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MrM
Your problem lies with a setting not anything to with software or hardware as you say you hear sound without the game.

While your computer uses the latest version of Direct X this is of no use to any of the Silent Hunter versions that have to have Direct X 9C.

In your first post you say you have no sound but I take it you can see the game running.
Sound Options.



Cfg main file settings.

[SOUND]
Music=Yes
VolumeGeneral=100
VolumeMusic=100
VolumeFx=100
VolumeSpeech=100

Check that your SH3.exe is patched to the latest v1.4 version.

Uninstall your game.
Run a registry cleaner and re-boot your system.
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You do not need any extras to run the SH3 stock game.
You must set your SH3.exe to run incompatibility mode for Windows 7 if you are running Windows 10 and also run as an administrator.

Check your SH3.exe is v1.4

Start the game.
At the main menu go to Options and check the settings.
Now go to the Naval Academy and select the Navigation tutorial.
When the tutorial loads to the command room you can check for sound from the game.
Exit the game.
The Naval Academy sets up your SH3 saved game folder in documents.

Peter