Help! I´m getting desperate here...

Belsebub · 05-03-10, 02:42 PM

Hello Captains! This is my first post in this forum although I´ve been lurking around for some years since I started to play this fantastic game.
About a month ago I bought a new pc (os: Windows 7 64bit, Intel Core i3 2.93 Ghz, Graphic: NVidia GeForce GT 220) and about the first things I did was to install SH3 +GWX Gold +SH3 Commander (Great mods btw!). ALthough quite complicated I managed to run it in Windows 7.

It worked fine until the infamous Black sky problem occured. I supposed I had forgot to roll back SH3 commander during the install of the (GWX) 16km Atmosphere mod.
I rolled back Commander and uninstalled the mod, but the problem was still there. After having read another thread with similar subject (http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio....php?p=1335092) I uninstalled SH3 completely in order to make a fresh reinstall from the start. I deleted the SH3 folder in the Ubisoft directory and the gamefolder in My Documents to make sure every trace of the previous istall was gone.
I reinstalled the game, making the same steps I did the first time, but still that black sky seems to haunt me, even in Vanilla mode with no GWX or SH3 Commander installed yet. I have also noticed that starting a single mission in Vanilla mode results in an instant CTD.

From what I have read It seems that corrupted gamefiles can remain in the computer even after the uninstalling of the game. I just do not understand where these files are hiding and how to get rid of them.

Or may there be another problem?

If someone has an idea on how to solve this problem I would be very thankful. I just love this game and have to get it running again....

(Oh, btw I have the European DVD-version of the game)

Thanks in advance! /Anton

05-03-10, 02:42 PM	#1
Belsebub Nub Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Help! I´m getting desperate here... Hello Captains! This is my first post in this forum although I´ve been lurking around for some years since I started to play this fantastic game. About a month ago I bought a new pc (os: Windows 7 64bit, Intel Core i3 2.93 Ghz, Graphic: NVidia GeForce GT 220) and about the first things I did was to install SH3 +GWX Gold +SH3 Commander (Great mods btw!). ALthough quite complicated I managed to run it in Windows 7. It worked fine until the infamous Black sky problem occured. I supposed I had forgot to roll back SH3 commander during the install of the (GWX) 16km Atmosphere mod. I rolled back Commander and uninstalled the mod, but the problem was still there. After having read another thread with similar subject (http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio....php?p=1335092) I uninstalled SH3 completely in order to make a fresh reinstall from the start. I deleted the SH3 folder in the Ubisoft directory and the gamefolder in My Documents to make sure every trace of the previous istall was gone. I reinstalled the game, making the same steps I did the first time, but still that black sky seems to haunt me, even in Vanilla mode with no GWX or SH3 Commander installed yet. I have also noticed that starting a single mission in Vanilla mode results in an instant CTD. From what I have read It seems that corrupted gamefiles can remain in the computer even after the uninstalling of the game. I just do not understand where these files are hiding and how to get rid of them. Or may there be another problem? If someone has an idea on how to solve this problem I would be very thankful. I just love this game and have to get it running again.... (Oh, btw I have the European DVD-version of the game) Thanks in advance! /Anton