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Old 02-04-07, 02:30 PM   #1
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Default Windows Vista: Installing SH3 and Patching 1.4b

Ok guys here we go, after a few hours of playing this is what i discovered. There is a problem with starforce and vista when you try and update game, hence why the patch dosnt work. However if you follow the instructions i'm about to give then you can get it to work.

1. Install Sh3 and play once.
2. Download starforce update tool.
3. Update Starforce.
4. Deinstall Sh3
5. Reinstall SH3 (not sure why but it works )
6. Patch to 1.4b ( The game should be upgraded by now )
7. Upgrade to GWX ( if you want, although not sure why anyone wouldnt )
8. Download and install Sh3 Commander
9. download and install Sh3 commander DWX patch

There you go, all the steps i took, and YES it did work on my machine, I will warn you my mate tried the same and had all kinds of problems with Vista but i think thats more down to his comp than SH3. He has trouble running anything on vista at mo

Hope you find this helpfull, the only problem i have is a slight graphics error where i get a black triangle now and again on horizon apart from the Sh3, GWx and commander works perfectly

Enjoy
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Old 02-04-07, 02:33 PM   #2
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2. Download starforce update tool.
This one: http://www.star-force.com/support/sfdrvup.zip
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Old 02-04-07, 02:36 PM   #3
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2. Download starforce update tool.
This one: http://www.star-force.com/support/sfdrvup.zip
Yep that be the one, cheers mate, im useless and always forget the main links
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Old 02-04-07, 03:11 PM   #4
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Hi , does it work better under Vista ?
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Old 02-04-07, 03:21 PM   #5
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Well vanillia SH3 loads crazy fast....

....however, I CANNOT upgrade. I have loaded, reloaded, put on the starforce patch, the starforce removal driver.

I can get vanillia to work, and it works great, but I can't upgrade to 1.4, because:


This program cannot update the installed version of Silent Hunter III US DVD v1.0 to 1.3 because of the following reason:

C:\ProgramFiles\SilentHunterIII\data\Campaigns\Cam paign\Campaign\Campaign_LND.mis: unknown version.

at this stage, I don't know what to do, I've messed with this thing for the last day or so. Is this something that someone can email me this file? Is mine just corrupted?
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Old 02-04-07, 04:06 PM   #6
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Hi dean, yep you seem to get that error now and again, I installed Fresh, following each step above in sequance, I don't know what i did that chanaged it but It did install to 1.4b no probs. All I can say is dont give up hope as it does work. You do need to update starforce seperatly then deinstall Sh3, before reinstalling Sh3 then it does seem to work, As to how it plays, very quickly, like i said i do have the odd graphics glitch but not enough to detract from the sim, and I sure this is more to do with new Vista graphic drivers than Sh3 itself. In Fact every game i have managed to run on vista, plays better and quicker with higher graphic options on than XP, They may have got something right at last, of course i do get more system crashes but what do you expect with a new OS, cant have everything
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Old 02-04-07, 04:12 PM   #7
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Mine but it s a 1.4 Campaign_LND.mis
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Old 02-04-07, 04:51 PM   #8
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It s good to know because all the benchs i ve read till now say that there aren t performance improvements in games compared to XP
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Old 02-04-07, 05:08 PM   #9
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I've gotten games to update by going in and removing the offending file. Of course, do so at your own risk. You could cut/paste the file to another location to be on the safe side.

Hope this helps...
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Old 02-04-07, 06:04 PM   #10
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JP, thanks for the help, but that did not work.

I am trying to reload the game again fresh. I keep thinking it will work one of these times.
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Old 02-05-07, 10:08 AM   #11
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If anyone reloads or has a fresh copy of SH2, I'd love to have this file. At this stage, I am kind of at a loss as what to do. (this after about 15 game loads over the weekend.)
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Old 02-05-07, 05:12 PM   #12
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I have the "fix" you need Dean.
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Windows XP.... Home or Professional. By the sounds of things, that's the only way your computer will let it load.
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Old 02-05-07, 09:15 PM   #13
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Yeah, haha.
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Old 02-10-07, 01:42 PM   #14
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Actually, I have SH3 working now.

1. Delete everything releated to SH3 from your computer after you burn your mods, campign files, etc., to a cd. Somehow Vista finds any files on your computer when you try to update.

2. Reinstall SH3.

3. Load 1.4.

4. Load GWX.

5. Load SF updates.

6. Restart the computer.

7. Everything should work.

SH3, seems to me at least, to run better and load faster with Vista.
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Old 02-10-07, 07:22 PM   #15
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Worked for me, running RC1 (still waiting for my copy of RTM from Intel).
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