SHGen and SH3Commander - How often?

Sgian Dubh · 03-09-07, 12:19 PM

I am just curious as to how often others run these programs.

1 per patrol? Do you always start SHIII through SH3C? What gives the best immersion/gameplay?

Thanks!

Jimbuna · 03-09-07, 12:22 PM

I commence my career with SH3 Cmdr and run SH3 Gen once per patrol

Linavitch · 03-09-07, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I commence my career with SH3 Cmdr and run SH3 Gen once per patrol

Exactly the same for me.

Kumando · 03-09-07, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I commence my career with SH3 Cmdr and run SH3 Gen once per patrol

Me 2.

Sgian Dubh · 03-09-07, 01:18 PM

That's what I had been doing, but then I ran across a post that seemed to suggest running SH3C everytime I started up.

Thanks!

Linavitch · 03-09-07, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sgian Dubh

That's what I had been doing, but then I ran across a post that seemed to suggest running SH3C everytime I started up.

Thanks!

Right. I get what you mean now. I use S3hC every time I load SH3. Don't know if you 'need' to but it keeps the desktop tidier with one shortcut.

Mooncatt · 03-09-07, 02:01 PM

i always start up sh3 using sh3commander but whats sh3gen????

Steppenwolf · 03-09-07, 02:05 PM

I run SH3 via SH3 Commander every time. At the least, you should run it at the start of every patrol. This allows Sh3 Commander to update everything (like the recently released GWX skin pack) to the appropriate values for that date. If you only run it once at the start of your career (say your career started in Sept 1939), when you are on your umpteenth patrol in late 1941, everything (Radio .wav files, Text at start of patrol, ship skins) will still be the same as in September 1939.

Just as importantly, the non-date dependent random variables will not reset. i.e. Thermal Layers, Destroyer's Lost Contact time before abandoning a search etc., would never change and be exactly the same from patrol to patrol. For these reasons, I'd suggest running it EVERY time you load SH3, as it will provide more variability even within a single patrol.

Jimbuna · 03-10-07, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I commence my career with SH3 Cmdr and run SH3 Gen once per patrol

Thank the Lord there matey

03-09-07, 12:19 PM	#1
Sgian Dubh Officer Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 245 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SHGen and SH3Commander - How often? I am just curious as to how often others run these programs. 1 per patrol? Do you always start SHIII through SH3C? What gives the best immersion/gameplay? Thanks! __________________ \"One ping to find them all, One ping to link them; One ping to promote them all, and in the darkness sink them.\" with apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien

03-09-07, 12:22 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,645 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I commence my career with SH3 Cmdr and run SH3 Gen once per patrol __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-09-07, 01:18 PM	#5
Sgian Dubh Officer Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 245 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's what I had been doing, but then I ran across a post that seemed to suggest running SH3C everytime I started up. Thanks! __________________ \"One ping to find them all, One ping to link them; One ping to promote them all, and in the darkness sink them.\" with apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien

03-09-07, 02:01 PM	#7
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	i always start up sh3 using sh3commander but whats sh3gen???? __________________

03-09-07, 02:05 PM	#8
Steppenwolf 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I run SH3 via SH3 Commander every time. At the least, you should run it at the start of every patrol. This allows Sh3 Commander to update everything (like the recently released GWX skin pack) to the appropriate values for that date. If you only run it once at the start of your career (say your career started in Sept 1939), when you are on your umpteenth patrol in late 1941, everything (Radio .wav files, Text at start of patrol, ship skins) will still be the same as in September 1939. Just as importantly, the non-date dependent random variables will not reset. i.e. Thermal Layers, Destroyer's Lost Contact time before abandoning a search etc., would never change and be exactly the same from patrol to patrol. For these reasons, I'd suggest running it EVERY time you load SH3, as it will provide more variability even within a single patrol.