Can't load game

[Zecke]

Here is my problem :

I have 1.4b version of SH3 and when i start game afther that first load screen i get to black screen where my pointer leave trace when i move him . I never get main menu page so i can't procede to play .

My PC is AMD Athlon 64 2800+ ; 1GB RAM ; GF6600 128MB .

Anyone had these problems or maybe someone know what is the problem ?

[Amiral Crapaud]

Do you have XP or Vista?

If you have Vista, that surely looks like my own problem.

[Zecke]

I have XP

[bigboywooly]

Here is my problem :

I have 1.4b version of SH3 and when i start game afther that first load screen i get to black screen where my pointer leave trace when i move him . I never get main menu page so i can't procede to play .

My PC is AMD Athlon 64 2800+ ; 1GB RAM ; GF6600 128MB .

Anyone had these problems or maybe someone know what is the problem ?

Hi
Just SH3 patched to 1.4
No ther mods ?

[Blacklight]

Try using Gameshadow to check to see if you have the latest video drivers. If not, have Gameshadow install them for you. You may also try reinstalling the game from scratch and re-patching it up. Also, try lowering the resolution that you run the game. Go into the Silent Hunter 3 folder, then into the Data folder, then into the CFG folder. Look for the file Main CFG. Make a backup copy of the file and then open the original file in Notepad. Look under video. You may be running the game at too high a resoulution (I don't know why, but the game defaults to some crazy resolution that doesn't work on a lot of machines. Mine included).
Try lowering the resolution under [VIDEO] in the file.
These are my settings:

[VIDEO]
Resolution=1024 x 800
DynamicShadows=No
FullScreen=Yes
Synchronized=No
ParticleDensity=100
TextureResolutionHigh=Yes

If this doesn't work, also try lowering your actual screen resolution (You can change it back after you get the game running).

If all else fails, there's always Ubisofts (cough ! Cough) award winning (cough cough expletive muttered under breath:damn: ) tech support.:D

[Jimbuna]

I've seen rhis on a friends computer once.....was a below par graphics card problem. :hmm:

[irish1958]

Try to Alt-Tab to desktop. If you do and see an error box concerning file menu 1024-768.
This happened to me and I had a corrupt file.

[Zecke]

Sorry becouse i didn't thank you for your help . Problem was ffdshow codec . When i uninstalled Klite game runs normal . Problem can be solved with older ffdshow codec also .

[Jimbuna]

At least your sorted...that's the main thing http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif