Hi guys, after some time away I decided to come back to SH3 and try WAC instead of GWX for a change. Well, since then it's been a disaster - I can't launch it without a CTD or a typical Microsoft 'serious error' message.
On a fresh install of SH3 I added the latest JSGME and copied over the folder 'WarAceCampaign 4.1_final_FULL_XP' to the MODS directory and enabled it accordingly. To ensure it worked I ran SH3 and all was fine - smooth water (nice looking by the way!), and no FPS issues - although at this point I was only in the naval academy missions to test out WAC.
However, the problems lie when I try to launch a career or a single mission. No matter what options I select; year, flotilla etc. it loads for about 10 minutes before the error message pops up and returns me to the desktop! This happens every time without fail. Rebooting, running virus scans, defrag etc. has no effect.
So, thinking it may have been a corrupt install from the files I downloaded from:
http://www.silenthuntermods.com/foru...hp?topic=271.0 I re-downloaded the entire thing again from another site, this time using:
WAC 4.1 Teil 1/3 »
http://www.urech-basel.ch/wac/WarAce...FULL_XP.7z.001 (460'800 KB)
WAC 4.1 Teil 2/3 »
http://www.urech-basel.ch/wac/WarAce...FULL_XP.7z.002 (460'800 KB)
WAC 4.1 Teil 3/3 »
http://www.urech-basel.ch/wac/WarAce...FULL_XP.7z.003 (320'504 KB)
Also removed SH3 completely - everything - and cleaned up registry. Installed to a fresh location etc. etc. (the usual) and re-installed JSGME then WAC 4.1. Once again it crashes each time it tries to launch a career or single mission. As before, every single time.
To test it I did another complete fresh install, clean up etc. and installed GWX Gold with some mods and it ran perfectly! I just don't understand why WAC will not run a career or a single mission but will play academy missions no problem.
I checked event viewer and the following errors appear each time WAC has failed. They don't appear together though, it's either one or the other.
Faulting application sh3.exe, version 1.4.0.1, faulting module kernel.dll, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0001a323.
and:
Faulting application sh3.exe, version 1.4.0.1, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.5755, fault address 0x000104fa.
So can anyone help with this - it's so frustrating!
I'm running Windows XP SP3, Intel Dual-Core with 3GB memory (4 in the slots but XP only sees 3!), Nvidia GeForce 7950GTX 512MB gfx card etc. (Dell XPS laptop by the way) - and never had a problem with GWX.
Cheers all,
Px3000