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Aqualung · 01-23-06, 04:32 AM

Hiya and welcome

I am also using an outdated card (ATI9100) and get the same issues as you - I have found that by using just RUB instead of IUB, I can have realism without the graphics card throwing a hissy fit. You might want to try that out see if it works. I'm also using the latest SH3ommander without the Sh3commander skin pack and everything runs smoothly.

Of course, when I finally get around to updating my PC, I'll be updating my mod selection also maybe

Again, welcome and good hunting

Panama_Red · 01-23-06, 04:55 AM

CSik:
The main reason you might want to use RUb versus IUB is that IUB uses the 16km visability mod versus RUb using the 8km visability mod. The 16km visability mod may be far more realistic, but it is almost twice the drag on your video card as the 8km visability mod (this is why the original game is only 8km visability).

Once you upgrade to a more powerful ATI video card (not nVida because SH3 does not like nVida drivers), you can then try the 16km visabilty mod without the black objects on the horizon.

Chardok · 01-23-06, 12:28 PM

I'll have no more of this Das Boot Gibberish! the superior Submarine movie is Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammar!

ref · 01-23-06, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chardok

I'll have no more of this Das Boot Gibberish! the superior Submarine movie is Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammar!

I really like the diving officer.

Wolfram · 01-23-06, 03:23 PM

Welcome aboard Herr Kaleun

Down Periscope was just on the dish...got to admit a kick in the pants funny one to watch again....

Das Boot for the accuracy....my crew greets me the same way like the opening sequence on the road at the start of the movie... :P

I am on IUb but I am running a ATi x800xt PE card...

CSik · 01-23-06, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panama Red

Once you upgrade to a more powerful ATI video card (not nVida because SH3 does not like nVida drivers),

Hurray for ATI

and a double Hurray for Down Periscope! Too bad we can't play whale calls on our gramophone :|\

I'll def give RUB a try then. Thanks for all the replies/input guys (and girls!).

Kaptan Tommy · 01-23-06, 06:05 PM

In my early days I was totally unable to load and play SH3 on my desktop. I was able to load it on my laptop and it worked (still works, in fact). I had the original nVidia card and it just wouldn't work. I hauled butt down to Best Buy and got a new ATI card. Life has been good ever since.

CSik · 01-23-06, 07:56 PM

THanks for the RUB advice

Much better!

Wolfram · 01-23-06, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaptan Tommy

... I hauled butt down to Best Buy and got a new ATI card. Life has been good ever since.

No regrets here either Kaptan Tommy on my conversion yet - switched out my trusty 5950 (Nv) last year just for this game and with Omega drivers I get explosions that Spielberg would love

Ishmael · 01-24-06, 12:06 AM

Hey, Down Periscope was filmed outside my hometown of Benicia Ca.at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet aboard the USS Pampanito out of San Francisco. It's also where Jack London was a game warden in the 1890's patrolling from San Pablo Bay up into the Sacramento/San Joaquin River delta. He wrote a series of short stories of his experiences there entitled,"Tales of the Fish Patrol". when I was a kid, I used to sell the local newspapers in the same bar that Jack used to frequent in those days at the end of First St in Benicia.

If you do a websearch on Jack London, you can find an online copy of the stories. I recently reread them and they are a great picture of life on the Carquinez Straits at that time.

CSik · 01-24-06, 10:04 PM

Thats pretty awesome

I did go to Mobile, AL once and got see some neat boats

I'm a true noob when it comes to Naval stuff

01-23-06, 12:28 PM	#18
Chardok Watch Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'll have no more of this Das Boot Gibberish! the superior Submarine movie is Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammar! __________________ I\'ve done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I\'ve hurt you. -Khan Noonien Singh

01-23-06, 06:05 PM	#22
Kaptan Tommy Planesman Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Carson City, NV Posts: 182 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In my early days I was totally unable to load and play SH3 on my desktop. I was able to load it on my laptop and it worked (still works, in fact). I had the original nVidia card and it just wouldn't work. I hauled butt down to Best Buy and got a new ATI card. Life has been good ever since. __________________ Quit farting around reading the forums and sink some ships!

01-23-06, 07:56 PM	#23
CSik Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	THanks for the RUB advice Much better! __________________

01-24-06, 10:04 PM	#26
CSik Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats pretty awesome I did go to Mobile, AL once and got see some neat boats I'm a true noob when it comes to Naval stuff __________________

01-23-06, 04:32 AM	#16
Aqualung Watch Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: British Isles Posts: 22 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Hiya and welcome I am also using an outdated card (ATI9100) and get the same issues as you - I have found that by using just RUB instead of IUB, I can have realism without the graphics card throwing a hissy fit. You might want to try that out see if it works. I'm also using the latest SH3ommander without the Sh3commander skin pack and everything runs smoothly. Of course, when I finally get around to updating my PC, I'll be updating my mod selection also maybe Again, welcome and good hunting

01-23-06, 04:55 AM	#17
Panama_Red Ensign Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 229 Downloads: 186 Uploads: 0	CSik: The main reason you might want to use RUb versus IUB is that IUB uses the 16km visability mod versus RUb using the 8km visability mod. The 16km visability mod may be far more realistic, but it is almost twice the drag on your video card as the 8km visability mod (this is why the original game is only 8km visability). Once you upgrade to a more powerful ATI video card (not nVida because SH3 does not like nVida drivers), you can then try the 16km visabilty mod without the black objects on the horizon.

01-23-06, 03:23 PM	#20
Wolfram Weps Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: periscope depth Posts: 354 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard Herr Kaleun Down Periscope was just on the dish...got to admit a kick in the pants funny one to watch again.... Das Boot for the accuracy....my crew greets me the same way like the opening sequence on the road at the start of the movie... :P I am on IUb but I am running a ATi x800xt PE card...

01-24-06, 12:06 AM	#25
Ishmael Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morro Bay, Ca. Posts: 659 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Hey, Down Periscope was filmed outside my hometown of Benicia Ca.at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet aboard the USS Pampanito out of San Francisco. It's also where Jack London was a game warden in the 1890's patrolling from San Pablo Bay up into the Sacramento/San Joaquin River delta. He wrote a series of short stories of his experiences there entitled,"Tales of the Fish Patrol". when I was a kid, I used to sell the local newspapers in the same bar that Jack used to frequent in those days at the end of First St in Benicia. If you do a websearch on Jack London, you can find an online copy of the stories. I recently reread them and they are a great picture of life on the Carquinez Straits at that time.