Silent Hunter III

[doomerdgr8]

Hi

I know there is another closed thread for this game a few threads back...

The only crack avaliable for the game is the one for v1.0

The cracker, a great person, fixed three files and the StarForce was cured.

However, if you upgrade to v1.2 (I have Europe DVD Game), the StarForce protection spreads to more then those three file and well, weather you use the fixed v1.0 exes with v1.2 game, StarForce will be there.

I also used Star**** and StarNightmare to permenently disable my CD Drives, (Infact my whole Seconary IDE) and removed all virtual drive softwares (Alcohol, DAEMON etc), but StarForce lives and hurts more than ever.

I won't ask for a cracked file because there are going to be a lot of them, however, a MiniImage just m,ight work... (It worked with Panzers Phase ?)...

[t.foster73]

It wasn't cracked correctly.

[Error_601]

*sigh*

Are you sure about this? Oh well I'm sure some genius will be able to figure out which files were involved. Waiting with patience here

[egertos]

can someone give me a modified cfg file so i can purchase the meanest sub, with the best torpedoes in the game?
of you please send it to egertos********com, i wouldnt have enough words to thank you...
THX!

[doomerdgr8]

I don't know about subs but you must start a career and complete atleast one patrol!

Only then there will be a true Career.cfg file (not Career_0.cfg) in <type>\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\Doomer, where <type> is either game install folder on Win9x or "My Documents" on WinNT systems.

Once you complete a patrol #1, come back to base and quit game properly.
The file Career.cfg will be there. Scroll down or simply search "Renown" and modify the latest entry. There may be two or more...

I tried the same for sub and there upgrades... nothing but blimps...

Where is the best modd site for this game?

And yeah, no fixx for v1.2 and no mini-image either...

[Eronymus]

Originally Posted by doomerdgr8

[...]Where is the best modd site for this game?[...]

what about:
http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files/patches.html
lots of mod there:

Readable Compass Mod
360 Degree Bearing Plotter for Navigation Map
U-boat hat emblems for SH3
No Fatigue Mod
FULL VULNERABILITY MANUAL MOD
Torpedo Texture Tune-up

more info or help needed? check out:
http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/index.php
lots of tips for calculating/estimating aob and so

[doomerdgr8]

Originally Posted by egertos

can someone give me a modified cfg file so i can purchase the meanest sub, with the best torpedoes in the game?
of you please send it to egertos********com, i wouldnt have enough words to thank you...
THX!

--> [Yellow.rar: DOWNLOAD] <--

Yellow!!

Okay, so was finally able to modify this game!! Well, it won’t say completely though but lets say around 15%!



Instruction

<Install>\ is the games installation directory which is “C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\” by default.

BACKUP your “<install>\SilentHunterIII\data\Cfg” folder!!!

I have v1.0 of the game so my files may “hurt” your v1.1 or v1.2! If such is the case, you’ll have to do something that may hurt… modify you own files accordingly by using my files as guide.

Else, rename you “<install>\SilentHunterIII\data\Cfg” folder to “Cfg OLD” and put my “Cfg” folder from the zip file to “<install>\SilentHunterIII\data\”

Also, backup “<install>\SilentHunterIII\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat9d2\ NSS_Uboat9d2.cfg” & then, put my “NSS_Uboat9d2.cfg” to “<install>\SilentHunterIII\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat9d2\” folder.


Read me Note that if you are in a career, this may not work…

You’ll need to start a new career and select the default setting: “1939, 1st Float”!!

Why 1939!? Because, you’ll have a smooth nice career from start as convoys would mostly be naked and even the deadliest warships would be fooled by simple sonar decoys. So not like 1943-44 where a simple fishing-boat will search you out and start pouring depth charges !!

Okay, you’ll have an IX-D2 submarine. Now, why this one, you may ask? Well, I personally like it as it is the second biggest U2 (the first one being the mammoth XXI!!)

You will have all upgrades unlocked and all torpedoes available including the deadly Type X and you’ll have 22000 of them to make sure you never run out of them throughout the career !

You deck + AA gun(s) will have 99999 bullets of each type !

I could have used the VII-C sub but I don’t like it but still it probably was the last “practical” sub.


Also, the XXI (XIX actually) is the biggest… really biggest U2 boat ever! BUT, it has issues…

• It will fail to fit in side a hanger (or sub-pen) DUH!
• It will lose its snorkel, radar, radar warning systems immediately as they’ll be touching the ceiling… DUH DUH!
• It’s so huge that it will be suicide to take it on a regular Sunday drive as the depth under keel would be like 10 – 01 meters during the serious swimming from the base to open seas in regular patrols…
• IT DOESN’T HAVE A DECK GUN!! DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH!
• There are more issues…

The IX-D2 is a decent boat with good amounts of torpedoes and heavy deck gun + big AA + two small AA.

Also, I have another file called “NSS_Uboat9d2.cfg” that will increase the surfaced speed to a pleasant 30-40 Knots!!

Plus, with modification to an engine installed on the sub, you’ll be tearing the oceans @ 60-70 Knots!

I have not been able to increase the underwater speed though. Seems like, there are special rules to underwater conditions. There must be another file for that… I’ll keep looking.

Don’t increase speed more than this!! Strange accidents will happen. I was surfing @ 157 Knots and all of sudden my sub started to sink! Seems like the subs rocking and swinging values are directly tied to speed and not the ocean waves… So my boat dipped too much from the front into the water and whammed into the ocean bed @ 130 knots !

My officer said: “Sir! We have a f*cking cool swimming pool in the bow quarters! Oh wait, that’s bad right!? Akhtoom!!”

Lastly, the crews have been modified on global bases… no matter which career you start, the default crew will be a collection of elite’ men and (no women )!!

[hostrup]

Your download does not work.. It redirects to some CJB site.

[doomerdgr8]

Well, after getting a lot of PMs for the mod, I've re-up'ed it once again! Goto My site and download "Yellow Mod.rar" !! The original post for Yellow!!

[oncm]

Hi all.Now after receiving a valid cd key i tried the mini image of Gcw.
It doesnt works. After typing the cd key, which it was accepted, it told me it has a problem to verify the Disk. The same i tried with panzers. With panzers it works!!!
I used just to know Sh3 v.1.0.
Also blocking. Port Royale, Panzer 1.6, both works, just Sh3 doesnt.
Someone who really come to the end and played the game?

greetings
oncm

[GLH]

Originally Posted by oncm

...after receiving a valid cd key...

I hope you received this valid key by a legal source !!!

[KrezzyKid]

hey guys

just wanted to say that there is a little backdoor someone discovered. It has something to do with a registry-file and it somewhat fools around with starf...

anyway, I now am past the CD-Key-verification my question is whether there is a chance I can get SH3 to accept the mini-image as the real DVD. BDW: how is SFNightmare and its sister supposed to work?
what good does it do, to disable the real CD-ROM-drives?

Can I somehow create a valid image of my original DVD?

[KrezzyKid]

back once again

i meanwhile got SFN working and voila, he stopped telling me to insert the disc to another drive
now he gives me a read-error...

but hey, when I right-click on my virtual CD-ROM-drive and ask for properties he tells me that the mounted mini image has a real size of 60kb or so...

c'est tres bizarre...

Oh, I almost forgot: I don't own a USB-HD, but if I did, how should I use it?

[doomerdgr8]

Originally Posted by oncm

Hi all.Now after receiving a valid cd key i tried the mini image of Gcw.
It doesnt works. After typing the cd key, which it was accepted, it told me it has a problem to verify the Disk. The same i tried with panzers. With panzers it works!!!
I used just to know Sh3 v.1.0.
Also blocking. Port Royale, Panzer 1.6, both works, just Sh3 doesnt.
Someone who really come to the end and played the game?

greetings
oncm

Just to support your theory, Gangland is also working (Update v1.4)

There is something more into SH3 then what meets the eyes...

[KrezzyKid]

at least not w/o facts to support your theory

I'll try to record an image off of my original DVD (should work with a rented DVD as well) and after that I shall report back

as far as I have heard it is supposed to work somehow like that (and I tend to believe things which aren't proven wrong - yet)