Silent Hunter 5 Start uUp

[raver5003]

Hi,
just downloaded SH5, but found that i can't start it up, the opening video runs, no sound and it only takes up like a quarter of the screen with my desktop background in the rest. Also there is no tab in the task bar & it doesn't show up on the task manager and i cannot interact with it.
any idas please? i'm excited to play this game

[Keelbuster]

I've got the same issue. Running it on Windows 8 64-bit, running through U-Play. Opening video runs -taking up 2/3rds of the screen, no sound. After the opening video ends, it busts back to UPlay saying 'thank you for playing SH5'. All-in-all a lame experience. Anyone know a solution to this issue? Part of me wants to forget that SH5 ever existed but the other part is curious and wants to try it with sober's mega mod...

[Fifi]

PC specifications?

[Trevally.]

Did you install the game to the default location and did you force an update to v1.2

C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\Support\GameUpdater\GU.exe

[raver5003]

my pc specs are:-
i5 3750k @ 3.7GHz
16GB Corsair RAM
Gibabyte Gefore GTX670
Windows 7 Home Premium
ASUS Sabertooth Z77

everythings up to date - driver wise
should be able to handle it no problem - but its a pain in the arse.
i bought it through steam - so its in the steam directory - does that matter? will i have to move it?
yeah its running at 1.2 as far as i can tell

[Spectre-63]

my pc specs are:-
i5 3750k @ 3.7GHz
16GB Corsair RAM
Gibabyte Gefore GTX670
Windows 7 Home Premium
ASUS Sabertooth Z77

everythings up to date - driver wise
should be able to handle it no problem - but its a pain in the arse.
i bought it through steam - so its in the steam directory - does that matter? will i have to move it?
yeah its running at 1.2 as far as i can tell

Raver5003 -

ran into this exact issue yesterday and I'm still not sure of the root cause. I fixed it by uninstalling the UBI game launcher from Control Panel/Programs and then reinstalling it. Once it installed and updated I was able to get the game to run full screen again.

Note that I am not running a Steam purchased copy (bought mine thru Amazon) and I have an install directory for the UBI game launcher.

[florisbergmans]

Has a solution been found for this problem? I bought the game years ago and despite the updates it is still a pain in the ass when starting up. I never played the game for a second :(