recommend a small selection of essential mods (i've always run it vanilla in the past).

Probably the single best recommendation for a catch-all supermod would be GWX. It gives the most complete balance between advanced gameplay and fun stuff to look at. If you want more get SH3 Commander, which does for your career what GWX does for the game. After that it's all candy. Try this thread if you want to get a taste of just what's available after that.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170090

Also once I'm done with SHIII where do I go from there? SH5? (I actually have SH5 but I tried it for a couple of hours once and gave up completely mystified)

Why go anywhere? If you want a change, SH4 offers American fleet boats in the Pacific, or you can use Operation Monsun for a slightly different take on the u-boats. SH5 is much better with the mods that have been done, but it's still waiting on multiple u-boat types and merchant types, and some more fine tuning.

2) I need to post to reinstate my download privileges, so although I may be able to glean answers to (1) using the search function, as I'm being pointlessly forced to post I may as well make a thread of it. /annoyed

I'm sorry you're annoyed, but Subsim has 80,000 members now, and a whole lot of downloads every day. That bandwidth costs money, and all that is asked for is participation in the community. If you don't want to participate in the community, for a small donation you can have unlimited downloads.

[DeepFried]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

First of all, welcome back.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Probably the single best recommendation for a catch-all supermod would be GWX. It gives the most complete balance between advanced gameplay and fun stuff to look at. If you want more get SH3 Commander, which does for your career what GWX does for the game. After that it's all candy. Try this thread if you want to get a taste of just what's available after that.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170090

OK GWX its is, actually I just tried to download that, hence the post, but i'll be sure to check out SH3 Commander too.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Why go anywhere? If you want a change, SH4 offers American fleet boats in the Pacific, or you can use Operation Monsun for a slightly different take on the u-boats. SH5 is much better with the mods that have been done, but it's still waiting on multiple u-boat types and merchant types, and some more fine tuning.

Hmm, ok, so SH5 isn't quite up to scratch then, I guess I'll get SH4 if i want more.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm sorry you're annoyed, but Subsim has 80,000 members now, and a whole lot of downloads every day. That bandwidth costs money, and all that is asked for is participation in the community. If you don't want to participate in the community, for a small donation you can have unlimited downloads.

I'm more than happy to participate, and I did actually just make a donation before posting this thread. Perhaps something else is preventing my downloads, i'll try again.

[desertstriker]

it might take a day for you to get the donation privilages in the meantime if you want GWX may i recommend going to http://www.thegreywolves.com/ you can download it from there.

[Vince82]

Welcome back!

Essential & great-to-have resources:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202719

I would highly recommend installing the hardcode fixes by H.sie and the MAGUI.

[DeepFried]

OK, now i'm struggling with the mouse sensitivity, is there anyway to change it? at the moment when I try to aim the deck gun or use the binos to get a range, moving my mouse up and down seems to translate into half inch jumps on the screen... i'm going to need more fidelity if i'm goign to resist throwing my mouse out the window...