its sh4.exe thats causing it, I turned my uac off totally. I am now on 11 and no such repeat

It's been years since i was last here, but decided to come back to this game and i have the exact problem like this one. Not sure if this specific was resolved in another thread.

I have the Ubisoft version, completely vanilla installed and experience the exact same freeze upon choosing graphic settings or starting a career. I vividly remember that i did not have this problem ~ 1/2 years ago when i played this game on Win 10 (currently Win 11)

For what it's worth, i tried with the compatibility settings mentioned in this thread, switching from onboard to dedicated graphic card but still the same.

No two computers are exactly alike, so you might still have to experiment with the Properties settings on the SH4.exe file. Back on page 15, I posted one of those pictures Post #216, and if you look at the top mini-window that is gotten to when clicking on the "Change high DPI settings" button, at the top is the "Program DPI" section, which actually the "Scaling" settings. You could try ticking that top box for "User this setting for scaling problems..." and then choose "Whenever I open this program" in the drop-down for "Use the DPI that's set..." section. I have to use that for my 4k display when running the game at 1920x1080, since Windows then wants to "scale" things for me, and misses badly...

Both the Steam game and the Ubisoft version install the DirectX v9.0c files for you, so that should not be the issue. If however, you are modding the game, and are in the default Ubisoft install folder of C:\Program Files (x86), then Windows is trashing any mod you might be applying, and that can also cause issues such as you describe. You want to install the game in a folder you have created yourself, such as "C:\Games \Ubisoft...", and then Windows will not bother your game. The Stock version of the game will not have this issue.

If however, you upgraded your Windows 10 to Windows 11, you will have to re-install the SH4 from scratch. It is NOT a modern game by any stretch of the imagination, and has multiple issues after an upgrade of the OS. Uninstall the game, and delete the C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4 folder to eliminate the Save folder data, and then re-install the game. That should then properly register it with Windows, and hopefully, all will be well in the SubSim world then... :salute:

btw, the board is being a bit finicky about your posts, showing only this one, but the "counter" says you have two... So if it is your first post, "Welcome to SubSim!" If not, perhaps a "nice silent run!" is more appropriate?? Perhaps Aktungbby can suss it out?? Either way :subsim:

SUSSIN" IT OUT
 

won't start
 

Game is installed window 10 on my external hard drive G:..Everything is installed along with JSGME..I hit play, and that is as far as i get..The game has worked on this pc before so it should work now..What am i doing wrong??:timeout::hmmm:

launch JSGME.
Click Tasks-Export-To Clipboard.
then reply to this post and paste what you copied (ctrl+v).
:Kaleun_Salute:

I have tried that and the jsgme has no expot option, just import. If i should figure a way to copy it to clipboard how will i get to you?? Here is a hint, I AM NOT COMPUTER LITERATE, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE HELL I AM DOING OR HOW TO DO IT..

calm yourself.

launch JSGME.
then click on Tasks
https://i.ibb.co/QksLWtM/Picture0150.jpg



then click on Export activated Mods to
https://i.ibb.co/DfzJjNX/Picture0151.png

then click on Clipboard
https://i.ibb.co/KbHygXd/picture0152.png

then, come back to your browser window, find this post on Subsim, click on the reply icon,
https://i.ibb.co/LtpvDjW/Picture0151.jpg

...click in the white text box where you normally type, then hold down the ctrl key and press the v key. you will see something similar to this:

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\Ubisoft\FOTRSU\MODS]

100_FalloftheRisingSun_Ultimate_v1.8
101_FotRSUv18_FixPak
200 Nihon Kaigun v1.3_FotRSU
300 Nippon_Maru_v1.9b_FotRSU
310 Combined Roster
399_NoScrollNavMap
410_Strategic_Map_Symbols
600 - 3000 Yard Bearing Tool (1920x)
999 Flotillas Fix for Argo&Nautilus

click on Submit Reply button. next time i am online, i can view your mods list as well as your installation folder.
this will help me help you.

:Kaleun_Salute:

My apologies for my tantrum..Frustration does strange things to me...The mods are not activated in the game..The game simply will not run..I can get the game to reach the play option , i click play and nothing happens..

After running Silent Hunter IV on Windows 8.1 64-Bit for a few years I decided to try it on Win10 Pro 64-Bit & following advice from the above posts finially got it to work with a bit of fiddling with graphics resolution settings.
Thanks to all involved with advice.:hmmm::hmmm:
Now to try it on Win11!!LOL

I managed to get SH4 running on a Surface Pro 6 running Windows 10. (Mind you this thing has 128 Mb of VRAM, 8gb of Ram, and an i5-8530U). With some finagling of windows and some long hard thinking it manages to run the game pretty well from what I can tell. Dunno how well modding would go, might melt the poor thing. It's funny that it will load the game faster than my main computer because it's running an SSD instead of hardrive.

Welcome aboard!