New SH3 Commander Release

SH3 Commander 2.6 has been in the factory for quite a while now, any idea when it will be released ?

Cheers, ...

He's still fine-tuning. He said maybe late this last weekend, but I don't care...I wants it peeerrrrrrfect!

And I'm willing to wait...

[irish1958]

I agree with sailor steve. This mod is so good I am willing to wait indefinitely for it. JScones always does things so well; he is trying to include several new ideas and wants to make sure everything works.
irish1958

[kiwi_2005]

JScones you

2.6 is gonna rock my boat:p

[JScones]

Aw gee, put the pressure on me now guys. :rotfl:

FYI Rubini's asked for a late inclusion, and I always listen to Rubini ('cause he argues with me when I don't ), so I am just finalising that for his testing. Hopefully I'm still on track for a release late this weekend, but I won't be rushing it out if it's not ready.

Cool....I wait with baited breath. Would love to have it up and running before starting Patrol 2 in WaW.

And I agree, JSCONES work is always of the highest quality.

[dik_splash]

Any chance it can defaulted for use with mutiple versions of SHIII?
I want to use this with Grey Wolves and with NYGM 2.0 and have tried what was posted earlier (creating shortcut etc) but it always launches my Grey Wolves version even when I pointed it to the NYGM.

dik_splash

[JScones]

Originally Posted by dik_splash

Any chance it can defaulted for use with mutiple versions of SHIII?
I want to use this with Grey Wolves and with NYGM 2.0 and have tried what was posted earlier (creating shortcut etc) but it always launches my Grey Wolves version even when I pointed it to the NYGM.

dik_splash

SH3Cmdr has supported multiple SH3 installations since R2.1. Simply set up separate shortcuts to SH3Cmdr on your desktop pointing to each installation. Shortcuts must be in format:

TARGET: "C:\<wherever>\SH3 Commander\SH3Cmdr.exe" /l:"C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\<name of unique installation>"

Repeat for each installation. Give the shortcuts corresponding names, and click the one you want resembling the game you want to play.

[U-Bones]

It may be worth pulling the startup switches up out of the the release notes proper into a seperate command line usage section. Most people tend to not read past the current version features, myself included unless I have a specific reason.

I give you credit for documenting it, but its kinda buried as is.

[JScones]

It's the first listed feature in the Help file!

[Salvadoreno]

errr. Sh3 commander?!

[JScones]

I hope to have R2.6 released this weekend.

Final feature set:
- Added ability to change crew officer faces (includes automatic 3D head and hat wearing alignment)
- Crew transfer message now includes crewman's main qualification
- Added new "Static settings" feature
- Changes to "Randomised events.cfg" file - refer to instructions in header of file
- Added ability to recognise when docked at a milk cow or other friendly base and automatically adjust the number of days spent in base to 1 (plus any extra days required to repair damage)
- Improved backup mechanism for scene.dat and Basic.cfg files
- Improved copy mechanism for unique crew configurations
- Randomising new crew names now includes number of patrols, certain medals and experience (ie you're no longer limited to a purely "green" crew everytime you start a new career)
- US rank labels are now the same as stock SH3. SH3 Commander does not support rank "bumping", that is, changing your starting rank to anything higher than the SH3 default
- Crew Manager now warns where crewmen have been awarded the U-boat War badge prior to 13 October 1939
- Crew Manager now warns where crewmen have been awarded the Wound Badge but not the U-boat War badge
- Now looks for and runs SH3Weather if it exists just prior to launching SH3 (when in base during or at the start of a career)
- Added new fatigue model - Grey Wolves 24 Hour
- Added ability to randomise main screen banner - refer to "!!BANNER INSTRUCTIONS!!.txt" under the Banners folder
- Minor adjustments to main interface
- Minor adjustments to all Cfg files
- Hemisent's simulated equipment malfunctions plus optional damage caused by sabotage (simulates the effect of equipment malfunctions plus damage caused by sabotage by randomly reducing default equipment specifications)

As you can see quite a bit of work has been put into this release, thus quite a bit of testing has been required. Testing is now in the final stages.

[HEMISENT]

Jscones
Great news! Looking forward to the final version-now you can rest up a bit until SHIV makes it out.

Regarding SH3 weather, I've used it and it works great but there is a bit of confusion regarding saves. Will there be a better readme included in Commander.

Did anything ever come of the discussion awhile back about having multiple crew members transferred instead of just one at a time?

[JScones]

Originally Posted by HEMISENT

Regarding SH3 weather, I've used it and it works great but there is a bit of confusion regarding saves. Will there be a better readme included in Commander.

SH3Cmdr won't be including SHWeather, it will just run it if it already exists on the player's computer.

Originally Posted by HEMISENT

Did anything ever come of the discussion awhile back about having multiple crew members transferred instead of just one at a time?

Not implemented. I simply didn't have time to research the feature (I didn't want to rely on summisings or US Submarine comparisons).

[irish1958]

JScones,

Will SH3CMDR 2.6 include random thermal layers?
irish1958