gw mod - from gameshadow - HELP!!!

[dean84]

i have recently downloaded the mod from gameshadow, made a nice clean installation of SH3 - and have tried to install the mod, yet it is telling me this:

c:/program files/ubisoft/silenthunteriii/data/sea/NCOT/NCOT.dat

an error occured while trying to copy a file:
the source file is corrupted

any ideas?

[_Seth_]

Hi, matey, and welcome to the greatest forum since the trial of Socrates in 399 BC!:up:

Have you tried to download it again from Gameshadow? Sometimes it helps to download again, mate..:yep:

[dean84]

yeh im tryin to redownload it now - this time from 1 of the links on 1 of the topics on this forum - see how it goes - over an hour of waiting time yet again :cry:

I WANNA PLAY SUBS lol

[melnibonian]

Is it GW 1.1a or GWX you're trying to download? If it is GWX you can get if from the link in my signature.

[dean84]

thanx, ill see how this one in downlaoding goes now - if i have another problem, ill either throw my pc out the window onto some very unsuspecting passers by - or ill try ur link :lol:

n its GWX im downloading at the moment

[dean84]

well i succesfully installed it without any problems, but since then, the game loads up to the main options screen, but when trying to load into career, loadin multi player game, or museum - the loading bar reaches approx 90% n then the game completely freezes :( so after all day in trying to add this mod, i still cant sink some ships

[bigboywooly]

Are you sure its frozen
GWX will take longer to load as more units and bigger campaign files
That last bit is always the longest and sometimes seems forever

[dean84]

ill leave it for a while - im sure its takin foreva as it is - but ill give it another go

i got my fingers crossed - been loosin my patience all day with tryin to get this to wrk, and bein in and out with wrk :( (taxi driver lol)

[azn_132]

ill leave it for a while - im sure its takin foreva as it is - but ill give it another go

i got my fingers crossed - been loosin my patience all day with tryin to get this to wrk, and bein in and out with wrk :( (taxi driver lol)

Also what ur operatin system? cuz u might be laggin down on FPS.

[dean84]

im usin windows xp

[azn_132]

im usin windows xp

I mean like what comp ur usein like AMD or Intel, RAM, what video card ur usein etc.

[dean84]

u mean computer spec

lets see:
amd sempron 3000+ 1.80GHz
1gb ram
gforce 6200 graphics card

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

Have you:


rollbacked SH3Commander before anything else (if you use Commander)?
uninstalled completely SHIII (including deleting the SHIII folder from MyDocs before reinstalling)?
assured you have an absolute clean install?
patched to 1.4b?
checked the download file integrity and run MD5compare to see if all GWX files are good before installing GWX?

[azn_132]

u mean computer spec

lets see:
amd sempron 3000+ 1.80GHz
1gb ram
gforce 6200 graphics card

u should be able to play GWX just some lagginess thats all.

[dean84]

rollbacked SH3Commander before anything else (if you use Commander)?
uninstalled completely SHIII (including deleting the SHIII folder from MyDocs before reinstalling)?
assured you have an absolute clean install?
patched to 1.4b?
checked the download file integrity and run MD5compare to see if all GWX files are good before installing GWX?1. i just removed all silent hunter files
2. yeh i uninstalled everything
3. was a brand new install from scratch
4. my version includes the 1.4b patch
5. urmmm nope lol

[azn_132]

Have you:

rollbacked SH3Commander before anything else (if you use Commander)?
uninstalled completely SHIII (including deleting the SHIII folder from MyDocs before reinstalling)?
assured you have an absolute clean install?
patched to 1.4b?
checked the download file integrity and run MD5compare to see if all GWX files are good before installing GWX?

beat me in replyin.

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

rollbacked SH3Commander before anything else (if you use Commander)?
uninstalled completely SHIII (including deleting the SHIII folder from MyDocs before reinstalling)?
assured you have an absolute clean install?
patched to 1.4b?
checked the download file integrity and run MD5compare to see if all GWX files are good before installing GWX?1. i just removed all silent hunter files
2. yeh i uninstalled everything
3. was a brand new install from scratch
4. my version includes the 1.4b patch
5. urmmm nope lol

If you don't rollback SH3Commander first, even with a full uninstall, that can cause problems. Also, a full uninstall doesn't remove the SHIII folder from MyDocuments, and that folder needs to be removed first before installing GWX.

[dean84]

[qoute]If you don't rollback SH3Commander first, even with a full uninstall, that can cause problems. Also, a full uninstall doesn't remove the SHIII folder from MyDocuments, and that folder needs to be removed first before installing GWX.[/quote]

i cant say i rolled back sh3 comander - but i did uninstall it - and my docs folders were removed before install

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

If you've done everything you should have in preparation, you might have a corrupted installation file. Running MD5compare before installing GWX will assure that all the install files are uncorrupted.

[dean84]

can u give me bit of info on this MD5 program, as i have never heard of it

[bigboywooly]

The MD5 program compares a text file hash with the download to compare integrity and non corruption

:hmm: Must admit I havent seen one for the single download

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=102102&highlight=MD5compare

You can find the program MD5Compare here: http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html

[dean84]

right...

i have downloaded the md5 program, wa next - its says to find file - so first testing the GWX.exe file - next it says find MD5 digest source

were do i find this?

and same for the
GWX-1.bin
GWX-2.bin
GWX-3.bin
GWX-4.bin
GWX-5.bin

im not used to this stuff lol - its confusing me good and proper - sorry for being a nuisance :)

[melnibonian]

If you search the thread Albrecht posted you will see this answer from Jaesen

The md5 hash file available via the GWX d/l thread is not correct - it appears to have been corrupted when u/l (ironic really, as the source is correct).

Get the correct one here... http://hosted.filefront.com/JScones/1890008

To use, d/l and save to the same folder as the GWX pieces. Then open MD5Compare, click on "Compare from MD5 file" and press "1. Select MD5 file...".

Browse to the GWX.md5 file and select it.

All going well you should get 6 ticks. Any crosses against any of the GWX files means corruption.
__________________

and this from Dowly

Download the GWX.md5 file and put it to the same folder as the .bins and the GWX.exe.

Launch the MD5Compare, choose 'Compare from MD5 file' and open up the GWX.MD5 file. It automatically checks the files.

[dean84]

awesome - i got 6 ticks :) so thats good lol

now i have completely wiped the recent installation of sh3 - removed files from my documents, completely removed sh3 commander - n made sure that no files were left in the program files directory

i have now reinstalled sh3 with 1.4b patch


now i am going to try the GWX mod - fingers crossed :up:

[melnibonian]

There is no need for anything to be crossed;) GWX's installer works fine. If your SH3 installation is clean and patched to 1.4 it will run like a baby. Go on try it and see what a wonderful mod it is;) :up:

[dean84]

lol this is wa i done last time haha - maybe i was just not realising it was gonna take a bit longer - is it best to test before installin sh3 commander, or better to install that first?

[melnibonian]

lol this is wa i done last time haha - maybe i was just not realising it was gonna take a bit longer - is it best to test before installin sh3 commander, or better to install that first?
It's the same thing really. I did install GWX first and SH3Cmd afterwards, but it really makes no difference. Make sure though that you do install the GWX required Cfg files in SH3Cmd directory if you install SH3Cmd. If you don't have these files you can get them from here http://files.filefront.com/GWXCfg4SH3Cmdrzip/;6362920;;/fileinfo.html

[dean84]

thanx, i shall get tha finished now - n ill let u knw how it turns out

[dean84]

woooooooooo it works - slowed my comp rite down tho :(

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

woooooooooo it works - slowed my comp rite down tho :(

Glad we could help! :D

Some things that might help with your speed:


close out all unnecessary background programs, including web browsers,
turn off any anti-virus programs,
use the 8km, not 16km, atmosphere mod,
use the lite harbour mod.

[JScones]

If you don't rollback SH3Commander first, even with a full uninstall, that can cause problems. Also, a full uninstall doesn't remove the SHIII folder from MyDocuments, and that folder needs to be removed first before installing GWX.

i cant say i rolled back sh3 comander - but i did uninstall it - and my docs folders were removed before install
Albrecht Von Hesse is correct.

Just to confirm (for next time), uninstalling SH3Cmdr does not roll it back. Uninstalling merely removes the core SH3Cmdr from your machine. Uninstalling does not remove the SH3Cmdr files from your SH3 installation nor does it restore the SH3Cmdr backed up files into SH3.

You really need to rollback SH3Cmdr prior to uninstalling it, for the reasons which are detailed in the SH3Cmdr Help file... ;)

[dean84]

thanx guys for all ur help - had it wrkin last nite - n its nice to finally be able to read the messages aswell lol :)