Where's the Band????

[deep16]

Three patrols now, out of Kiel. Never seen the band yet. Although twice I have left in the middle of the night, and returned once at night, but still......

[con20or]

i think they are at the wrong pier. somewhere off to your left. or is that at one of the french ports....cant remember. anyway, at one of the ports, the band is at the wrong pier. you can hear them playing away,and see them with the free camera.

[Lane]

Had the same problem when I was at kiel
Band showed up at wrong Pier ;D
Should move to St Nazaire . Band is there when you
leave and return and Parking area is easy to find.
Down at right end of all the sub bunkers.
very easy and fast to sail out of Port.
Wish i could find some lone Merchants.
Good weather leaving and Bad weather when I get
North.
U-46
Lane

[dagamecat]

yea I like St. Nazaire...

just had the same problem, lovely weather leaving port, terrible when I found a convoy.

just did my first patrol using the real uboat 1.22 mod. loved it! ... sank a good few ships too ;D

and the music the band plays changes to that nicer music that they play on Das Boot when they're leaving port.

[Lane]

Cat,
Do you have the World mod 2.01?
And you like the newest Real Boat 1.22 mod?
I wonder When new Patch 1.3 comes out if we
have to make a new install and lose all our mods?
Lane

[dagamecat]

I dont have the world mod.

yea i like the real uboat mod, the fatigue system is very different, but alot better I think, because you don't constantly have to be tucking your crew into their beds.

wait a second I just gotta find something, brb...

[dagamecat]

ok I've found it.

if you go to beery's mod site, here you can download a little program called JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler.

basically, we will not be able to patch over a modded game. so what this program does is create a new folder in the SH3 folder called MODS, where you then put new folders with any mods you want to use. Then when you run the program again, you can choose which mods you want to use, and enable them. This will copy over the necessary files to the correct folder, making backups. This means that you can disable the mod very easily at any time using the same program.

So if you used this on a clean install, and put all your mods in like this, when the patch 1.3 eventually comes out, you just disable the mods using this program, apply the patch, then enable the mods again.

sorry, its alot simpler to use than i've probably explained... i'm pretty tired.. heh



anyway, if you do want to install patch 1.3 when it comes out, and you have to so a clean install, I recommend this program. and if that happens, I'd be happy to talk you through using it.

[con20or]

i havent installed ANY of the mods yet. Im waiting until 1.3 comes out. What ones do you reccommend?

[dagamecat]

I only use three "mods." Beery's real uboat 1.22, which changes the game quite a bit, and I like it alot. however I removed the murky water section, I found it a little too murky

then I use Wazoo's Nomograph mod, which is really simple and bloody brilliant, take a look here

finally I use a modded commands cfg file that I did myself to change a few key commands to suit some voice recognition purposes.

like I say, if you have a clean install and use that Mod Enabler program, it'd be an absolute breeze to disable a mod, revert to clean and install a patch, then enable the mod again. it doesn't matter what version of the game you have at all.

[Lane]

Thank's Cat,

That sounds like a good mod program. to install and
remove mod's thank's for links.
So how would that work my sh3 is patched to 1.2
and I have 3 or 4 mods installed?
Emblem , new moon, Das boot sound files and a Hig -res
uniform and metals mod? I think that's it and on a
career patrol 13 in base.
Would I just need a clean install to work with that new
mod program.
Thank's for info
Lane

[Lane]

Just download Jones mod program and read
readme txt and I says you need a clean install
Just need to wait till i get killed on just decide
to end my caree and make a clean install
Has anybody done that does that mean enter all
those starforce numbers again?
For some reason this sim scares me? about installing
and removing?
Thank's for info
Lane

[dagamecat]

OK Lane, you shouldn't actually need a new, clean install.

all these mods do is alter files in the data folder in the SH3 folder, so this is what I'd do: First rename the "data" folder (C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data) to something else to back it up (databackup, or something). Then open up the DVD that the game comes on, the installer program. If you click "install" there should then be an option to repair the current installation. This will just copy over the necessary files again, so you wont lose any saved games.

then you can install patch 1.2 again, install the Mod Enabler, and then install any mods you want using the instructions given with the Mod Enabler (or I could tell you how to do it).

That should be it, and if anything went wrong, you always have a backup of your old data folder, complete with all its mods.

[Lane]

Ok dagamecat, "Thank you"
That sound's easy enough I did copy and make
a backup folder of my data foder in sh3.
But I think I will delete it and go the way you outlined.
I would like to install the Jones mod installer.
I have serveral mod's installed and like you said they
are in data folder. would you have to start over with
Naval Academy I think you said i would keep my career
and saves? Would that mod installer install the new
real boat and world mod and would they work together?
I had serveral other mods installed, emblems, new moon " small " new sky "clouds" sound's das boot
Hi res uniform and metals and new look to gages.
Had a bunch of them
I may wait till I get back from Patrol 14 I have started
patrol 14 Would like to find some single merchants
and sink something on my patrol .
Last patrol I came back a goose egg ;D
Thank's for advice on how to install the mod installer
Be back later
Lane

[dagamecat]

I dont know how well the real uboat mod and world mod will work together. my advice is to wait till you get back to port, then do all that I said to install just the real uboat mod. see how you like it, this mod also contains a new moon graphic, new uniforms, some new sounds including some sounds from Das Boot (eg. crash dive), new gauges, new map tools (protractor). its great.

if you don't like it, its easy enough to get rid of it!

and yes, you won't lose any of your saved games, because these are stored in My Documents.

[Lane]

Question for dagamecat?
Does the jones mod installer work with exe programs?
Like UBoat? Or do you run the exe to another folder
and arrange the files in folders that the mod program
will work with?
On that new Uboat mod I read lot's post that guys don't like the crew magnement system? Like a section
shutting down complet and no replacements?
Can you remove this part of mod?
I see it has a bunch of good stuff but less contacts?
I need to see some contacts Very sparse ship contacts on last two patrols/
Thanks's for any feedback
Lane