Can SH IV be played under Win98SE?

[Crop-Duster]

Hi guys

Just wonder if anyone has tried to run or knows if SH4 can be run under Win98SE as SH3 could?

The only problem when I ran SH3 under Win98 was I could not save while on a patrol in a campaign but only when in port which was no big deal to me.

Thanks

CD

[ReallyDedPoet]

Hi guys

Just wonder if anyone has tried to run or knows if SH4 can be run under Win98SE as SH3 could?

The only problem when I ran SH3 under Win98 was I could not save while on a patrol in a campaign but only when in port which was no big deal to me.

Thanks

CD

Saw this under game requirements.


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Silent Hunter 4 System Requirements 4/5/07
Supported OS
: Windows® XP/Vista Only
Game comes on 1 DVD
Processor: 2GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon (3GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon recommended)
RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended)
Video Card: 128 MB RAM, DirectX 9–compliant, video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (256 MB RAM recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 –compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c or later (included on game disk)
DVD ROM drive 4x or faster speed
Hard Drive Space: 6 GB
Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 128Kbps upstream or faster, (512Kbps upstream or faster needed to host online games)*Supported Video Cards:
ATI® RADEON® 9600/9700/9800, X300 to X850, X1300 to X1800
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200/6600/6800/7800

[Quagmire]

Dude! Its 2008, that OS is 10 years old. Good God, man!

[Torplexed]

Damn. This probably crushes my dream to run it under Windows 3.1 :lol:

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/skinning/images/1-skin46.gif

[ReallyDedPoet]

Damn. This probably crushes my dream to run it under Windows 3.1 :lol:

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/skinning/images/1-skin46.gif

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


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[maerean_m]

Sometime in 2006 there was an update in the DirectX SDK that made the DirectX games not being able to run on Windows 2000. So that's why the requirements say: XP/Vista only.

So, no, you can't run SH4 on Win98 (or Win2000). Sorry about that.

[tomoose]

First; why would you want to play it on Win98SE in the first place, LOL??
Second; I think the memory and graphics limitations of Win98 would preclude the game running well, if at all, in any case. Even if it did run I'm betting that you would be unable to enjoy the game in all it's graphical glory.

WOW! I thought I was a hardcore holdout for upgrading Windows.....LOL.;)

[TDK1044]

My recollection is that nothing ran on Windows 98SE...including the Operating system. :D

[Crop-Duster]

lol

Thanks guys

Guess I am out of luck anyway as I have a GF 5700LE 256MB vid card and the min for this sim is

"*Supported Video Cards:

NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200/6600/6800/7800"

Thanks for all the replies :cool:

[ReallyDedPoet]

lol

Thanks guys

Guess I am out of luck anyway as I have a GF 5700LE 256MB vid card and the min for this sim is

"*Supported Video Cards:

NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200/6600/6800/7800"

Thanks for all the replies :cool:


Sorry it did not work out for you :roll:


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[SteamWake]

My recollection is that nothing ran on Windows 98SE...including the Operating system. :D

It was marginally better than me.

[Crop-Duster]

Sorry it did not work out for you :roll:


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My card does support pixel shader 2.0 though

UBI and their strange specs :roll:

oh well I'm gonna have fun with the new GWX 2.0 for SH3 :cool:

[Schlippittz]

[quote=reallydedpoet]

UBI and their strange specs :roll:


I dunno that it's "strange" for the developer to assume you have an OS that was released sometime within the last decade. :hmm:

[Crop-Duster]

[quote=reallydedpoet]

UBI and their strange specs :roll:

I dunno that it's "strange" for the developer to assume you have an OS that was released sometime within the last decade. :hmm:

I meant about the video card requirement

[Sailor Steve]

Damn. This probably crushes my dream to run it under Windows 3.1 :lol:
When does the Atari version come out?

[Linavitch]

I've actually just installed an Formula 1 sim (running F1 Challenge modded up for the 07 season) and the only way to get it to work on Vista is to run it in Windows 98 compatability mode.

[Wilcke]

[quote=reallydedpoet]

UBI and their strange specs :roll:

I dunno that it's "strange" for the developer to assume you have an OS that was released sometime within the last decade. :hmm:

I meant about the video card requirement

same Crop Duster from SimHQ....posted in IL-2 forum? Cheers!

[Schlippittz]

I am shocked and saddened that ubi doesn't support my Voodoo 2 graphics card.

That thing is boss. :rock:

Woot! Now I'm a swabbie and am entitled to a somewhat masculine avatar!

[Crop-Duster]

same Crop Duster from SimHQ....posted in IL-2 forum? Cheers!

Yes sir that be me :yep:

Cheers to you as well! :up:

[Ivan Putski]

Hi Crop, You have SHIII installed ? GWX 2.0 is a great mod, along with SH Commander. Puts:up:

[SteamWake]

Hi Crop, You have SHIII installed ? GWX 2.0 is a great mod, along with SH Commander. Puts:up:

Laughing loudly slapping knee

Place SH3 campaign sign here---> :p

[Lightning61]

The sim runs nicely on W2K, no thanks to UBI's "requirement"!
I would guess it may run, (although a little slowly), on a 5700 board.
The 5700 was a considerably more capable card than the infamous 5600 flop.
Don't have a '98 rig to try it on, but doubt things would go well.

[kiwi_2005]

Sometime in 2006 there was an update in the DirectX SDK that made the DirectX games not being able to run on Windows 2000. So that's why the requirements say: XP/Vista only.

So, no, you can't run SH4 on Win98 (or Win2000). Sorry about that.
Im sure SH3 can be run on Windows 2000 Professional with SPK 4 update:hmm:

Edit: just read the above post.

[kiwi_2005]

The sim runs nicely on W2K, no thanks to UBI's "requirement"!
I would guess it may run, (although a little slowly), on a 5700 board.
The 5700 was a considerably more capable card than the infamous 5600 flop.
Don't have a '98 rig to try it on, but doubt things would go well.

No it doesnt just refuses to install on Windows 98SE "wrong operating system error" , unless theres a way around it.

[Lightning61]

Maybe try an NTFS format of 98se, with memory tweaks in place before attempting install?

[Crop-Duster]

Hi Crop, You have SHIII installed ? GWX 2.0 is a great mod, along with SH Commander. Puts:up:

Yes sir I do Puts!:)

I had the previous version too. Great mod addon:cool: