Map update & Wep Officer assistance - couple of questions

[Letum]

Sure, lets see....


Milk Cows
Milk Cows are not implemented in Stock SH3

However, there are many mod packs that have Milk Cows as a feature.
It's hard to miss all the fuss about GWx, the most recent mod pack. There are other mod packs as well, such as NYGM, but GWx is as good as any and you will find plenty of support for it on this forum.

The way the mods simulate Milk Cows is to make a "port" in the middle of the sea. You can dock at this Milk Cow "port" in the same way as you dock at any other port in game. Now things get a little tricky....
If you just start the game again from the new port, 30 days will have passed because SH3 doesn't know that this is a special port.
To get rid of the 30 day wait you need to get a copy of "SH3Commander 2.7".

"SH3Commander 2.7" is a excellent tool that manages your game and adds many new features such as equipment breakdowns.

To use "SH3Commander 2.7" with a Milk Cows you need to:

Finding Supply Points (GWx)
Press F1 in game to find a list of supply points and dates they are available
They will appear as a friendly port on the map
Using Supply Points
1) Get in range of the supply point
2) Press Esc and dock at the supply point as if it where a port
3) Exit the game and load SH3Commander
4) In SH3Commander click on the blue text next to "status" until it changes to "in other base" make sure your patrol grid hasn't changed. If it has; set it back.
5) Start the game and load your career as you normally would from the last save in the list. You will get the office screen. Click on the board to start the mission as usual. You should start at the supply point of milk cow. One day will have passed and you will be resupplied.

Weather

SH3's weather system is terrible!
If you save and load the game a lot it resets SH3's weather system and the weather never changes.
GWX does change the weather system a bit, but not much.
There is a program called SH3 Weather that works with SH3Commander. It changes the weather according to your location and the season.
However, what ever mod you use, the weather system is still crappy and it can't be fixed.

*edit* personaly I use SH3 Weather


Hpoe I helped, Happy hunting!

[Jimbuna]

WOW that was some response Letum ...very detailed I look forward to hunting with you on MP in the near future mein English kaleun

Just one point if I may.....I believe earlier versions than 2.7 of SH3Commander had the ability to detect when you were at either a milch cow or neutral base :hmm: (can't be sure exactly which version was the first though...poss 2.5).

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[Herr Russ]

Wow.. I stand corrected Sorry to give you bum info.. I learn something new about this game every day..

Russ

[Generis71]

Letum is a Star!

Thanks mate..

[fredbass]

A few things to know:

To dock at a milkcow, you'll need to be much closer than a regular port. I think it's less than 5000m, but not sure.

Plus I don't think you'll actually see the resupply Uboat when you arrive. So just keep clicking "escape/exit patrol" to see when you are given option to dock there.

As far as weather is concerned. I haven't been happy with the weather during my first few patrols in GWX so I"m gonna have to give SH3Weather ago as I did in GW1.1a and see if it helps.