[XenonSurf]

@chipsranger, ooops...Sorry: @maillemaker (if he still reads)...

Against the black screen, go in your main.cfg and change to:

Synchronized=Yes

This should do the trick. Or: change your desktop resolution to 1280x1024 before launching SH3.exe.

And against being stucked with the progress bar: the mission/savegame/museum will all load but you have to wait several *minutes*...just read my posts above.

More than a tutorial, a fix against that is 'approved'...