It's been very hard for me to witnessing everyday frustrations of new SH5 captains and to read the same threads month after month, year after year, over and over again...I hope that something like this will make "life" at least a bit easier for newcomers or for anyone else who doesn't have much free time or to spend countless hours improving and searching for working modlist.
Although the mod it self is intended for average SH player you may find it somewhat "hardcore". Real navigation will make your job much harder and you'll find your submarine very vulnerable to enemy fire and annoyingly sluggish and slow underwater. Your "tonnage" will become much more appreciated with this expansion.
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All credits go to contributing authors of every individual mod!
Mods and tweaks included in
The Wolves of Steel 1.05 - Subsim Community SH5 Megamod:
*Setup notes:
Step 1:
Make a clean SH5 installation and make sure that the game is patched to
v1.2.0. It is recommended for you to use "
custom"installation option and to check "
German voices". Note that the expansion is optimized for game installation in English language texts with German voices.
Step 2:
Enter the game, start new campaign and exit the game as soon as cinematic intro starts.
Step 3:
Open
Main.cfg file (Documents/SH5/data/cfg) and make following changes...
Code:
[TIME COMPRESSION]
; The first value is the default one, the second value is used when 'travel mode' is activated.
; The two values should be separated by a comma.
; If only one value is specified, that value is used for both default and travel mode.
TimeStop=0
RealTime=1
LandProximity=1,64
CriticalDamage=1
CrewEfficiency=256
AirEnemyDetected=1
SoundEffects=4
CharacterAnim=32
FriendDetected=512
EnemyDetected=512
RadioReport=512
Particles=32
PrayState=1
HunterState=1
3DRender=512
Maximum=512
; These are highly recommended settings which should provide the highest possible level of realism and game stability.
; You can copy/past lines above
and, down below in the same file...
Code:
[DEVELOPING]
Modding=Yes ;<=Note removed ";" mark
;MenuEditor=Yes
;DebugScripts=Yes
Open
CareerHistory.cfg (
Documents/SH5/data/cfg) and make following changes...
Code:
HasCompletedTutorial=true
Step 4:
Download and extract content of
The Wolves of Steel 1.05 - Subsim Community SH5 Megamod archive into your main Silent Hunter 5 folder. By default, path to your main SH5 folder should be "
C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5".
Download the
latest update and extract it to your "
Silent Hunter 5/MODS" folder.
Step 5:
Start
JSGME.exe found in the main Silent Hunter 5 folder (
it will ask you something about the "MODS" folder, just press "OK") and enable contained mods in this order...(
JSGME may appear frozen while enabling the megamod, just let it finish it's job / Say 'Yes' to all JSGME warnings)
Code:
1. The Wolves of Steel 1.05
2. The Wolves of Steel 1.05 - Update No. xx
3. The Wolves of Steel 1.05 - Real Navigation_by TheDarkWraith (optional, but highly recommended)
4. The Wolves of Steel 1.05 - *x* Resolution Patch (optional, stock settings are for 16:9 displays)
All about JSGME - Generic Mod Enabler
Step 6:
Properly activate TDW generic patcher and restore "
TWoS 1.05_Snapshot.gps". The patcher, snapshot and install instructions are already placed in the main game folder (
Silent Hunter 5/TDW_GenericPatcher_v_1_0_168_0).
(Steam version doesn't support generic patcher and therefore this megamod too)
How to properly activate TDW Generic Patcher.
Step 7:
SH5 may appear frozen on start, nothing unusual, wait a few sec...Start new campaign and choose
"Skip tutorial? >> Yes". Don't forget to
save/reload the game first time your avatar appears in the bunker (do this every time you start new campaign or advancing to the next one)...Happy hunting...
*DO NOT add any additional mods if you are not 100% sure what you are doing or you may induce all kind of stability and gameplay related issues!
Keep in mind that most of the standalone mods outhere are incompatible with this expansion.
Please don't discuss in this thread any potential issues caused by your own custom modlists and unsupported mods.
Also, make sure to pay special attention to FAQ and Tips section and feel free to ask in this thread for any additional elucidation.
*Full game reinstallation is highly recommended when replacing old with new megamod version (for example v1.04 to v1.05) !
In order to save your progress, you should backup your bunker gamesaves only, located in "Documents/SH5/data/cfg/SaveGames" folder.
However, old gamesaves compatibility is not guarantied at all and you may easily broke your game by doing this.
Video Tutorial: How to install The Wolves Of Steel Megamod!
* Only first 19 min of the tutorial are necessary, other is personal preference of the author
Courtesy of Sheafer (aka TheNorseCast):yeah: 