Advice for an Old Salt Returning to SHIII?

desirableroasted · 09-07-13, 11:33 PM

Hey fellow salts....

I am returning to the game after a couple of years away... and whoa did I embarrass myself in the stock game Naval Academy just now!

Just a little rusty...

Anyway, I used to run SHIII with GWX and SH3 Commander, and usually a few minor mods.

Just wondering:

1) I don't see anything particularly "new and shiny" from what I have read, but a lot can happen in two years. Any must-have mods or fixes? I am particularly interested in must-have GUIs.

2) Are we still dying like flies in 43-44? I am bound and determined, before I forever leave this game, to take a career through to 45 in GWX,

Finally, I see some familiar names here, and some new ones. Glad to be in your company.

sublynx · 09-08-13, 12:06 AM

Welcome back

1. I don't think much has happened in the GUI field for some time. U-HAHD looks stunning but is incomplete yet. If you like U-boat history try JFO (Just Follow Orders) mod. That mod can totally change the way one plays SH3 - the mod gives you the most important orders that BdU actually gave at the historical dates too. Then it's up to you if you decide to follow them.

2. I think 43-44 is even worse now as Rubini and Stiebler have modded air torpedoes (FIDO) into the game and this means the aircraft start dropping homing torpedoes on you after some date in 1943.

There are a lot of exciting projects around too and I'm pretty sure the wolfpack action that we now have with H.sie's hardcode fixes get even better after the recent breakthrough on .act files by backer.

desirableroasted · 09-08-13, 01:32 AM

Many thanks, Sublynx. Just that alone is enough to make me start digging. Had no idea about the h.sie stuff.

Keep it coming, fellow boaters.

Jimbuna · 09-08-13, 05:28 AM

You should find most everything in the downloads section.

Welcome back to the surface Kaleun

flag4 · 09-08-13, 06:44 AM

welcome back...it always makes me smile when people drift back after a couple of years...there must be something in the mix!

Tango589 · 09-08-13, 07:17 AM

BE MORE AGGRESIVE!!

Aktungbby · 09-11-13, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Hey fellow salts....

I am returning to the game after a couple of years away... and whoa did I embarrass myself in the stock game Naval Academy just now!

Just a little rusty...

Anyway, I used to run SHIII with GWX and SH3 Commander, and usually a few minor mods.

Just wondering:

1) I don't see anything particularly "new and shiny" from what I have read, but a lot can happen in two years. Any must-have mods or fixes? I am particularly interested in must-have GUIs.

2) Are we still dying like flies in 43-44? I am bound and determined, before I forever leave this game, to take a career through to 45 in GWX,

Finally, I see some familiar names here, and some new ones. Glad to be in your company.

Welcome back; keep your snorkel up and decks awash in '44

09-12-13, 06:12 AM

Considering doing the same, myself. Looks like I have a lot of downloading to do.

Damn storms out here occassionally knock out my internet, playing War Thunder without a connection is next to impossible.

Rammstein0991 · 09-18-13, 12:16 AM

My advice is simple, grids AM 51 AM 52 and AM 02 are where you wanna go if you want to find kills w/o having to look all over the freaking atlantic >.< lol

majestic23 · 09-18-13, 09:40 AM

I'd recommend MaGui http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166320

09-07-13, 11:33 PM	#1
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Advice for an Old Salt Returning to SHIII? Hey fellow salts.... I am returning to the game after a couple of years away... and whoa did I embarrass myself in the stock game Naval Academy just now! Just a little rusty... Anyway, I used to run SHIII with GWX and SH3 Commander, and usually a few minor mods. Just wondering: 1) I don't see anything particularly "new and shiny" from what I have read, but a lot can happen in two years. Any must-have mods or fixes? I am particularly interested in must-have GUIs. 2) Are we still dying like flies in 43-44? I am bound and determined, before I forever leave this game, to take a career through to 45 in GWX, Finally, I see some familiar names here, and some new ones. Glad to be in your company. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

09-08-13, 01:32 AM	#3
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Many thanks, Sublynx. Just that alone is enough to make me start digging. Had no idea about the h.sie stuff. Keep it coming, fellow boaters. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

09-08-13, 05:28 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You should find most everything in the downloads section. Welcome back to the surface Kaleun __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-08-13, 06:44 AM	#5
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	welcome back...it always makes me smile when people drift back after a couple of years...there must be something in the mix! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

09-08-13, 07:17 AM	#6
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	BE MORE AGGRESIVE!! __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

09-08-13, 12:06 AM	#2
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	Welcome back 1. I don't think much has happened in the GUI field for some time. U-HAHD looks stunning but is incomplete yet. If you like U-boat history try JFO (Just Follow Orders) mod. That mod can totally change the way one plays SH3 - the mod gives you the most important orders that BdU actually gave at the historical dates too. Then it's up to you if you decide to follow them. 2. I think 43-44 is even worse now as Rubini and Stiebler have modded air torpedoes (FIDO) into the game and this means the aircraft start dropping homing torpedoes on you after some date in 1943. There are a lot of exciting projects around too and I'm pretty sure the wolfpack action that we now have with H.sie's hardcode fixes get even better after the recent breakthrough on .act files by backer.

09-12-13, 06:12 AM	#8
-SWCowboy. Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Considering doing the same, myself. Looks like I have a lot of downloading to do. Damn storms out here occassionally knock out my internet, playing War Thunder without a connection is next to impossible.

09-18-13, 12:16 AM	#9
Rammstein0991 Engineer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: NC USA Posts: 219 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	My advice is simple, grids AM 51 AM 52 and AM 02 are where you wanna go if you want to find kills w/o having to look all over the freaking atlantic >.< lol

09-18-13, 09:40 AM	#10
majestic23 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 13 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I'd recommend MaGui http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166320