LIVING SILENT HUNTER III EDITION 2015 - News & Download - Page 80

THEBERBSTER · 01-03-19, 02:22 PM

Hi K
You should be able to add anything to a path as long as there are no spaces.
You can have C:\SilentHunter3 but not C:\Silent Hunter3.

Post #45 Steam Conversion Installation Instructions For LSH3-2015 > By ValoWay > New Instructions.

STEAM And SH3 Problem Sorting By Propbeanie

Peter

Kickbum · 01-03-19, 09:18 PM

Thanks for all of your work mate - that worked

Nicrolyte · 01-05-19, 07:42 AM

so Windows 10 dose a few things like making one check that box in file property's from anything downloaded off the internet to unblock it. which I've known about for as long as ive been using win 10. and ive been play'n a few of the mods from Subsim here (SH5) and they are great considering [Thank you all Very Much] and I have loved the feature on SH3 Grey Wolves where it took care of the steam issue for me.. But am i to understand the entire Steam Install or Steam Version Issue which i had read was some kind of *.dll or something complex which is why I had been following the sometimes complex instructions to the letter for using a special file or this or that... It is all stemming from this protected Files feature. Which I am not subject to anyways since all my Steam games are installed to D: separate HD than Win 10 os because the Solid State Drive that the OS is on is only 128Gb and the second drive is 1Tb so Everything that isn't OS critical I have obviously Diverted off of the C Drive. So am I correct in my assessment here???? since not only are my games not going to the same Programfiles Steam\ common bla bla... the folder exists as steam is there but as i said Everything goes to D: a different Drive entirely. so all I need to to is Rename the Silent Hunter 3 to "SilentHunter3" ? right?

THEBERBSTER · 01-05-19, 10:07 AM

A Warm Welcome To The Subsim Community > Nicrolyte
SH3 – 4 - 5 Tutorials > Downloads > Other Useful Information > See Links in My Signature Below

probeanie is the King of STEAM so if you do not get a reply here send him a PM with your problem.

propbeanie · 01-05-19, 12:06 PM

Ah-ha! This is why my ears were itching!... either that, or my ear hair needs trimming again... TMI!

Steam itself can be installed in any folder, including Program File type folders. It's the game itself that cannot, and has to be in a separate "Library" folder that is NOT in a protected folder. SH3 & SH4 use the same basic engine, written during Windows XP days. JSGME was also written during the Windows XP days. UAC (User Access Control) was introduced with Vista, and has been with us ever since, in one form or another. Its purpose was to help "protect" the OS and important files, UAC (and others of its ilk) from user "intervention", shall we say? Therefore, if you make edits to certain files in a protected folder, Windows will "see" the edits, and roll them back. This is why you don't install the old game in a protected folder.

In your case, D:\AnyFolder\Steam works because you are not in a protected folder. However, that does NOT preclude following mod install instructions, such as "remove spaces from the path" such as making "Silent Hunter 3" into "SilentHunter3", or just "SH3", because the install routine cannot handle "spaces" in its command line, so you always follow install instructions, but you don't have to worry as much about the Steam install. Just pay attention to any warnings about it...

As for having to "update" the SH3.exe file itself, Steam has the "latest" SH3.exe file already. So you are at v1.4b (1.4.0.1), and you don't have to mess with those StarFarce strippers, or executable updaters. Getting SH3Commander and the add-ons going can be a bother though. I just went to try SH3 Commander again (hadn't updated things lately), using the GWX config, and forgot to change the SH3 install folder, and ended up in LSH instead... so those take the "default" folder from the Windows registry. Be careful there. I can start LSH fine through SH3C, but not the desktop short-cut...

- further investigation is required... Steam doesn't stand still, and follows Windows, but SH3 can't...

Nicrolyte · 01-05-19, 06:05 PM

Thank you, this not only simplify's things for me. It also gives me a grasp of the Underpinning for these instructions which i understand. Thank you.

Aktungbby · 01-05-19, 06:19 PM

Nicrolyte!

propbeanie · 01-05-19, 10:14 PM

You are more than welcome Nicrolyte. Re-reading my reply above, it almost looks like I was nipping Aktungbby's scotch stash (you'd better go check, mister!), or else I accidentally deleted most of a line... this might make a bit more sense:

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

... UAC (User Access Control) was introduced with Vista, and has been with us ever since, in one form or another. Its purpose was to help "protect" the OS and important files, from user "intervention", shall we say?...

I just deleted what was probably originally a snide remark directed in Microsoft's or Ubisoft's direction(s)...

Disclaimer: Any and all information gleaned from any propbeanie post may or may not be helpful, and may or may not be accurate. Small mushroom clouds may occasionally be seen over central Indiana, USA - no need for alarm, usually...

Lord_Kane · 01-10-19, 11:49 PM

Is this still under development or has the dev team vanished into the murky depths?

Aktungbby · 01-11-19, 02:30 AM

Lord_Kane!

AFTER A SEVEN YEAR HIATUS!

ericlea · 01-11-19, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord_Kane

Is this still under development or has the dev team vanished into the murky depths?

Still under development !

https://www.designmodproject.de/en/f...art=90#1447738

Lord_Kane · 01-11-19, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Lord_Kane!

AFTER A SEVEN YEAR HIATUS!

I am a terrible lurker, I rarely tend to post

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericlea

Still under development !

https://www.designmodproject.de/en/f...art=90#1447738

Good to hear, shame I cant read german.

THEBERBSTER · 01-11-19, 06:55 PM

Lord_Kane welcome back to Subsim.

Lord_Kane · 01-15-19, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

Lord_Kane welcome back to Subsim.

Thank you, also your guides are handy to have.

steevo45 · 01-19-19, 03:33 AM

I have tried to install LSH3 for steam according to the instructions found on Berbster and other locations of using another location and naming the folder SilentHunter3 with no spaces. However, when I try to start the download to this location I immediately get the message 'unable to locate packed archive'.
Any suggestions as to a possible solution/what I'm missing?
If I've overlooked something repeated before many times I apologize!
Thanks in advance

01-03-19, 02:22 PM	#1186
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	Hi K You should be able to add anything to a path as long as there are no spaces. You can have C:\SilentHunter3 but not C:\Silent Hunter3. Post #45 Steam Conversion Installation Instructions For LSH3-2015 > By ValoWay > New Instructions. STEAM And SH3 Problem Sorting By Propbeanie Peter __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

01-05-19, 07:42 AM	#1188
Nicrolyte Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 5 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Steam Installs, boils down to C-programsX86 so Windows 10 dose a few things like making one check that box in file property's from anything downloaded off the internet to unblock it. which I've known about for as long as ive been using win 10. and ive been play'n a few of the mods from Subsim here (SH5) and they are great considering [Thank you all Very Much] and I have loved the feature on SH3 Grey Wolves where it took care of the steam issue for me.. But am i to understand the entire Steam Install or Steam Version Issue which i had read was some kind of .dll or something complex which is why I had been following the sometimes complex instructions to the letter for using a special file or this or that... It is all stemming from this protected Files feature. Which I am not subject to anyways since all my Steam games are installed to D: separate HD than Win 10 os because the Solid State Drive that the OS is on is only 128Gb and the second drive is 1Tb so Everything that isn't OS critical I have obviously Diverted off of the C Drive. So am I correct in my assessment here???? since not only are my games not going to the same Programfiles Steam\ common bla bla... the folder exists as steam is there but as i said Everything goes to D: a different Drive entirely. so all I need to to is Rename the Silent Hunter 3 to "SilentHunter3" ? right? Last edited by Nicrolyte; 01-05-19 at 07:51 AM.*

01-05-19, 10:07 AM	#1189
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	A Warm Welcome To The Subsim Community > Nicrolyte SH3 – 4 - 5 Tutorials > Downloads > Other Useful Information > See Links in My Signature Below probeanie is the King of STEAM so if you do not get a reply here send him a PM with your problem. __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

01-05-19, 12:06 PM	#1190
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,735 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Ah-ha! This is why my ears were itching!... either that, or my ear hair needs trimming again... TMI! Steam itself can be installed in any folder, including Program File type folders. It's the game itself that cannot, and has to be in a separate "Library" folder that is NOT in a protected folder. SH3 & SH4 use the same basic engine, written during Windows XP days. JSGME was also written during the Windows XP days. UAC (User Access Control) was introduced with Vista, and has been with us ever since, in one form or another. Its purpose was to help "protect" the OS and important files, UAC (and others of its ilk) from user "intervention", shall we say? Therefore, if you make edits to certain files in a protected folder, Windows will "see" the edits, and roll them back. This is why you don't install the old game in a protected folder. In your case, D:\AnyFolder\Steam works because you are not in a protected folder. However, that does NOT preclude following mod install instructions, such as "remove spaces from the path" such as making "Silent Hunter 3" into "SilentHunter3", or just "SH3", because the install routine cannot handle "spaces" in its command line, so you always follow install instructions, but you don't have to worry as much about the Steam install. Just pay attention to any warnings about it... As for having to "update" the SH3.exe file itself, Steam has the "latest" SH3.exe file already. So you are at v1.4b (1.4.0.1), and you don't have to mess with those StarFarce strippers, or executable updaters. Getting SH3Commander and the add-ons going can be a bother though. I just went to try SH3 Commander again (hadn't updated things lately), using the GWX config, and forgot to change the SH3 install folder, and ended up in LSH instead... so those take the "default" folder from the Windows registry. Be careful there. I can start LSH fine through SH3C, but not the desktop short-cut... - further investigation is required... Steam doesn't stand still, and follows Windows, but SH3 can't... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

01-05-19, 06:05 PM	#1191
Nicrolyte Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 5 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Excellent Thank you, this not only simplify's things for me. It also gives me a grasp of the Underpinning for these instructions which i understand. Thank you.

01-03-19, 09:18 PM	#1187
Kickbum Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Thanks for all of your work mate - that worked

01-05-19, 06:19 PM	#1192
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Nicrolyte! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-10-19, 11:49 PM	#1194
Lord_Kane Watch Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 16 Downloads: 212 Uploads: 0	Is this still under development or has the dev team vanished into the murky depths?

01-11-19, 02:30 AM	#1195
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	welcome back! Lord_Kane! AFTER A SEVEN YEAR HIATUS! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-11-19, 06:55 PM	#1198
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	Lord_Kane welcome back to Subsim. __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

01-19-19, 03:33 AM	#1200
steevo45 A-ganger Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kazakhstan Posts: 77 Downloads: 483 Uploads: 0	Installing LSH3 in Steam I have tried to install LSH3 for steam according to the instructions found on Berbster and other locations of using another location and naming the folder SilentHunter3 with no spaces. However, when I try to start the download to this location I immediately get the message 'unable to locate packed archive'. Any suggestions as to a possible solution/what I'm missing? If I've overlooked something repeated before many times I apologize! Thanks in advance