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Changing Nvidia and AMD Radeon GPU Settings.

Check that your GPU is using the latest drivers!

NVIDIA
Picture 1 > Adjust the > Desktop Size and Position.
Change the GPU Scaling Mode to > Aspect Ratio.
Go to the > Control Panel to do this.
Select > Your GPU Control Panel


Picture 2 > Adjust the > Desktop Size and Position.
Change the GPU Scaling Mode to perform on > GPU
Go to the > Control Panel to do this.
Select > Your GPU Control Panel

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Changing AMD Radeon GPU Settings
This is a generalisation for AMD GPU’s yours maybe different but the principal needed is just the same.

Go to > AMD Radeon GPU Driver Settings In The AMD Catalyst Control Centre.
Click the Right Mouse Button > Select AMD Catalyst Control Centre.
Go to > Advance View > Settings > Options
Under My Digital Flat Panels
Select > Properties
Change the following settings options as available:
Image Scaling > Enable GPU Scaling
or
Image Scaling > Maintain Aspect Ratio
or
Image Scaling >Scale Image To Full Panel Size
Apply to save the changed settings.
Confirm.
Re-boot your system.

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New Tutorial 2nd May 2018
How To Change SH4 To Full Wide Screen Resolution

In SH4 > Option > Graphics you should be able to see your Monitor/Laptop’s Native Resolution by using the drop down box.
If it is showing then you can make the change permanent.

The default resolution for SH4 is 1024 x 768 which is based on the old VGA monitors using the 4.3 format when the game was first released.

In this Tutorial I will show you how to change the resolution for example to the popular 1920 x 1080 wide screen resolution.
The principal is the same for any Native Monitor/Laptop Resolution.

Go to your > C: Drive > If you only have 1 drive it will be C:
Go to > Documents
Select > SH4 (Or your own saved game folder > Tutorial example is GFO)
Go to > data
Go to > Cfg

Picture 1 > Highlight > the Main.cfg File and right click on it with your mouse and select > Properties.


Picture 2 > If Read Only is ticked it needs to be unticked.


Picture 3 > Apply and then Ok to save the changes.


Open > Main cfg File.

Picture 4 > Is showing the default setting 1024 x 768 60 HZ 22 on the left Notepad.
The picture on the right Notepad shows the changed wide screen resolution to 1920 x 1080 60HZ > the 22 should not be changed.
Enter your Native Monitor/Laptop’s Resolution and HZ.


Go to > File
Select > Save
Exit.

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JSGME How To Move > Reposition > Delete > Add Mods Using A Mep File.
Important
The only rule with using a Mep File is that the mod must exist in JSGME either disabled or enabled.
The first thing to do is make a new folder where you want to store your Mep files and give it a name.
You might also want to make a desktop shortcut so you can find the folder easily.
You can Minimize and Maximize JSGME and the access it easily from the Task Bar.

Go to Tasks in JSGME
Select “Save mod profile”
Save it in your new folder.
Name it Mep1
Make a copy of it.
Rename it Mep2

Let’s say for example that you wanted to change the resolution of the 3000 Yard Bearing Tool (1440x) Mod to the 1024x resolution. See Note 1
You have downloaded the new mod and it is in the disabled side of JSGME.
Open Mep2
Go to the mod and carefully remove only 1440 and replace it with 1024.
To finish, the mouse curser must be placed at the end of the last mod.
Go to > File.
Select > Save.
Exit.
Go to Tasks in JSGME
Select “Load mod profile”
It should take you to the new folder where you have the 2 mep files showing.
Double click on Mep2
You will see the mods being disabled to get back to the mod that needs changing.
It then rebuilds the mod file enabling the 1024x and disabling 1440x
It might appear that nothing is happening but it is, so be patient.
Mods can be edited this way or even over typed as long as it appears exactly as the mod shows in JSGME or you will see an error message and the mod will be excluded.

Saving an Existing Mep File as a different number.
To save an existing Mep file as a different number.
The easiest way is just make a copy of it and give it a new name/number.
The original copy is always available if needed as a backup.
You always work with the new Mep number.

Saving a Mep File using “Save As.”
To finish, the mouse curser must be placed at the end of the last mod.
Go to > File.
Select > Save As.
Give the Mep File a name and add after it .mep
Use the drop down arrow and change the file type to “All files”
Click on > Save
Exit.

Adding new mods.
Enable the mods you want to add in JSGME after the last mod in any order. See Note 2
Save the Mod profile as before and give it a new number.
Open the Mep file.
Go to the mod above where you want to position one of the new mods. (The new mod will be positioned below it).
Position the mouse curser at the end of the mod as you want to create an empty space below it.
Press return and an empty space will be created.
Highlight and Cut the mod you want to reposition.
Put the mouse curser at the beginning of the empty space and paste.
Use the Del Key to delete the empty space where the mod was Cut from.
To finish, the mouse curser must be placed at the end of the last mod.
Go to > File.
Select > Save.
Exit.
Go to Tasks in JSGME.
Select “Load mod profile”
It should take you to the new folder where you have the Mep files.
Double click on the correct Mep number.
It then rebuilds the mod file in the order you made disabling the mods as far back as it needs before re-enabling to the new mod order you chose.
It might appear that nothing is happening but it is, so be patient.

Deleting a Mod
Follow the previous instruction regarding making a new Mep File.
Highlight the mod to be deleted.
Press the Del Key.
Press the Del Key again to remove the empty space.
To finish, the mouse curser must be placed at the end of the last mod.
Go to > File.
Select > Save.
Exit.

Important.
There must never be an empty space below the last mod in the Mep File otherwise you will get an error message as will happen if you forget to put the curser at the end of the last mod.

Note 1.
If you have in yourmod list the 3000 Yard Bearing Tool mod being overwritten it will not work and needs to be moved.
Use the Adding New Mods instructions how to create the new space.

Note 2.
When adding mods at the end of JSGME if they do not overwrite any other mods other than the main mod then you should not need to reposition them.

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Last updated 2nd May 2018
How to roll back your GPU Driver to a previous version.

If you have just experienced a black screen when starting your Silent Hunter game then a Windows update will have changed your GPU Driver to a later version.

This tutorial will show you how you can get your game back.

Picture 1 > Go to the Windows start Icon in the bottom left hand corner.


Picture 2 > Click on the Settings Icon.


Picture 3 > Click on System.



Picture 4 > Click on Display Adaptor Properties.
This will show the Adaptor Tab.


Picture 5 > Click on Properties.


Picture 6 > Change from General to Driver Tab.
The Driver Tab shows various options available to you.
Update Your Driver is worth considering as it may fix the problem.


Picture 7 > Option 3 is to Roll Back Driver.


If this is not greyed out as in the picture then this option is available to you and recommended.
The Roll back process takes less than a minute to do this.
Click on ‘Close’ to finish the process.
Restart your system.

You now need to make changes to your GPU settings as these will have been removed in the roll back process.
Post #8 Changing The GPU Settings > Pictorial

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Last updated 28th May 2022
Large Adress Aware (LAA) Easy Install

LAA can be installed anywhere as it uses a browser that you point to find your SH4.exe.

Click on the icon and you will see this screen.


Click on the browse button and look for your SH4.exe application icon.

Common example would be C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4
Click on it.
You will see it show in the path.
The path will now show as in the picture example.

In Step 2 just tick the box.

Click on Save and you are done and will not need to do this again.

Optional.
Repeat the same for the JSGME apllication.

[ETR3(SS)]

Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

1) Install Silent Hunter 4 via steam

2) Find the copy of SH4 inside your steam folder like C:\Program Files (x86)\ Steam\steamapps\common\Silent Hunter 4.

3) Now paste the entire Silent Hunter 4 folder somewhere on your hard disk like C:\Games\Silent Hunter 4

4) Rename your Silent Hunter 4 folder to "SilentHunter4". It is important that the name has no spaces.

5) Start the SH4.exe

It is advisable to run your applications as administrators.

Courtesy acknowledgement to ValoWay

Following these instructions to the letter will result in the Steam DRM not allowing you to launch your copied version of 4. My Steam directory is on my D:\. What I would recommend would be following the guide to change your Steam Games library and then creating the copy in that library. You can then name the copied folder what ever you wish, use MultiSH4 and be on your way again.

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Hi ETR
I do not use STEAM so I have no experience as to how it needs to be installed.
Apart from Post #7 which you are referring to which I have amended accordingly there is also Post #3 by propbeanie
Peter