Am I dreaming?

[gt_magnus]

Hi, another bug report/question from me. Today, I was going to play SH3 just as usual, but when I started my mission, everything sounded like I was dreaming (I wasn't, I tested it). So I exited the game, went through the sound options of my computer and tried another game. The sound was completly fine in that game so I tried SH3 a couple of times more. :damn: I'm still dreaming! Do anyone of you know how to fix this or do you think it's Bernhard who has been fiddling with my sound system?;)

[Salad]

Maybe you over excited it....:)

[PapaKilo]

What do you mean by sayin "sounded like I was dreaming" ? :DL

[gt_magnus]

Well, it's not very easy to explain, but it sounded something like echoes which repeated many times. Another thing that happened before that patrol was that SH3 Commander changed out a member of my crew. Who came in? BERNHARD!!! With a repair qualification!:timeout: Imagine him trying to repair my diesel engines! Maybe I'm not so sure that I want to get my game fixed?

[PapaKilo]

Things like these usually not starting to go weird if you haven't put your fingers where was no need :)

You may want to reinstall your sound drivers with default options and see if it helps

[gt_magnus]

I reinnstalled sh3 with gwx 3 and sh3 commander, but when I try to start it it says MOVIETEX.ACT is not found. What does that mean??? Do I need to do it all again?

[Uboatman]

I reinnstalled sh3 with gwx 3 and sh3 commander, but when I try to start it it says MOVIETEX.ACT is not found. What does that mean??? Do I need to do it all again?

Magnus, when uninstalling did you remove everthing? I don't know what OS you are using but with xp32bit home I delete all saves, everything in My Documents and use RegEdit in Start/run to manually delete SH3 from the registry. This is then what I believe is called a clean install.

Maybe someone could also say if it's possible to do multi installs of SH3, I haven't yet but I looked into a program/mod called multi SH3, but don't know if it's around anymore. Be worth saving future hassle of reinstalling all the time if it can be done.

Anyway, hope you get it running, good luck:salute:

P.S. Don't know if you still need to, but have you installed?

GWX3 GOLD CONFIG FILES FOR SH3 COMMANDER
An easy-to-use installer for the Cfg files needed to run JScones' SH3 Commander (version 3.2) with GWX3 GOLD:

that was from the GWX website, here is a link to the file:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1421

not tested it though, I d/l from GWX website a couple of years back

[PapaKilo]

Search in forums for: SH3 Cleaner 3.0 and download it

uninstall everything related to Sh3 again, run cleaner, check if there is no SH3 folder in my documents folder.

Check you PC for malware software or any virus

Reinstall the SH3 only, check the sound.

Do you have a dvd of SH3 or did you downloaded imidge it from internet ?

[gt_magnus]

I think I did delete all files for SH3 before reinnstalling (I should have done it right, because I have reinnstalled SH3 over 10 times!). Do I need to reinnstall it all again? :dead: PS: How did you know my actual name? :)

[gt_magnus]

Search in forums for: SH3 Cleaner 3.0 and download it

uninstall everything related to Sh3 again, run cleaner, check if there is no SH3 folder in my documents folder.

Check you PC for malware software or any virus

Reinstall the SH3 only, check the sound.

Do you have a dvd of SH3 or did you downloaded imidge it from internet ? I do have dvd version (Bought it in 2005). And theres no viruses on my computer, because I use both Avast! and Ad-Aware anti-virus.

[PapaKilo]

I do have dvd version (Bought it in 2005). And theres no viruses on my computer, because I use both Avast! and Ad-Aware anti-virus.

Ad-Aware is not AV, AFAIK :) it's the coutermeasure software against spyware or adware, works poor IMO. Try Counter Spy 4 instead, much more reliable.

Avast.. is this a free AV soft ? =] Don;t trust anything that is for free.

My credit goes to ESET Nod32 instead.

Ok so you have a dvd, I bet you also have 1.4 update for the game right ?

[gt_magnus]

Well, Avast! can be free, but I use the premium version that isn't free! And I do have 1.4 patch of course. EDIT: Now, as I look in the download instructions of GWX3 I see that I have followed every step in the right order so it shouldn't be wrong. It all went well before!
EDIT 2: Reinnstalling for the second time now!

[PapaKilo]

What OS are you running and where have you installed SH3 ?

Missing Movietex.act
http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radioroom/showthread.php?p=860725

[gt_magnus]

Thanks for the link! I'm running good old Windows XP on this computer. I installed SH3 in the default folder (In my computer} Program files} Silent Hunter 3. But let's wait until my reinnstall is complete right?

[PapaKilo]

I relly hate when ppl install games into C:\Program Files or even directly to branch C:\ :nope:

My eternal advice for everybody to install/keep games, movies, music, etc that is not related to OS or program files at the drives that are not used by OS system - that means NOT at Drive C by default :)

[frau kaleun]

Never a bad idea, but in my experience having the game in Program Files in XP shouldn't be much of a problem, the issue with the Programs directories doesn't seem to pop up until Vista/Win7. :hmmm:

[Uboatman]

I relly hate when ppl install games into C:\Program Files or even directly to branch C:\ :nope:

My eternal advice for everybody to install/keep games, movies, music, etc that is not related to OS or program files at the drives that are not used by OS system - that means NOT at Drive C by default :)

Thing with XP is (can't speak for later OS) that sometimes the program/game/application will not run if installed to another directory. I've always had mine running through program files, but when I get around to a reinstall with my new starforce free DVD version I might see if it will install to my partition D:\ still got 100GB in there:D

[gt_magnus]

Thanks for all the help PapaKilo and Uboatman (and frau kaleun as I can see now). SH3 Works perfectly now! :yeah: I found the problem! I had do delete the BERNHARD folder inside the data folder. Maybe I do need a new virus protection program!:D

[Uboatman]

Thanks for all the help PapaKilo and Uboatman (and frau kaleun as I can see now). SH3 Works perfectly now! :yeah: I found the problem! I had do delete the BERNHARD folder inside the data folder. Maybe I do need a new virus protection program!:D

Great news Herr Kaleun, good luck with your new career:salute:

[PapaKilo]

Thanks for all the help PapaKilo and Uboatman (and frau kaleun as I can see now). SH3 Works perfectly now! :yeah: I found the problem! I had do delete the BERNHARD folder inside the data folder. Maybe I do need a new virus protection program!:D


Glad you sorted this out, a bit oddly as you explained, but what the hell :haha:

Google for AV software and look for independance ranking tables. Most of them usually lie about "independant" but learning about them all by reading overviews, comparing test charts will give you some rather faint understanding on what is what with specific AV :)

[PapaKilo]

Thing with XP is (can't speak for later OS) that sometimes the program/game/application will not run if installed to another directory. I've always had mine running through program files, but when I get around to a reinstall with my new starforce free DVD version I might see if it will install to my partition D:\ still got 100GB in there:D

Programs and applications shoudl be installed into drive C:\Program Files

(Exclusion I make only for Nvidia drivers as by default installation wizard request this path - Installation goes directly into C:\ )

I can;t argue about games, since I never seen a game in my life that would not install anywhere but C:\Program Files :haha:

[gt_magnus]

I'm Norwegian and I'm not too good at english! ;) Just happy SH3 works again! :P

[Uboatman]

I'm Norwegian and I'm not too good at english! ;) Just happy SH3 works again! :P

I've bumped into one or two Norwegians over the years and your standard of English has always been a lot better than many of my countrymen I've met:know:, mine isn't as good as it once was either.