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

[bigboywooly]

No Rob
You can reinstall GW1.1A again making the changes you want
No need to uninstall just run the installer again - while in port of course

[robj250]

@BigBoyWooly

Thanks there matey. Everything is okay with mine except that my screen is a little dark and I have it as bright as I can get it.

I don't need to un install unless I have to for GWX when it is released.

Rob

[Stealth Hunter]

Yeah, I'm not a newbie to SH3. In fact, I own at Bismarck level and online play. The one question I have is what is the point of a medic being on board if he can't even tend to the wounded?:hmm:

[fredbass]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Yeah, I'm not a newbie to SH3. In fact, I own at Bismarck level and online play. The one question I have is what is the point of a medic being on board if he can't even tend to the wounded?:hmm:

He can. Just remember to put the medic and the wounded in their quarters together at the same time.

[Stealth Hunter]

I did that once before when 3 of my men were hit by shells. I put them in the bow quarters with the medic and 2 died. I guess it IS realistic when it comes to wounds. Thanks anyway.

[Bertgang]

Sorry for the stupid question; how to stop the alarm bell after a crash dive?
I'm probably speaking about a rare error or bug, as most of times the bell stops automtically after short time, but during one of my first patrols his endless sound was making me mad.

[Petrus Borel]

Hi all, I am new here and I just want to say thanks for this very useful thread. The manual that comes with the game is not very useful, and thanks to you all I've been able to graduate with "excellent" marks for most of the naval academy. Just the last test left, and I refuse to settle with "avarage"!

All the best,

[thesnowpig]

Hello. Is there a way I can manually change all my contacts to Grey or black without loading the full version of the Grey Wolves mod? I don't have the resources to run the full Mod yet, but would like to up the realism so I need to visually identify the ship nationality.

THanks

[thesnowpig]

I have used and really enjoy using SH3 commander 2.6.1 My only problem with it and the reason I am not using it this career, is that every time I launch the game through commander it modifies, or I should say resets, my data/submarine/NSS_Uboat7b/NSS_Uboat7b.cfg file. I have modified this file slightly to allow use of the deck/flak guns in seas up to 13knots.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...t=weather+guns

My question is if there is a way to get at the "master" files that SH3 commander uses to overwrite the game files and make the modification there so commander will write in the desired settings as opposed to erasing them?

As it is I can launch the game with the original shortcut and preserve my settings, but if I launch the game from within commander to have commander update the monthly information ect... I have to run that patrol without my rough weather guns which isn't that bad, but then I have to go back in and re modifiy the .cfg file.

THanks

[NeonSamurai]

There is a way of doing it but it is very time consuming.

What you need to do is unpack TWG someplace other then the sh3 install location, then go into the data/sea folder (also data/air if you want to do the same for aircraft). Each folder in the sea folder is a ship or sea object. What you need to do is copy the ****_shp.tga file for each ship from the TGW to your install folder, replacing the exisiting ones (you may want to backup the install folder first). You dont need to copy over the ones for ships that dont exist in stock.

Next you will need to go to data\Menu\Gui\Units in TGW and copy all of it over, and lastly you will need to open maps.cfg (in data\Menu\cfg) and compare the 2 of them in notepad. What you are looking for is this...

;units military symbols
;MatSymbXY where X digit means the type of the unit/convoy and Y digit is the size of the convoy (0 for small, 1 for medium and 2 for large)
MatSymb00=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitWShip.tga
MatSymb01=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitWShip.tga
MatSymb02=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitWShipM.tga
MatSymb03=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitWShipL.tga
MatSymb10=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitMShip.tga
MatSymb11=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitMShip.tga
MatSymb12=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitMShipM.tga
MatSymb13=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitMShipL.tga
MatSymb20=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitSub.tga
MatSymb21=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitSub.tga
MatSymb22=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitSubM.tga
MatSymb23=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitSubL.tga
MatSymb30=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitAir.tga
MatSymb31=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitAir.tga
MatSymb32=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitAirM.tga
MatSymb33=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitAirL.tga
MatSymb40=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitLand.tga
MatSymb41=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitLand.tga
MatSymb42=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitLandM.tga
MatSymb43=0x3B,0x0B,data/menu/gui/Units/UnitLandL.tga

Make sure that part of maps.cfg is the same for both, if it isnt then change your stock version so it is.

I think thats everything

SH3 commander i cant answer your question on as i personaly dont use it. But i think the files are contained someplace in its install folder, try digging around with notepad

Originally Posted by Bertgang

Sorry for the stupid question; how to stop the alarm bell after a crash dive?
I'm probably speaking about a rare error or bug, as most of times the bell stops automtically after short time, but during one of my first patrols his endless sound was making me mad.

Not a stupid question at all.

What can happen at times is that some of the longer sound files (ex. crash-dive, creaking) gets caught in a loop and won't stop. The only way to stop it is to save the game, exit all the way out and restart.

If that happens to you only on very rare occassions you'll just have to grit your teeth and bear with it. If it starts becoming a regular occurence what you can do is manually edit the sound file to something shorter in length. Some pc systems don't like handling sound files longer than 15 - 20 seconds in length, and the crash dive sound file is longer than that.

If you decide you want to edit the sound file and make it shorter get back to me and I'll try and walk you through how to do that.

[joejccva]

Quick question:

I have the downloaded version and patched to 1.4b. No mods installed yet. I wanted to try the TGW 1.1a, but also wanted to try SH3 Commander and SH3 Gen.

Can I use these mods with the TGW 1.1a? If so, what order should I do all my installations?

Originally Posted by joejccva

Quick question:

I have the downloaded version and patched to 1.4b. No mods installed yet. I wanted to try the TGW 1.1a, but also wanted to try SH3 Commander and SH3 Gen.

Can I use these mods with the TGW 1.1a? If so, what order should I do all my installations?

Yes, you can use them with TGW1.1a (although you might want to wait another 2 weeks give or take for the much-improved --and eagerly awaited-- GWX).

However, SH3 Commander and SH3 Gen aren't mods, per se. They are stand-alone programs run concurrent with SHIII and are not installed into the game.

[NeonSamurai]

Yep though SH3 Commander does insert its own file mods into the game last i read. Though it is still compatable with most other mods i know of. (though it does overwrite some parts of the mod with its own stuff).

Oh and i would strongly urge you to backup your install of sh3 if using the downloaded version before doing any moding just so you dont screw up the install and have to reinstall.

[joejccva]

Great thanks!

I am eagerly wanting to try TGW mod so I may just install 1.1a to see how it is, and then wait on GWX.

Oh, do I need anything else like any NYGM mods or anything?