Unable to patch SH3.exe

[maillemaker]

I have installed SH3 from scratch using my Direct2Drive download purchase. It installs as 1.4. This appears to be 1.4b.

I downloaded the V16B1-Patch-Kit

I am running Patch_SH3.bat as administrator, and my original SH3.exe is in the folder with it.

It says no compatible version of SH3.exe found.

Any ideas?

Steve

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi mm
Make sure the file is setup to write and is not read only.

You copied and pasted your unpatched SH3.exe from the main game folder to where the Patch_SH3.bat file is?
Peter

[maillemaker]

Yup, I just did a complete uninstall and re-install of SH3, then copied the file into the folder with the bat file.

When I try to run the bat file, it says it's not recognized.

Product version of SH3.exe is 1.4.0.1.

It is not read-only.

https://i.imgur.com/TsLgXXY.png

Steve

[maillemaker]

I'm running Windows 10.

Steve

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi mm
Seems like an administrator or permission problem.:hmmm:
The new folder you created for the application must not be read only.

If you are running Windows 10 make sure that you are running it in Windows 7 compatibility mode and also as an administrator.
Make sure you bat file can write to your SH3.exe

Peter

[maillemaker]

I can make new files in the folder so it is not a permissions problem.

Steve

[maillemaker]

ok just ran it again by a simple double-click and it worked.

Steve

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi mm
That I would find frustrating and annoying but also a relief.
Peter
https://s14.postimg.org/7i754ejk1/image.png

[Wilczur2142]

Hello I'd like to continue this thread because I have the same problem and I still don't know what to do to fix it.

I have my sh3.exe in the V16B1 folder with (I guess) removed read only attribute, also I have installed GWX3.0.

[Blutenburg]

I cant patch my SH3 Steam Version to the 1.4b patch..

I just get a message that it cant find the MissionEngine.dll .. but it's there of course. What can I do?

[THEBERBSTER]

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Make sure your exe applications are set to run as administrators.
I am sure someone who has some STEAM knowledge will be able to help you.

Note > You must run Windows 10 in compatibilty mode for Windows 7.
Make sure your gpu is set correctly to run SH games.
Post #7 Changing Nvidia And AMD Radeon GPU Settings > Pictorial (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2407999&postcount=7)

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[Aktungbby]

Wilczur2142!
:Kaleun_Salute: & Blutenburg!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Sailor Steve]

I cant patch my SH3 Steam Version to the 1.4b patch..

I just get a message that it cant find the MissionEngine.dll .. but it's there of course. What can I do?
Load it up. As it's loading look in the lower right-hand corner. This will tell you which version is running. It may already be 1.4b, in which case you're good to go. One note: It won't say 1.4b, it will just say 1.4. A mistake on their part, but there it is.

Of course it may not already be at that level, but one thing at a time.

[SteamSub]

I cant patch my SH3 Steam Version to the 1.4b patch..

I just get a message that it cant find the MissionEngine.dll .. but it's there of course. What can I do?

If problems persist, you might want to try this:
SHIII_1.4b DiscScratchProtector Utility By Maik
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2298459&postcount=1

I had a problem with "sh3 not found" and used a similar archive from another site that had the files the installer was complaining about and got past the error

While it is setup to remove Starforce Protection, it has updated SH3 files in it that you could place in your directory to see if it gets past those "file not found" errors
Unpack and copy the files reported missing into your installation folder.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/9z1bfmpu52z88vn/SH3_1.4b+Power+Pack.7z

[Blackswan1940]

Greetings THEBERBSTER and SteamSub!

What you guys are doing here is promoting the use of cracks! Both of your links point to cracks, only hidden under a changed name!

There has been a legal version around and I keep wondering why this is never mentioned instead of promoting the use of crack-archives: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=steam%20starforce%20SH3%20%53%46%53%46

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Blackswan
There is nothing cracked in any of my tutorials SH3-4 or 5 that has been put there by me to my knowledge.
None of my thousands of posts contain anything deliberately hidden or promoting anything illegal.

I find your post and accustaion quite slanderous.

Peter

[propbeanie]

I cant patch my SH3 Steam Version to the 1.4b patch..

I just get a message that it cant find the MissionEngine.dll .. but it's there of course. What can I do?
The Steam SH3 should already be at the correct version for you Blutenburg. :salute:


Greetings THEBERBSTER and SteamSub!

What you guys are doing here is promoting the use of cracks! Both of your links point to cracks, only hidden under a changed name!

There has been a legal version around and I keep wondering why this is never mentioned instead of promoting the use of crack-archives: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=steam%20starforce%20SH3%20%53%46%53%46


Not speaking to SteamSub's link here Blackswan (I'm not familiar with the Star Farce junk), but you have a signature that states "if my question has been answered before, i will be happy when you give me a link"... This is a similar situation. Look at the badges THEBERBSTER has been awarded here. Look at how long he has been a member here. Read the forum rules, and realize how your accusation sounds and looks... I do believe an apology is owed to Peter by you, immediately, if not sooner... :salute:

[Jeff-Groves]

Ubi themselves gave the OK to pass around the HACKED Star Force files.
There is or was a post about that here at Subsim.

The files included in the links ARE those files. NOT the Non-Star Force files in newer versions which never HAD Star Force.

A quick look at file sizes will tell you that.

You Sir owe a BIG apology!

I'll rate that at 'Next time I want your opinion? I'll beat it out of you!'
;)

[blackswan40]

Junior Causing Havoc raising Cain Blackswan40 R twinnie of no relation pull your neck in fella your way off beam.

Onkel Pete THEBERBSTER is a real nice guy all those awards he has received
are for services rendered voted by fellow Captains of Subsim for is step by step guides that have helped Captains young and old square their Game installs away

[hauangua]

ubisoft authorized the removal of "starforce" in 2009, the same Star-force.com has released a free removal tool,

http://www.star-force.com/support/drivers/

And as @Jeff Groves wrote Peter's files are "official" and absolutely legal

moreover the "Steam fix" option only changes the default "steam" path by moving SH3 out of the folder "program (x86) operation allowed now directly from Steam ---> settings..

Blackswan1940 I do not understand where it would be "crack "!!!!
Next time better think before you write rubbish

[BigWalleye]

Has anyone heard from Blackswan1940 recently? He seems to have left the toom.

[hauangua]

Has anyone heard from Blackswan1940 recently? He seems to have left the toom.

he has disappeared

[SteamSub]

Just to clarify the links I provided in my previous post are from THEBERBSTER's post page to include the mediafire link.

I examined the files and they contain copies of what the dialogue boxes are complaining about that is missing for their installs.

This may include install of the game itself or in my case install of a particular mod. Before replacing files:

1-INSURE main game is IN some other folder NOT "C:\Program Files" instead install in "C:\games"or some such

2 if spaces in pathname type errors occur, remove spaces between in pathnames replacing spaces with "_" . ie "C:\games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter III" with "C:\games\Ubisoft\Silent_Hunter_III"

3 replace "files not found" type errors with like named file from the downloaded archive found in the links. I.e. if sh3.exe not found, backup, then overwrite that file with sh3.exe from the archive.

[propbeanie]

I cant patch my SH3 Steam Version to the 1.4b patch..

I just get a message that it cant find the MissionEngine.dll .. but it's there of course. What can I do?

If problems persist, you might want to try this:
SHIII_1.4b DiscScratchProtector Utility By Maik
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2298459&postcount=1

I had a problem with "sh3 not found" and used a similar archive from another site that had the files the installer was complaining about and got past the error

While it is setup to remove Starforce Protection, it has updated SH3 files in it that you could place in your directory to see if it gets past those "file not found" errors
Unpack and copy the files reported missing into your installation folder.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/9z1bfmpu52z88vn/SH3_1.4b+Power+Pack.7z
SteamSub, I quoted Blutenburg also, because you had quoted him on the previous page. His install is a Steam install, which is what I have, and like Sailor Steve (he plays bass guitar, btw) mentioned to Blutenburg, the game might already be at v1.4.b, which mine was when I loaded up my Steam version. So if you've got a Steam version, you don't have to jump through those hoops. If you ~don't~ have a Steam version, then I am at a loss. I have an old Star-farce version disk, but it is buried somewhere in a box or a drawer or somewhere that I cannot find... sorry. :salute:

[SteamSub]

Thanks, Mine I got from UBISOFT directly and some one else prior had a difficulty with a UBISOFT install trying to add a mod, with the sh3.exe not installed error, and explained how it was overcome.

It is solved in my case by insuring spaces in the install path were replaced (that error went away)
then by replacing the sh3.exe, and the mod worked from the star force archive found on THEBERBSTERs page ( see post 14)

[propbeanie]

Sorry 'bout that. I misunderstood. I took it you were still having trouble with it. My eyes were drunk on too much Silent Hunter last night... :roll: :salute:

[Blutenburg]

Hi THEBERBSTER and all! Thanks for the useful help and tips. My game is up and running, so it seems ok now I think. After finishing the training/exam academy stuff with exellence (and had no issues playing the basic LSH3 setting as I read them), I have now added some mods through the JSGME and started a Campaign with a name and the "Erprobungstelle" "flotilla" and settings from the LSH3 2015 Commander Start. Then what reads below happens each time I start...

I do get some weird messages when starting the game (from Commander Start program). First when loading the game I get this message:

Menu ID not found: 0x52000000!

Then as a "solution" I push that message "OK" button until it's gone, and the game seems ok..

Then when starting the Erprobungsstelle (campaign) I get this message before im in the boat:

Menu ID not found: 0x3ffff003!

I do the same to this message and push the "OK" button until it's gone.. So Things seem ok, but inside the Binocular view there is a graphic "glitch" dividing one fouth of the view to a different view being one of the men on the bridge or something..

My Nvidia setting ARE as this Guide suggests:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2407999&postcount=7

So, what is wrong with my "setup" at the moment?


I see some talk of setting the Windows 10 to a Windows 7 compatibility.. Where/how do I do that?

[Fifi]

^^^^^ right click your SH3.exe and in properties tab, check windows 7 compatibility and start as administrator box.

[THEBERBSTER]

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One of your gpu settings is incorrect, "display" should be showing "gpu".

This may or may not be your problem?

Plese post your mod list.
Post #9 JSGME How To Export Your Mod List To A Subsim Post > Pictorial (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2182975&postcount=9)

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