Star shells?

Avatar · 07-18-07, 01:00 PM

Hello,
Are there star shells in the game? I'm running GWX1.03 loaded via SH3 commander. if so how do you get them?
thanks

PS: I did the convoy uboat skool again, this time with great success. I tried a dozen or so times to sink the forward DD outright, but gave that up. I was finally able to get both the DD and the smaller escort after some maneuvering, then surfaced to finish off all the other merchants. All without getting shot at once!

danurve · 07-18-07, 01:05 PM

If memory servs GWX removes the starshells as research would indicate U-boats never used them or were not issued them.

You can manually add some back in your basic.cfg

Avatar · 07-18-07, 01:14 PM

OK, thanks
Just for playing's sake, I dont need them. I just read where someone shot at a sailboat or something with a starshell. That would be pretty cool.

Mush Martin · 07-18-07, 05:09 PM

They can be had if you do want them.
M

STEED · 07-18-07, 05:15 PM

Star Shells

that takes me back to the dawn of stock SH3.

The Munster · 07-18-07, 05:42 PM

Starshells were shot up from a Hunt or similar after a Merchant within a Convoy was hit by a torpedo to illuminate the area and locate the Sub.

bookworm_020 · 07-18-07, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danurve

If memory servs GWX removes the starshells as research would indicate U-boats never used them or were not issued them.

You can manually add some back in your basic.cfg

They also boosted the number of AP and HE shells when they removed the star shells from the game.

Mush Martin · 07-19-07, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Quote:

Originally Posted by danurve

If memory servs GWX removes the starshells as research would indicate U-boats never used them or were not issued them.

You can manually add some back in your basic.cfg

They also boosted the number of AP and HE shells when they removed the star shells from the game.

so did I when I added them to the game.

dcb · 07-19-07, 09:29 AM

Speaking of starshells. I reenabled them in GWX, but I find that somehow they behave differently from their stock (vanilla) behavior. Meaning: In vanilla SH3, IIRC from two years ago, when I was playing it, starshells could be fired at any distance, even at 1000 meters, and they started to burn somewhere up in the sky. Now, after reenabling them in GWX, if I fire them at any elevation closer than 8000 meters, they simply fall in the water. I must fire them at ~ 10 kms if I want them to stay in the sky and glow. And they are not much useful, if I'm chasing a lone merchant at 2 kms, want to see its flag, and the "lightbulb" in the sky glows so far away that it does not lighten up anything near me. Anyone noticed this behavior? Is there a known explanation to this?

3Jane · 07-19-07, 09:44 AM

If you want to delete the Star Shell icons and also incidentaly the Armor Pearcing icons from your game, as they are not loaded in GWX boats. You can find them here, remember of course to 'rollback' SHIII Commander first if you use it.

Jimbuna · 07-19-07, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danurve

If memory servs GWX removes the starshells as research would indicate U-boats never used them or were not issued them.

You can manually add some back in your basic.cfg

Precisely

bigboywooly · 07-19-07, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3Jane

If you want to delete the Star Shell icons and also incidentaly the Armor Pearcing icons from your game, as they are not loaded in GWX boats. You can find them here, remember of course to 'rollback' SHIII Commander first if you use it.

Ummm the SS and AA and AP shells dont show on GWX boats

Flak guns show AA and AP but no SS or HE

3Jane · 08-16-07, 04:56 PM

They did on mine, and I am playing GWX 1.03. Not available to fire, but the icons were there until I deleted them.

bigboywooly · 08-16-07, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 3Jane

They did on mine, and I am playing GWX 1.03. Not available to fire, but the icons were there until I deleted them.

Then you have another mod enabled which changed the menu_1024_768
As the pic I posted shows they dont appear
The AP icon is used by the AA guns too IIRC

STEED · 08-16-07, 05:19 PM

Star shells are for girlie captains "You who over here, big boy." Splat

Real captains are sneaky bastards who wast no time and sink there prey, am I right men.

07-18-07, 01:00 PM	#1
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Star shells? Hello, Are there star shells in the game? I'm running GWX1.03 loaded via SH3 commander. if so how do you get them? thanks PS: I did the convoy uboat skool again, this time with great success. I tried a dozen or so times to sink the forward DD outright, but gave that up. I was finally able to get both the DD and the smaller escort after some maneuvering, then surfaced to finish off all the other merchants. All without getting shot at once!

07-18-07, 01:05 PM	#2
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	If memory servs GWX removes the starshells as research would indicate U-boats never used them or were not issued them. You can manually add some back in your basic.cfg __________________

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Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	They can be had if you do want them. M __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

07-18-07, 05:15 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Star Shells that takes me back to the dawn of stock SH3. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

07-18-07, 05:42 PM	#6
The Munster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deepest Dumbria Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Starshells were shot up from a Hunt or similar after a Merchant within a Convoy was hit by a torpedo to illuminate the area and locate the Sub. __________________ *GWX Team Member; Retired* GWX Home Page

07-18-07, 01:14 PM	#3
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	OK, thanks Just for playing's sake, I dont need them. I just read where someone shot at a sailboat or something with a starshell. That would be pretty cool.

07-19-07, 09:29 AM	#9
dcb Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 845 Downloads: 544 Uploads: 0	Speaking of starshells. I reenabled them in GWX, but I find that somehow they behave differently from their stock (vanilla) behavior. Meaning: In vanilla SH3, IIRC from two years ago, when I was playing it, starshells could be fired at any distance, even at 1000 meters, and they started to burn somewhere up in the sky. Now, after reenabling them in GWX, if I fire them at any elevation closer than 8000 meters, they simply fall in the water. I must fire them at ~ 10 kms if I want them to stay in the sky and glow. And they are not much useful, if I'm chasing a lone merchant at 2 kms, want to see its flag, and the "lightbulb" in the sky glows so far away that it does not lighten up anything near me. Anyone noticed this behavior? Is there a known explanation to this?

07-19-07, 09:44 AM	#10
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you want to delete the Star Shell icons and also incidentaly the Armor Pearcing icons from your game, as they are not loaded in GWX boats. You can find them here, remember of course to 'rollback' SHIII Commander first if you use it. __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

08-16-07, 04:56 PM	#13
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They did on mine, and I am playing GWX 1.03. Not available to fire, but the icons were there until I deleted them. __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

08-16-07, 05:19 PM	#15
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Star shells are for girlie captains "You who over here, big boy." Splat Real captains are sneaky bastards who wast no time and sink there prey, am I right men. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!