Windows 7?
 

-------------------Suggested Fix----------------------------

1. Completely remove SH3, and Starforce:
http://www.onlinesecurity-on.com/protect.phtml?c=55
(execute the application in rar archive sfcdrvrem.rar)

Go to the button of the page and you find the download to remove Starforce.

2. search for
Silent Hunter 3 v1.4b [ENGLISH] No-DVD/Fixed EXE

and download it. Its a zip-file (rld-sh14.rar) containing the following files:
SH3.EXE, MISSIONENGINE.DLL, SIMDATA.DLL, UTILS.DLL & STATEMACHINE.DLL

3. Install SH3 and remove the disc from the drive after installation, make sure the game does NOT run after installation.

4. Patch to 1.4b (execute application silent_hunter_3_dvd_1.4b_emea) and make sure the game doesn't start after patching.

5. Extract the contents of the zip-file into SH3's install directory and let it overwrite the files it needs to overwrite.

6. At this point you should be able to play the game.

By Kentubi1983 Source: Ubiforums

Are your Grapics drivers upto date ( have you downloaded the latest set) or are they the ones on a disc you get with the card?

I'm running Win 7RC1 and SH3 runs perfectly with my ATI HD 3850.

Steve

Steuner welcome to Subsim.
I'm running the RC 64bit and get the "Cannot initialize 3D engine" error as well. I have a 4890 updated with the latest Catalyst driver.

@SteveW1 which version of RC are you running? also is the Ubisoft folder in the Program Files (x86) folder?

I've got the latest Catalyst drivers :)

Steuner

bump

Just installed on Win7 RC build 7100 i believe, 64 bit version. I'm having no problems. My card is a Nvidia 260. Running smooth.

Windows 7 3D error
 

If I change my monitor resolution to 1024X768 the game runs okay. I tried loading a couple of different codec packs but have not found one that will run it at the native 1900X1200.

resolution change works for me too. I use WIN7 home premium 64bit, any video codecs, but im happyyyyyy :yeah::salute:

On my rig with windows7, the game plays at 4/3 at 1024x768; If I set my monitor resolution to 1024x800, it runs in full screen.
I have not been able to use the resolution fix. It still runs ar 1024x768 and kills my frame rate.

Hello

Same problem here...i bot a new machine in last January, and last monday i change from (windows xp professional 32bits) to windows 7 professional 64 bits. I have a motherboard asus P5Q DELUXE P45SK775, processor intel core 2 duo e8400-3.00ghz fsb 1333 6mb and the video card its a asus radeon hd4870 512mb pci-e 2.0 ddr5. But i cant run the game (sh3+patch 1.4 + gwx 3.0) i have two versions of sh3 the original dvd and a nocd version (crack) and no sucess with boot versions! PLEASE HELP!

For those wich sucefull install the game and play with out any problem, please post the steps of the instalation with more detail as possible!

Thanks in advance! :)

Win7 RC 64bit Build 7100
Athlon X2 240
4GB RAM
Nvidia 9800GT PCIe

It was a perfectly normal installation here. No errors or other complications. I had that 3d-engine-error some months ago on a 32bit Win XP with ATI-card

Solution was:
- complete uninstall of the graphic drivers! Use "Driver Cleaner" to kill all files from the driver. The ATI uninstaller left so much crap behind that a reinstall doesnt work properly.
- reboot system
- install newest catalyst
- install newest directx

Seems to be an ATI thing...

I'm now running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit & all I did to get SHIV to run smootlhy was to do a complete clean install, setup the options of my
previous saved games & transpose the SH4 (saved games) into My Documents folder & that completed the installation apart from reloading
my mods back on via JSGME.

All my drivers are what I have had installed on my previos O/S WinXP Pro
64-Bit.

Cheers

You guys are the best...
Thanks for your support i will try after a clean install! :up:

I just format my pc yesterday...and today i update my video card drivers, everithing its udate in my sistem. A few minutes a go i make a fresh install of the sh3+patch 1.4 and gwx 3.0 after reboot between instalations i run the game and i recebe this message:

Error

This application can be launched with a release version of microsoft windows 95 osr2.1/98/me/nt4.0/2000/xp/server2003 only

:damn: ****! works with everinthing and something else BUT dont work with my sistem! ****!!!! :damn:

I'm having similar problems to the people above. Just installed SHIII on my computer which is running Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit). The native resolution of my monitor is 1900x1200 at 60 Hertz. The game will run if I switch to 1024x768, but I prefer to run at my native resolution. Any solution to this problem?