SH3 Commander and port 'stop-overs'

Phoenix3000 · 11-28-06, 06:38 AM

Hi Melnibonian,

Does that mean I don't have to exit the game at each re-supply vessel and launch it again via SH3 Commander? - or did I mis-read it?

Thanks

Px3000

melnibonian · 11-28-06, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix3000

Hi Melnibonian,

Does that mean I don't have to exit the game at each re-supply vessel and launch it again via SH3 Commander? - or did I mis-read it?

Thanks

Px3000

Hello

No Milk Cows and other friendly ports do act like a base. So once you dock at them your mission finishes. That's why you are awarded medals, tonnage, renown etc. Once docked you can re-supply your boat (but you cannot upgrade it!!) and fix any damages it has. Once your boat is ready for action again (either in one day or more if your hull is damaged) you can lunch a new mission (that means a new NULL patrol grid as well). To start a new mission you can either exit the game and lunch it again via SH3Cmd or you can exit in the SH3 Main Menu, load your career and lunch the new mission, it's the same thing. Am I answering your question ??? If not please let me know as I might misunderstood it.

Phoenix3000 · 11-28-06, 08:25 AM

Hi, I think so......

So, take this example to see if I'm getting it right (having a bad day in the office, not thinking straight):

On patrol I enter Cadiz Harbour, rendezvous with the supply ship Thalia, hit Esc and choose Dock with Supply Ship.

OK, I now distribute medals & promotions etc. Now, once I have done all that and return to the officers room I exit the game completely, relaunch SH3 via SH3 Commander?

Or.....

Once I have passed out medals etc. I can just click on the map to begin a new mission?

If you can clarify which of the 2 I should be doing that would be great!

Thanks

Px3000

PS - One other thing - I don't lose the renown I have already gained by docking at a supply do I?

U-104 · 11-28-06, 09:01 AM

"OK, I now distribute medals & promotions etc. Now, once I have done all that and return to the officers room I exit the game completely, relaunch SH3 via SH3 Commander?"

yes

bigboywooly · 11-28-06, 09:13 AM

You dont lose the renown - its added to your total
Its basically a new patrol and any new sinkings are just that
When you get to your home port you will only have renown for the patrol AFTER leaving the milchcow

Phoenix3000 · 11-28-06, 09:44 AM

Cheers Guys!

Thanks for the answers!

Px3000

Jan Kyster · 11-29-06, 06:31 PM

Hey
Very bad weather and seriously out of fuel forced us to enter Wilhelmshaven instead of homeport Kiel. Once in port did as mentioned above re medals etc saved, exited and reloaded SH3Commander. Decided we deserved a 2 week break after the long patrol north of Scotland (and current date is 24 december 1939 after all...) and selected a new patrolgrid a bit closer to home (AN73).

But after starting up again, we got kicked out of harbour the next day (25 dec) under armed escorte and with a NULL grid and no mission orders?

Tried several times, even selecting a save before entering Wilhemshaven and doing it all over, but no luck. One reload even gave me the clearest, bluest and brightest ocean I've ever seen - and nothing else all around. wth?! A map look-up said we were 800 km south of the african Goldcoast and 1500 km west of Gabon!

Found SH3Patrol and now have mission order for grid AN73, but the NULL value still shows... What am I doing wrong? Using SH3Commander ver. 2.61 which according to the readme should be able to handle this docking in friendly port thing?

11-28-06, 09:01 AM	#4
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	"OK, I now distribute medals & promotions etc. Now, once I have done all that and return to the officers room I exit the game completely, relaunch SH3 via SH3 Commander?" yes __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

11-28-06, 09:13 AM	#5
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	You dont lose the renown - its added to your total Its basically a new patrol and any new sinkings are just that When you get to your home port you will only have renown for the patrol AFTER leaving the milchcow __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-28-06, 06:38 AM	#1
Phoenix3000 Weps Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, England (Usually in a pub...) Posts: 358 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Hi Melnibonian, Does that mean I don't have to exit the game at each re-supply vessel and launch it again via SH3 Commander? - or did I mis-read it? Thanks Px3000

11-28-06, 08:25 AM	#3
Phoenix3000 Weps Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, England (Usually in a pub...) Posts: 358 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Hi, I think so...... So, take this example to see if I'm getting it right (having a bad day in the office, not thinking straight): On patrol I enter Cadiz Harbour, rendezvous with the supply ship Thalia, hit Esc and choose Dock with Supply Ship. OK, I now distribute medals & promotions etc. Now, once I have done all that and return to the officers room I exit the game completely, relaunch SH3 via SH3 Commander? Or..... Once I have passed out medals etc. I can just click on the map to begin a new mission? If you can clarify which of the 2 I should be doing that would be great! Thanks Px3000 PS - One other thing - I don't lose the renown I have already gained by docking at a supply do I?

11-28-06, 09:44 AM	#6
Phoenix3000 Weps Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, England (Usually in a pub...) Posts: 358 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Cheers Guys! Thanks for the answers! Px3000

11-29-06, 06:31 PM	#7
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Hey Very bad weather and seriously out of fuel forced us to enter Wilhelmshaven instead of homeport Kiel. Once in port did as mentioned above re medals etc saved, exited and reloaded SH3Commander. Decided we deserved a 2 week break after the long patrol north of Scotland (and current date is 24 december 1939 after all...) and selected a new patrolgrid a bit closer to home (AN73). But after starting up again, we got kicked out of harbour the next day (25 dec) under armed escorte and with a NULL grid and no mission orders? Tried several times, even selecting a save before entering Wilhemshaven and doing it all over, but no luck. One reload even gave me the clearest, bluest and brightest ocean I've ever seen - and nothing else all around. wth?! A map look-up said we were 800 km south of the african Goldcoast and 1500 km west of Gabon! Found SH3Patrol and now have mission order for grid AN73, but the NULL value still shows... What am I doing wrong? Using SH3Commander ver. 2.61 which according to the readme should be able to handle this docking in friendly port thing?