Game not launching crashes to desktop

fo3 · 03-11-18, 01:02 AM

Hi all, it's been a while. Got too busy with family and business but now I haven't got either anymore it's time to get back on the horse.
I used to play sh3 on an old s939 system and winxp, but when I took that PC out of storage I found the motherboard dead. Anyway, my main PC needed an upgrade as the ati 4770 card was too old for win10 or even linux mint so I upgraded my main pc and am using the old parts for a windows xp old game box. Stats are:
amd 1090t cpu, ati 4770 gpu, 8gb ram.
So I loaded that with winxp and some old games like cod, red alert, op flashpoint, il2 sturm, gta, vietcong and sh3. They all work except sh3.

I don't have the old cds/dvds anymore due to housing problems in the past, but most were saved as isos or daa files etc on the old old PC's hdds.

Previously in the old old PC I knew the SH3 image was workable if only as ver 1 (not sure if I ever got the 1.4 patch ever working). But now on this PC it doesn't even work out of the box, and I got starforce in effect even after patching and "no cding" it, and that's something that never happened before.
Iv'e done the full unistall, sf removal, reg cleaner every time I've failed to get it working. I've tried different patches and cracks but nothing works (each source I've tried for patches and nocds seem identical files anyway). Not sure if its hardware or drivers causing problems for only this game or what.
I've swapped and changed audio drivers and it isn't that (have no problems with other games either anyway)

I have searched and tried everything I know of, (obviously no stranger to nocds and patches). I've even found a complete version to download but that turned out just to be the files, no installer - but anyway I tried coping those files and no luck)
I've got the same problem as this person: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174447

I've tried dropping the desktop res (normal res and game launch goes black then straight to desktop) Low res and game launch does absolutely nothing as it doesn't even have to go black to try a res change.

I even tried it back on windows7 as maybe my hardware was too new for winxp and the drivers weren't quite right. It just says "failed to initate 3d engine" (Wouldn't normally let this starforce crap go on my newer PCs but I could format and lose everything as it was a new setup so it didn't matter)

So has anyone got any idea why this is being so difficult or know of any PCs or hardware configs where this game just don't work?

E: I have redone it and not got the starforce fault at all too but making sure the game doesn't load by unmounting the cd image. In that case it still doesn't work, nothing happens.

03-11-18, 01:02 AM	#1
fo3 Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Game not launching crashes to desktop Hi all, it's been a while. Got too busy with family and business but now I haven't got either anymore it's time to get back on the horse. I used to play sh3 on an old s939 system and winxp, but when I took that PC out of storage I found the motherboard dead. Anyway, my main PC needed an upgrade as the ati 4770 card was too old for win10 or even linux mint so I upgraded my main pc and am using the old parts for a windows xp old game box. Stats are: amd 1090t cpu, ati 4770 gpu, 8gb ram. So I loaded that with winxp and some old games like cod, red alert, op flashpoint, il2 sturm, gta, vietcong and sh3. They all work except sh3. I don't have the old cds/dvds anymore due to housing problems in the past, but most were saved as isos or daa files etc on the old old PC's hdds. Previously in the old old PC I knew the SH3 image was workable if only as ver 1 (not sure if I ever got the 1.4 patch ever working). But now on this PC it doesn't even work out of the box, and I got starforce in effect even after patching and "no cding" it, and that's something that never happened before. Iv'e done the full unistall, sf removal, reg cleaner every time I've failed to get it working. I've tried different patches and cracks but nothing works (each source I've tried for patches and nocds seem identical files anyway). Not sure if its hardware or drivers causing problems for only this game or what. I've swapped and changed audio drivers and it isn't that (have no problems with other games either anyway) I have searched and tried everything I know of, (obviously no stranger to nocds and patches). I've even found a complete version to download but that turned out just to be the files, no installer - but anyway I tried coping those files and no luck) I've got the same problem as this person: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174447 I've tried dropping the desktop res (normal res and game launch goes black then straight to desktop) Low res and game launch does absolutely nothing as it doesn't even have to go black to try a res change. I even tried it back on windows7 as maybe my hardware was too new for winxp and the drivers weren't quite right. It just says "failed to initate 3d engine" (Wouldn't normally let this starforce crap go on my newer PCs but I could format and lose everything as it was a new setup so it didn't matter) So has anyone got any idea why this is being so difficult or know of any PCs or hardware configs where this game just don't work? E: I have redone it and not got the starforce fault at all too but making sure the game doesn't load by unmounting the cd image. In that case it still doesn't work, nothing happens.