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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DiabloTX on January 05, 2008, 11:19:52 AM
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I have a question.
When I'm making an attack run and pull up the target ID book sometimes I get target boxes on the ship picture in the book. Most of the time I get them, sometimes I do not. I make sure there is a Weaps Officer at his station but am at a loss to figure out why is it that sometimes I get these target boxes and other times I don't.
Oustanding game, btw, my old POS rig has just enough muscle to play it.
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If your torpedo solution is close to a strait angle on the ship's beam and you are very close you get the option to target critical locations on the ship. Do you run the Grey Wolves mod?
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So the "target boxes" only appear if my solution is at or near a perfect right angle?
No, I haven't done the GW mod...yet.
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That's right, and there is a max range limit too, but I am uncertain what it is. Check the wikipedia article on SH3 to get the list of "must have" mods. The improvements are immense, but if your puter just manages to run SH3 stock performance may suffer.
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OK, thanks. Yeah, I've been nursing this rig for a couple of years now. I bought SHIII for $20 as a digital download last September and I haven't been this addicted to a game in a long, long time. Probably since Fighting Steel came out in '98/'99.
When I get a new PC I'll do the GW mod and get SHIV.
Attacking convoys is so much fun!
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I play with only one game mod. Plus a couple sound mods.
Real U-boat
I then play campaigns using SH3 Commander. Still entertaining after all a couple years. I'm in the same boat with you though, Old Rig barely runs it so most of the games I play are usually a couple of years old all modded up :)
P4 1.8, 1 Gig of Ram, ATI 9200 Video Card. (pathetic isn't it)
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LOL
AMD 1700+, 1Gb PC2100, nVidia 7800 GS w/512 AGP here.
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I still want to pick that one up when I see it in the bargain bin. Unfortunately I grabbed World in Conflict and COD4: MW before Christmas and have been playing them both quite a bit.
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Just got SH4 - not really had a chance to get in to it yet.
I was a big, big fan of the Silent Service series way back when.
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Originally posted by 68Wooley
Just got SH4 - not really had a chance to get in to it yet.
I was a big, big fan of the Silent Service series way back when.
SH4 is good. Same gameplay really as SH3. I haven't played it in months, bought it when it first came out. The graphics are great (turned up high).
Some of the campaign missions seem to get old as you doing the exact same thing over and over some times.
Some of the things they've haven't fixed (and bugs me). 1) Airplanes amazing can turn almost on a dime. 2) AI on ships. I can seem to get ships to ram into each other during a depth charge attack. They just keep circling and circling and sometimes destroyer run into each other.
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Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.
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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.
I did the digital download. It's Starforce free. My DVD burner has been working fine.
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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.
There is a way to install it without starforce....
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
LOL
AMD 1700+, 1Gb PC2100, nVidia 7800 GS w/512 AGP here.
Please....
AMD Athlon 1.6Ghtz 30GB HDD 1GB RAM nVidia GeForce 4200 64MB RAM
Only thing on it is AHII. Frame rates in the teens at best 5-8 in furball. Play COD2 mostly and its on the MAC.
:aok
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Jeez ... At least get a computer with technology from this millennium. ;)
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Originally posted by REP0MAN
Please....
AMD Athlon 1.6Ghtz 30GB HDD 1GB RAM nVidia GeForce 4200 64MB RAM
Only thing on it is AHII. Frame rates in the teens at best 5-8 in furball. Play COD2 mostly and its on the MAC.
:aok
That was basically my machine new before any upgrades! Upgrade ya cheap bastage!
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I haven't been able to run SH3 since I went to xp64. Anyone know if SH4 will run on xp64?
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Hope you guys are playing this great sim with GWX 2.0 it's a must all in one MOD.
http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files/gwx_donation1207.php
...-Gixer
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
That was basically my machine new before any upgrades! Upgrade ya cheap bastage!
I did, I have a MacBook Pro with 2.0Ghz Intel and a 24" iMac with the same processors. Both have 2GB RAM. PM has a 130GB HDD, iMac has 180GB internal, 1TB external. Wife has the G4 iBook. I just have a different taste, I guess.
:)
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Originally posted by REP0MAN
I did, I have a MacBook Pro with 2.0Ghz Intel and a 24" iMac with the same processors. Both have 2GB RAM. PM has a 130GB HDD, iMac has 180GB internal, 1TB external. Wife has the G4 iBook. I just have a different taste, I guess.
:)
Oh .. my ... God! And you did that voluntarily???
I had to take a macbook pro for work and I still grind my teeth every time I have to use it. Nothing works like in windows (or at all in leopard) and even the keyboard is fxed up. Not possible to find insert,del etc. typical keys on it.
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Originally posted by Viking
That's right, and there is a max range limit too, but I am uncertain what it is. Check the wikipedia article on SH3 to get the list of "must have" mods. The improvements are immense, but if your puter just manages to run SH3 stock performance may suffer.
1000 meters and within 20 degrees I do believe
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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.
I have never been able to play SHIII - it will never get past the initial UBISOFT startup screen. Have tried running it on two different systems, fully patched, same result. Called UBI and the friendly Indians on the other end ran me around in circles and kept asking to close the ticket. :mad:
Been on the shelf for over a year or more... May try re-installing years from now when I'm two or three new computers away from today's technology.
Shamroc
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Originally posted by Russian
There is a way to install it without starforce....
And that way is???????
BTW I thought later releases of SH3 already had the starforce removed, is that true? I have ignored the game solely because of the starforce garbage.
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Yes, Starforce was removed with the first update. Starforce is generally not used on the European and American markets anymore. Still used in Russia though.
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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Oh .. my ... God! And you did that voluntarily???
I had to take a macbook pro for work and I still grind my teeth every time I have to use it. Nothing works like in windows (or at all in leopard) and even the keyboard is fxed up. Not possible to find insert,del etc. typical keys on it.
Yep and will gladly do it again when these are out of date.
Not sure why your sucks. Both MacBook pro and iMac are running Tiger still. I'm not of the "get the newest release of operating system on the day it comes out" crowd. I'll wait till the bugs are out. Both my MACs run Window$ better than my peecee too. Amazing.
Now, I just need COD4 to be on MAC and all will be right in the world.
:D
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Originally posted by REP0MAN
Yep and will gladly do it again when these are out of date.
Not sure why your sucks. Both MacBook pro and iMac are running Tiger still. I'm not of the "get the newest release of operating system on the day it comes out" crowd. I'll wait till the bugs are out. Both my MACs run Window$ better than my peecee too. Amazing.
Now, I just need COD4 to be on MAC and all will be right in the world.
:D
I run windows in parallels only. The thing that bothers me in mac is that it has way too much eye candy, simple functions need 3 key combinations to work, there's no del button (big issue for me).. And simply because when I run to a problem my intuition tells me the answer usually immediately.. except I'm running a mac and I'm stuck dead. Then I have to waste time googling the answer. It's like relearning to use a computer and I hate it.