Silent Hunter III steam version and GWX 3.0 gold

Pistoliero · 06-30-14, 05:57 AM

Hello there to all good people on forums.

Recently I had purchased SH3 on steam and decided to play this great game again. Also I noted, that GWX is huge improvement from default game and decided to give it a try. Don't have any experience with running SH mods, so I might be doing something wrong, or missing some third party utilites.

What I did - installed SH3 from steam, got torrent download GWX 3.0 gold from their site and installed it.
Overall everything seems working fine, but one issue. As far as I know I am supposed to get some custom briefings and news whats happening in the world. Instead what I am getting is stock SH3 briefing/mission screens (go to grid XX and patrol it for 24 hours).
So I started with VII/XIII flotilla (hope these are right numbers) which starts in Koenigsberg on 1st August 1939. I did not receive any mission but to patrol nearest grid for 1 day. And I do know, that I should be briefed to sink some neutral "target ships" and 2 ship convoy. And here is my problem - how to fix these briefings.

Installed commander 3.2 and GWX 3.0 files for it. Launched the game via commander, but nothing changes. Probably I should alter some options in commander, don't know.

No progress so far, asking for help from anyone willing.

Sailor Steve · 06-30-14, 08:42 AM

WELCOME ABOARD!

There is only one safe place to get GWX, and that is from Jimbuna's signature. All other places are suspect.

maillemaker · 06-30-14, 09:37 AM

Can you take a screen shot of what you are seeing that you think is wrong?

Steve

Pistoliero · 06-30-14, 11:59 AM

Sure, here it is. Stock briefing screen instead of GWX screen.

desertstriker · 06-30-14, 01:27 PM

That's the right screen for GWX. It has "the Grey Wolves" in the upper right hand corner.

maillemaker · 06-30-14, 01:37 PM

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That's the right screen for GWX. It has "the Grey Wolves" in the upper right hand corner.

It does, but it's not the screen I get with my GWX3 installation.

I don't have a sub scene on the right hand screen, instead there is a little blurb of text about goings-on in the war for that month in the war.

Steve

DenRJ · 07-01-14, 06:28 PM

Well, like Pistoliero I just purchased Silent Hunter 3 from Steam and downloaded GWX from SUBSIM. I still have my original Silent Hunter 3 box, but didn't want to go through all the problems installing from discs.
The installation went without problems and I must say after all these years I realize why I played this game so much, the vanilla version. Now I can truly appreciate it all over again with the best supermod. And this is after playing SH4 and SH5. SH3 is a masterpiece.

Sailor Steve · 07-01-14, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BL!TZKR!EG

Suspect?????

Jim is the sole keeper of all things GWX. There have been problems with other links in the past. I'm not saying that other links contain bad files; I'm just saying that there is only one source I would trust.

P_Funk · 07-02-14, 02:20 PM

The reason I like torrents is that as long as anyone who has the file still wants the file it'll be online, assuming they seed.

Its passive, democratic, self sustaining, redundant, nearly free.

I wish more SH3 files were on torrents. If there were even one massive torrent with everything you wouldn't even need to have everyone have all the files. As long as you have a piece you will share that piece. Someone uploads all of Fubar's skins to a one big torrent and you only want the type IXB skins you will continue to share those skins.

If a cadre of dedicated and generous simmers will throw money at subsim to keep it going, whats a little bandwidth every month?

Thats the other thing too. Everytime I download from subsim I'm taking something away. The only way to give back is with dollars and cents. But torrents, you can give back everything you've taken just by seeding and seeding a torrent for even 5 or 10 gigabytes of uploaded data is infinitely cheaper than paying for similar levels of bandwidth on a file server.

Pistoliero · 07-02-14, 12:41 AM

OK, looks like I got everything right and ready.
If I restart the game with SHcommander before each patrol, it properly downloads war news for previous month, as supposed to.

Thanks for help, time to set sail finally.

06-30-14, 05:57 AM	#1
Pistoliero Seaman Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 31 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter III steam version and GWX 3.0 gold Hello there to all good people on forums. Recently I had purchased SH3 on steam and decided to play this great game again. Also I noted, that GWX is huge improvement from default game and decided to give it a try. Don't have any experience with running SH mods, so I might be doing something wrong, or missing some third party utilites. What I did - installed SH3 from steam, got torrent download GWX 3.0 gold from their site and installed it. Overall everything seems working fine, but one issue. As far as I know I am supposed to get some custom briefings and news whats happening in the world. Instead what I am getting is stock SH3 briefing/mission screens (go to grid XX and patrol it for 24 hours). So I started with VII/XIII flotilla (hope these are right numbers) which starts in Koenigsberg on 1st August 1939. I did not receive any mission but to patrol nearest grid for 1 day. And I do know, that I should be briefed to sink some neutral "target ships" and 2 ship convoy. And here is my problem - how to fix these briefings. Installed commander 3.2 and GWX 3.0 files for it. Launched the game via commander, but nothing changes. Probably I should alter some options in commander, don't know. No progress so far, asking for help from anyone willing.

06-30-14, 08:42 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! There is only one safe place to get GWX, and that is from Jimbuna's signature. All other places are suspect. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-02-14, 02:20 PM	#9
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	The reason I like torrents is that as long as anyone who has the file still wants the file it'll be online, assuming they seed. Its passive, democratic, self sustaining, redundant, nearly free. I wish more SH3 files were on torrents. If there were even one massive torrent with everything you wouldn't even need to have everyone have all the files. As long as you have a piece you will share that piece. Someone uploads all of Fubar's skins to a one big torrent and you only want the type IXB skins you will continue to share those skins. If a cadre of dedicated and generous simmers will throw money at subsim to keep it going, whats a little bandwidth every month? Thats the other thing too. Everytime I download from subsim I'm taking something away. The only way to give back is with dollars and cents. But torrents, you can give back everything you've taken just by seeding and seeding a torrent for even 5 or 10 gigabytes of uploaded data is infinitely cheaper than paying for similar levels of bandwidth on a file server. __________________

06-30-14, 09:37 AM	#3
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Can you take a screen shot of what you are seeing that you think is wrong? Steve

06-30-14, 11:59 AM	#4
Pistoliero Seaman Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 31 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Sure, here it is. Stock briefing screen instead of GWX screen.

06-30-14, 01:27 PM	#5
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	That's the right screen for GWX. It has "the Grey Wolves" in the upper right hand corner.

07-01-14, 06:28 PM	#7
DenRJ Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Well, like Pistoliero I just purchased Silent Hunter 3 from Steam and downloaded GWX from SUBSIM. I still have my original Silent Hunter 3 box, but didn't want to go through all the problems installing from discs. The installation went without problems and I must say after all these years I realize why I played this game so much, the vanilla version. Now I can truly appreciate it all over again with the best supermod. And this is after playing SH4 and SH5. SH3 is a masterpiece.

07-02-14, 12:41 AM	#10
Pistoliero Seaman Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 31 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	OK, looks like I got everything right and ready. If I restart the game with SHcommander before each patrol, it properly downloads war news for previous month, as supposed to. Thanks for help, time to set sail finally.