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theroc44
09-04-11, 09:09 PM
Hey everybody, well i repaired all conflicts with my mods. I created a new sh3.sdl wit the help of ThedarkWraith's sdl editor and i have a new 512 master soundlist of sounds that work without a problem. I got the all my ships named in Englishnames.cfg thanks to Frau Kaleun. She gave me her copy and i made changes to her file and added the missing ships(thanks Frau):salute:. I have 347 ships in total now. I scripted most of the warships respectively to nation and where they most likely traveled. I changed the merchant spawn rate to include a variety of ships in my campaign.scr. SO my campiagn.scr.mis is all ready to go. I got aces turm mod working, had to rollback to version5.1 since i had graphical glitches with version 6. Invisible anchor and torpedo door as being the glitches.

So my last problem is the freezing screenshot glitch with the Hi-res fix. I tried using a third party screenshot program to no avail. I cant stop the sh3.exe from crashing while taking screens. Now before i ever applied the fix i had no problems taking screens. Now the res fix as most people know is a direct-x fix. Now i dont know how to get a work-around for this glitch. The difference between the stock resolution and the hi-resolution is night and day. The game looks amazing at 1680x1050. So did anyone ever get a work around for this glitch. Or figure out whats causing the freeze?

Thanks to everyone who has helped me get the game this awesome. The screenshot freeze is the last hurdle i got to finally playing this game from 1939 to 1945. Which i wont be adding any mods so i can finally see it all come together.

theroc44
09-05-11, 07:10 PM
I take it no-one has ever found a fix this?

Myxale
09-06-11, 04:19 AM
Wasn't there in a ini. file of the Hi-Res fix? Did you try to assign another key to do the screen-shots?

I used this mod for quite some time, but never had a crash on screen-shooting.

The picture thread is littered with my shots.

danasan
09-06-11, 04:57 AM
The only way for me to get screenies (after applying the highresfix) is to use this little program:

http://www.howiesfunware.com/install%20-%20Howies%20Screen%20Capture.exe

start the program, configure it as you like, and leave it open...

theroc44
09-06-11, 05:15 AM
gonna try that screenshot program, i had fraps and it still keep freezing so maybe this one will work. Thanks

Jimbuna
09-06-11, 05:45 AM
Apologies if I'm missing something really fundamental here but I'm running the game on a 22" WS at a resolution of 1680x1050 , Fraps works just fine and the game looks great...yet I don't have a res-fix installed.

Do you feel you actually need the res-fix and if so why?

theroc44
09-06-11, 08:11 AM
Apologies if I'm missing something really fundamental here but I'm running the game on a 22" WS at a resolution of 1680x1050 , Fraps works just fine and the game looks great...yet I don't have a res-fix installed.

Do you feel you actually need the res-fix and if so why?

How did you change to 1680x1050 without the hires fix?

theroc44
09-06-11, 09:37 AM
yea my monitor wont auto change the resolution to 1680x1050, the only way i can get to my native resolution is with the fix :nope: no screens for me that other screen program i tried it no good i cant get it to take screens of sh3 while its running

Jimbuna
09-06-11, 11:22 AM
How did you change to 1680x1050 without the hires fix?

You've seen the pictures in my PM by now :DL

It sounds to me like a limitation imposed on you by your moniotor...what mosel is it?

theroc44
09-06-11, 09:14 PM
You've seen the pictures in my PM by now :DL

It sounds to me like a limitation imposed on you by your moniotor...what mosel is it?

Its a Gateway Hd display 24 inch 1680x1050 native res, 3ms response model number Gateway HD2200

Sailor Steve
09-06-11, 10:15 PM
Interesting, my 28" monitor doesn't list a 'native' resolution. Max is 1600 x 1200, I have it set for 1440 x 900, and run SH3 without any Res Fix. If there's any stretching I've long since stopped noticing it, and have no problems at all with where the cursor is on the screen.

Madox58
09-06-11, 10:37 PM
Only 1600 x 1200 on a 28"?
:o
Does it still run on Coal or what?
:haha:

Jimbuna
09-07-11, 05:23 AM
Its a Gateway Hd display 24 inch 1680x1050 native res, 3ms response model number Gateway HD2200

I admit to not having searched long and hard but all I could find was the 22" version and a preview going back to 2007 but (and I'm referring back to the pictures I sent you via PM) setting the screen to 'auto' should result in pictures Steve and I are getting.

When I purchased my monitor 2/3 years ago I wanted to imagine there was an element of 'stretching' but as Steve rightly states, you soon stop noticing or imagining.

I'm sorry but this has got me beat, I only wish I could offer more help or a satisfactory resolution for you.

http://computershopper.com/lcd-monitors/reviews/gateway-hd2200-lcd-monitor

theroc44
09-07-11, 07:37 AM
I admit to not having searched long and hard but all I could find was the 22" version and a preview going back to 2007 but (and I'm referring back to the pictures I sent you via PM) setting the screen to 'auto' should result in pictures Steve and I are getting.

When I purchased my monitor 2/3 years ago I wanted to imagine there was an element of 'stretching' but as Steve rightly states, you soon stop noticing or imagining.

I'm sorry but this has got me beat, I only wish I could offer more help or a satisfactory resolution for you.

http://computershopper.com/lcd-monitors/reviews/gateway-hd2200-lcd-monitor

When i put it on auto it wont go to 1680x1050. Dont know why not. I gotta do some research on it but i should get it sorted but thanks for taking the time to help me. BTW i finally got a stable mod list which is below. The whole time i was getting CTD it was the GWX WAC 4.1 start in sub pen. I dont know why. Im trying figure out what could be causing the freeze crashes with the deck gun and time compression freezes when using that mod. But without it i can run the mods below with no problem. Whatcha think Jim?

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\MODS]
GWX - Late War Sensors Snorkel Antennas
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6
Extras for the Wilhelmshaven campaign v2.4c
Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71
LifeBoats&Debris_v4
GWX_SH4StyleFlag_fullModel
FM30_UpDown_final
Depthcharge Shake v2.01
Urfischs_ModStrike_Beta1
New Uboat Guns 1.2
Rbs10-enhancedoilexplosion
Thomsen's Sound Pack V3.2cg
DD_VisibleMines_V1.0
Destroyers&Corvette
GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010
Flags_enlighten
Haunting Atlantic Wind
M.E.P v3
Ice Age
Karle's_Crash_Dive_Mod
Sober waves
Subphones
SurfaceEngineStartUp
TDWs Ship Plane Fire Damage v1.4
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
Torpedo_HAHD_1024_GWX
Real Depth Charge
Rapt0r's DBSM Addon Yes Sir Patch
Aces' Radio Room Postcards
Aces' Super Turms v5.1 GWX Version
Aces' Multimod compatability fix v1.6 beta
Aces' Type 9 c-1 Super Turm (Old Emblems Compat v3.2) 3x MG-34 version for GWX
Carotio_SH3_Seafloormod - 256mb
b25_SF_Grass_Full_V2
Combat Radio Frequency
Foam
GWX3.0 Additional_Ammo
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1
GWX - Contact Color
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
WB's Decks Awash + Fuel Economy
Aces' Combined SH3.SDL Files v2
Frau Kaluen Englishnames.cfg
IXB

Jimbuna
09-07-11, 11:31 AM
Officially I'd have to use the term often used by Kpt. Lehman 'mod soup'.

Personally though, I see three or four of my own mods there so it can't be all that bad :03:

Seriously, if it works for you and enhances your gaming experience then that is all that matters :sunny:

SINK EM ALL!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

theroc44
09-07-11, 04:16 PM
Officially I'd have to use the term often used by Kpt. Lehman 'mod soup'.

Personally though, I see three or four of my own mods there so it can't be all that bad :03:

Seriously, if it works for you and enhances your gaming experience then that is all that matters :sunny:

SINK EM ALL!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

is there a mod you can use with your GWX sub pen mod to lighten the harbor traffic?

Jimbuna
09-07-11, 05:43 PM
is there a mod you can use with your GWX sub pen mod to lighten the harbor traffic?

The Lite Harbour mod should suffice.

theroc44
09-07-11, 06:56 PM
The Lite Harbour mod should suffice.
lol which one
1.extra for whilhelmshaven
2.wil,st naz, and shul v6
3. gwx standard lite harbor

which one is compatible with your mod Jim?

Jimbuna
09-07-11, 07:06 PM
lol which one
1.extra for whilhelmshaven
2.wil,st naz, and shul v6
3. gwx standard lite harbor

which one is compatible with your mod Jim?

No 3

theroc44
09-07-11, 08:40 PM
No 3


:salute:

theroc44
09-08-11, 01:37 AM
all three versions of the lite harbor all caused CTD, not sure why. The only reason im even trying to implement the lite harbor fix is because i've read numerous times that it can help with stability when your reaching your threshold mod-wise. Currently i have a respectful amount of mods which i posted previously in this thread. But im missing the wonderful sub-pen GWX mod. But inconjuction with my mods the GWX-Sub pens causes CTD. Im not really sure why the lite harbor would even cause a ctd by itself. Im assuming theres a conflict with each version of the lite harbor mod that i have. Just dont know what that could be? Is there a method to placement when activating the Lite harbor mod? If someone is currently using that mod, please tell me which version your using of it and where you activated it in relation to your other mods. Thanks