SH3 Newbie Guide, FAQs, Tactics & Tips, Links, & other helpful stuff

[Gerald]

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by RW_Boats

Hello!

Just picked up SH3 on a Steam Sale the other day and have worked my way through the Academy and am now in the first mission of the 1939 campaign.

I am struggling with something that I am sure is stupidly easy, but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out ... so here goes:

Why does my sub suddenly refuse to "go?" I mean my poor under-manned boat is constantly running out of endurance so am having to manually rotate people through the quarters. But there have been a couple times (right this second being one) where I have a fully-manned, and fully-rested diesel crew and yet the sub will not go! I have a speed order given (hehe), and a CE manned as well as other spots course ... but am I missing something somewhere?

Thanks!

Might help if you posted a screenshot of your crew layout. I haven't played this game in years but I would check the following.

Check and see if you still have fuel, also check your bridge crew, check if silent running is ordered, check and see if you have battery power or are running on it.

[Riccardo1975]

Hello everyone and long time no see!

Just installed SH3(via Steam to eliminate the DVD), GWX 3.0, JGSME + SH3 Commander and I'm back in the groove with U-111. Just missed Rodney in a task force South of the Shetlands and the fun has begun. Just one problem...

Im running it on a netbook(1.6Ghz, 1 Gb RAM)and everytime I bring the horizon into view my machine starts to slow right down.

I understand its a machine problem but is there anything I can do to alleviate it. Deck gun and bridge stuff is painfully slow. I.ve reduced all the graphic properties including particle density down to 20.

Any help would be gratefully accepted.

All other positions are smooth as butter and underwater is too.

Rich

U-111, Dec 4th 1939.

[Paulebaer1979]

Originally Posted by Riccardo1975

Im running it on a netbook(1.6Ghz, 1 Gb RAM)and everytime I bring the horizon into view my machine starts to slow right down.

It´s the low end grafik card inside the netbook (and perhaps the cpu). It isn´t able to handle the 3d sight on bridge, flak, peri etc. You have the choice between slowness or changing the system - sorry.
PS: This is my "small" engine. It has no problems with SH3 with LSH5.1 in 1680x1050px at 4096 time compression.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Riccardo1975

Hello everyone and long time no see!

Just installed SH3(via Steam to eliminate the DVD), GWX 3.0, JGSME + SH3 Commander and I'm back in the groove with U-111. Just missed Rodney in a task force South of the Shetlands and the fun has begun. Just one problem...

Im running it on a netbook(1.6Ghz, 1 Gb RAM)and everytime I bring the horizon into view my machine starts to slow right down.

I understand its a machine problem but is there anything I can do to alleviate it. Deck gun and bridge stuff is painfully slow. I.ve reduced all the graphic properties including particle density down to 20.

Any help would be gratefully accepted.

All other positions are smooth as butter and underwater is too.

Rich

U-111, Dec 4th 1939.

Welcome back Rickardo1975! 1 GB RAM?

[Jimbuna]

Below are the system requirements for SH3...GWX was designed to run on the same requirements but because of its size will naturally take longer to load:

MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
Widnows 2000/XP
MINIMUM
Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1.4GHz Processor
512MB RAM
64MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card
DirectX compatible Sound Card
DirectX 9
4X DVD-ROM Drive
2GB Hard Disk Space
RECOMMENDED
Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 2GHz Processor
128MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card

[Paulebaer1979]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

MINIMUM
Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1.4GHz Processor
512MB RAM
64MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card
DirectX compatible Sound Card

Here is the problem with the netbook. The CPU has enough power for the game. But the grafik chip and the ram are too weak for SH3 - even without mods.
For example: LSH5.1 takes 3 minutes for loading on my machine - from ssd. Both, LSH5.1 and Ccom (by rowi58) needs 4gb ram including the 4gb patch. GWX needs a little bit less hardware - but it needs more than the stock game as well.

[Jimbuna]

Well I know it's of no help to you but at least you have identified what the problem is.

[captgeo]

hello SH3 community , geo here from SH4, ok, I just purchased SH3 and what MOD would you suggest to an old salt like me?

[Aras]

Well, if you haven’t tried GWX yet(Mega Mod), you must definitely try it once to see if it fits your taste. It add much better graphics and environment with realistic damage models, ship sinking times etc...

http://www.thegreywolves.com/gwx3/

If you are into Realism, I can recommend you H.sie Hardcoded Fixes as well.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174225

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by captgeo

hello SH3 community , geo here from SH4, ok, I just purchased SH3 and what MOD would you suggest to an old salt like me?

I'd be tempted to try GWX and NYGM to compare and decide from there.

GWX and associated links:

GWX3.exe http://www.mediafire.com/?rrc1f9j3zhz0p79

GWX3.1 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?i134px2bbp9rnp2

GWX3.2 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?szsdqpy2z56ckeo

GWX3.3 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?mj8wgdkkcrgzn6w

GWX3.4 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?nl8chscc003xswt

GWX3.5 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?2u85d50b8410cm4

GWX3.6 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?qbbl441v9t5rk2u

GWX3.7 bin http://www.mediafire.com/?20ciea1m71z74m7

GWX3_SH3Commandercfg http://www.mediafire.com/?c4oakjnc3tynwk5

SH3Commander 3.2 exe http://www.mediafire.com/?v8hgs2wkr53psmq

JSGME setup v2.6 exe http://www.mediafire.com/?5sryab9masy5xt6

[captgeo]

thank you guy's, I have been wanting to try exactly that,

[captgeo]

How "clean " does the install have to be to install GWX gold ?

I have only played practice tutorials, or does this mean I have to re install the game again

[ReallyDedPoet]

It is worth it to install over a clean version. I have never done otherwise, just to be sure.

Just my .02

[captgeo]

thanks guy's