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Hi all, i am new here, but I have played Silent Hunter 3 before and it worked perfectly. After a while I un-installed it, and recently tried to put it back on. I came across this graphics problem where the water is either bright blue or black, and everything else has strange pixelation. Can anyone help??
Fish In The Water
09-26-11, 12:38 AM
First up, welcome aboard! :sunny:
As for the graphics issue, have you changed any hardware or drivers since the previous install? Also, is the issue SH3 specific or is it affecting other apps as well?
Depending on the answers, I'd probably start by opening up your video control panel and adjusting the anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings.
Normally you want the highest state possible, but in a case like this where you're having issues, it's best to turn them down to a maximum of about 4x.
I'd give that a try and see if it makes any difference. Good luck! :sunny:
The only changes to hardware since I un-installed SH3 is I updated was the Nvidia driver. This only happens to Silent Hunter, and I have already tried turning down anti-aliasing.
Fish In The Water
09-26-11, 03:53 AM
In that case there's probably two ways to proceed. You could either roll back the driver, (and see if the graphics return to normal), or try disabling any active mods to see if it's a conflict issue. If neither of these are the culprit then you may be looking at a corrupt install.
I haven't even gotten to put mods on, just trying to get it working, so taking off mods won't be an issue, so I'll rollback the driver
gt_magnus
09-26-11, 11:01 AM
First of all, welcome aboard! :salute: The only changes to hardware since I un-installed SH3 is I updated was the Nvidia driver.
A Nvidia card you say? Just if you didn't know, Nvidia cards do have some SH3 related bugs. What type is it (Your Nvidia card)?
Yes welcome aboard, I had this graphic problem, go to your documents open that folder and see If there is a sh3 folder in there, you will want to delete this folder and start game. It's a saved game folder from a preveious install this should solve your problem.
gt_magnus, my Nvidia card is a GeForce 6150SE, with the latest update
Yubba, thank you for the suggestion, I have tried this, but it changed nothing
dang, are you running at 32bit
Have you tried compatiablity wizard ????? run it at xp, vista is a nightmare if you can find it you'll want that {end it all program} it will shut off all back ground programs until you restart your computer
just tried Compatibility wizard, and no luck...
well as it stands now I would unistall it and make sure you get everything even that guy in my documents and reinstall check direct x, I know it is a pain, but now we are just grasping for straws.
okay yubba, I'll try reinstalling and checking direct x. should I install it (Silent Hunter) outside of the C:/Program Files directory?
yeah you could try it, some where I heard that's a good way too go can't hurt. are you loading from dvd?????
yeah, and its got the 1.4b patch already on it, so thats one less thing to do...
just a noob question, how do I check my direct x?
I got the same, but I'm on an old gate way with a ge force fx 5200 at least it works, got some newer machines but they need some work, hope it works out for you, did you install direct x ok go to desktop hit start , hit run type {dxdiag} but some times vista will take you else where let me check I get back with you. DirectX Diagnostic Tool is what your looking for, but still type dxdiag
Found it, all is looking good for DirectX. If it helps, or solves my problem, it's DirectX 11
And if anyone is wondering what the problem looks like
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=549&pictureid=4922
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=549&pictureid=4923
holy mother of christ, that's bad, I don't think sh3 can run at dx 11
That only happens when I go to the bridge, or anything that shows the water or exterior model
so, any suggestions? If not, I'll try my luck on installing onto a laptop.
Fish In The Water
09-27-11, 12:53 AM
holy mother of christ, that's bad, I don't think sh3 can run at dx 11
Those shots are pretty alarming to say the least. And I think you're right, DX11 is likely too much for the old gal... :nope:
Paulie76
09-27-11, 01:01 AM
I'm running windows 7 with dx11. As far as I remember I didn't change any settings to make SH3 run lower than that...and I don't have that graphics problem.
Honesty, I'm stumped except to say that it's unexplainable vista glitches like this that are the reason that Vista was blessedly short lived.
To me it almost looks as though one part of the scene is maxing out the video card (probably the water if it only does this externally), forcing the entire scene to de-res to try to keep running. Happens often in FSX when the settings are too high as well. My guess would be either corrupted water or simply the computer just can't handle the water texture.
So far, I'm trying to roll-back Dx 11 to 9.0c, which should help, but what I've found on through google searches, it cannot be done. My question is, would rolling back down to DirectX 10 be enough???
check this http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=153900 windows 7 way over my head hope this helps
Okay, thanks for the link yubba, I think right now, I will try to install DX 9.0c, see if that helps...
I think I found a fix
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