New version of SH3 Commander (1.43) now available!

[Salvadoreno]

i think i have a problem.
Ok im running SH3 commander from the Jonesoft enabler in my Sh3 directory and i know when i start a campaign from th Sh3 commander exe it should copy all the necessary files to my SH3 folder and i should play. But when i go to find and play, my flotilla nor boat is selected when i load the new campaign i created. And i select the IID from the 2nd and 7th and 1st flotilla.. i tried em all. But it doesnt start me at the start date, the right boat, or anything. What am i doing wrong?

[BladeHeart]

Nico71

Either way, you have to know EXACTLY where the mines are!

Are there friendly port maps of mines and nets?

[Beery]

Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

i think i have a problem.
Ok im running SH3 commander from the Jonesoft enabler in my Sh3 directory and i know when i start a campaign from th Sh3 commander exe it should copy all the necessary files to my SH3 folder and i should play. But when i go to find and play, my flotilla nor boat is selected when i load the new campaign i created. And i select the IID from the 2nd and 7th and 1st flotilla.. i tried em all. But it doesnt start me at the start date, the right boat, or anything. What am i doing wrong?

You're not doing anything wrong, but what you're running into is a fairly common misconception that players new to SH3 Commander have about it. SH3 Commander's 'user entered details' feature is used both to set up a new career and to set up single missions, but what SH3 Commander does relates only to the patrol - it doesn't set up the menu part of the game for you because the game won't allow that at the moment. So SH3 Commander is limited by what the game will allow as far as setting up the career in the menu screen is concerned:

When you start a new career using SH3 Commander, all it does is copy data files to the game based on the choices you make. You still have to choose the flotilla from in the game so that it matches what you chose in SH3 Commander, and you'll still get assigned the standard U-boat for the flotilla and you'll be limited to the dates that the game allows. So if you set up for a career in 7th Flotilla with a Type XXI in December 1944, the game's career system won't allow that. It will allow you to choose 7th Flotilla, but you'll only get a choice of 5 default dates, one for each year between 1939 and 1943. When you've selected the year (in the game) you will be assigned the default U-boat for that date, which is not changeable. What SH3 Commander does comes after this, during the patrol. If you choose a date and U-boat in SH3 Commander that matches the date and U-boat that the game allows for a career, you'll see a news report for that date, a map showing you the extent of German-controlled territory, and your U-boat will be set up for the correct crush depth for that sub. You will also get a special radio message based on that date, playable on your gramophone, and you'll have various graphics files - skins, etc., loaded into the game based on the choices you made in SH3 Commander.

When you set up in SH3 Commander for a single mission, it still will not choose the U-boat for you in the game, but unlike the career mode, you will have the full freedom to choose a U-boat that matches what you selected in SH3 Commander. The date you select in SH3 Commander will determine what date-based files (skins, radio sound files) are loaded into the game. The flotilla you select will determine what flotilla-based files are loaded into the game. Thus, if you play the Bismarck scenario, and if you've selected the correct date for the Bismarck's last battle, you will see the Bismarck in her proper paint scheme for that date (which is different than the standard game's Bismarck scheme), and you will hear a radio message that is appropriate for the period. If you want, you could decide that history can go hang, and you want to see the Bismarck fight in October 1939, so you choose that date in SH3 Commander and when you go into the game and choose the Bismarck scenario, you'll get a different radio message (the one for October 1939), and the Bismarck will be in her early war paint scheme.

So these are the kinds of changes that SH3 Commander is used for. What it mainly does is add historical flavour to the game. It doesn't alter the choices you need to make in the menu screens.

[Lane]

Installed new SH3 Commander in folder on desk top ran the exe and
seem to work fine picked up my commander name and crew on mid
Patrol 3 then I removed the old Commander All seems fine.
Running RUB 1.42 with Ver 1.4b Strange thing I picked up that weird
sound when I open saved mission near Lock Ewe harbor Was running
defaut water and saw I was in a mine field Was on surface at night
charging bat and air when A flare when up in the night sky I knew I had
been discoved Three Destroyers and patrol boat came looking for me
they found me in shallow water and sunk me I when ahead with career
I had saved north of Lock Ewe.
Thank's Berry for the new Commander program
Regards
Lane

[JBClark]

Thanks guys. I can't wait to try this out but I'm on the road. I'll have to wait a week . But thanks in advance, I'm sure I'll love it.

[Salvadoreno]

thanks a bunch beery. i think i get it now. :hmm:

[KiloAlpha4]

what the hell is .7z

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by KiloAlpha4

what the hell is .7z

Whatever the hell it is, the latest WinRAR version knows how to handle them.

[KiloAlpha4]

.....ah mines not the latest version, your link needs another t in the url _htp://www.rarlabs.com/_ needs to be _http://www.rarlabs.com/_ for other peeps - the _ ps these links don't work just to show

[BladeHeart]

.7z is an alternative to winzip that compresses files to a greater extent. It is easy to use.

Beery

You referred to the setting of dates to get the most out of SH3Comm. How precise does one have to be when selecting the date for a 2nd or subsequent patrol?
If you were to select the 23rd of October 1939 and the game then commenced the patrol on the 2nd November, does SH3Comm load files for the October or November?

Thanks

[KiloAlpha4]

I'm currious to see what the gain is in compression vs rar and zip so I'm gonna check it out.

[999-Jay-999]

Merchant Variety Pack by Iambecomelife included ... is this the First or second even BOTH variety packs ???



Great work BTW !!!

[KiloAlpha4]

249 megs to 28 very nice compression

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by 999-Jay-999

Merchant Variety Pack by Iambecomelife included ... is this the First or second even BOTH variety packs ???

Both!

[999-Jay-999]

I have the first 1.0 Early Edition Merchant Variety Pack by Iambecomelife installed through the Jonesoft enabler.. (ran script for D:/games install)

Do I simply take that out then (un mod it)..and run SC3 as normal to get those skins instead ?

Thanks.