UConnect Just Keeps Spinning

[rfxcasey]

So I just installed Silent Hunter 5 Gold Edition. Let U Connect update the game and ran it no problem, game version 1.20. Now I just installed TWoS the latest version following all install instruction. Version 2.2.20, set U Connect to start in offline mode and not auto update games. Now when I start SH5, UConnect logs in but then I just get the UConnect loading screen with a spinny thing in the lower right corner that never goes away. HELP! No mods running in JSGME if that helps.:wah:

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[rfxcasey]

Awe man, this sucks, I deleted my TWoS install directory of SH5 and copied back in the entire original install I had backed up and it's doing the exact same thing when I try to launch the game. I'm wondering if the .Net update or Directx 9c install that TWoS did messed something up. I've rebooted my computer with a clean install of SH5 and it won't work now, it was working fine before the TWoS install attempt. Now I can't even play the vanilla version. Validated all game files and all checked out OK. Win 10 by the way.

[rfxcasey]

OK, something strange is going on. Reinstalling the game didn't fix the problem so I uninstalled Ubisoft Connect and then reinstalled it. On first new start of Ubisoft Connect when launching the game the dialog says updating game Ubisoft Connect files, and the game actually launches and plays. Strange thing is, on second startup of the game it no longer launches and I have to reinstall Ubisoft Connect each time to get the game to play once and only once.

[rfxcasey]

Yup, just did it again, played the game once, exit the game, then restart the game and stuck on Ubisoft Connect screen with progress spinner in lower right corner. Uninstalled Ubisoft Connect again, re installed it, launch the game and it works fine. Exit the game, re launch the game and it's broken again. Seems like something is wrong with the Ubisoft Connect software. I'm putting in a support ticket not that it'll do any good.

[les green01]

i would try to start the game though KSD and see what happens

[rfxcasey]

i would try to start the game though KSD and see what happens

Just got the game last night, KSD? Sorry, you're going to have to break it down for me a little more.:oops:

[les green01]

when you install twos should have ask you if you wanted to install KSD which is program like sh3 commander and though that you can launch sh5 when i do it on my it bypass even logging in on uplay whatever it call now

[rfxcasey]

when you install twos should have ask you if you wanted to install KSD which is program like sh3 commander and though that you can launch sh5 when i do it on my it bypass even logging in on uplay whatever it call now

OK, I found it and tried it, but when I hit the start button nothing happens.

[les green01]

did you try installing Uplay Download Version Fix For SH5 And TWoS if not here a link to it and directions https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2568507&postcount=452

[rfxcasey]

Tried a fresh install of SH5 and reinstall of the TWoS. During the install I'm getting an error now when the Generic File Patcher part comes up saying that the version of 'SH5.exe is a different version than expected'. The game is vs 1.20 so I don't know what the problem is.

[les green01]

The Generic File Patcher is looking for the dvd patch http://www.mediafire.com/file/s65f2i...5.exe.zip/file (http://www.mediafire.com/file/s65f2in731wftqk/DVD_SH5.exe.zip/file)


Instructions.
Cut and paste the default SH5.exe to a convenient place.
Download the zip file into your SH5 game folder.
Unzip the file and use the Extract Tab.
Cut and paste the zip file to a convenient place, this is now your backup.
Check that the new SH5.exe is set to run as an administrator. hope this helps you

[rfxcasey]

The Generic File Patcher is looking for the dvd patch http://www.mediafire.com/file/s65f2i...5.exe.zip/file (http://www.mediafire.com/file/s65f2in731wftqk/DVD_SH5.exe.zip/file)


Instructions.
Cut and paste the default SH5.exe to a convenient place.
Download the zip file into your SH5 game folder.
Unzip the file and use the Extract Tab.
Cut and paste the zip file to a convenient place, this is now your backup.
Check that the new SH5.exe is set to run as an administrator. hope this helps you

THANKS DUDE, YOU ARE AWESOME! Yeah, I guess that was a problem cause it's loading now and seems to be working fine. Couple of questions though, I have enabled a bunch of these JSGME mods that came with the TWoS pack, two in particular. So when I start the game, I save and then reload like it tells me to but this 'TWoS Campaign Advance Verifier_Testing' mod keeps telling me that it found a problem with my campaign advancement but to ignore if I'm entering or leaving the bunker, is that normal? Also, I'm getting horrible fish eye lense effect, I did in the vanilla game too. I'm running this 21:9 mod from the GSJME Mod Enabler, but it's still horrible. I'm on 2560x1080 resolution, is there any fix for this horrible fish eye effect?

[les green01]

glad you got it to work you don't need TWoS Campaign Advance Verifier_Testing' mod enable so you can disable that can you take a pic and post the horrible fish eye lense effect that your getting,you might try Boogie's Refit for TWOS v3.0 Complete and reshade see if that helps

[rfxcasey]

OK will do, one more weird thing, game seems to crash when I'm saving. Well, first time I tried to start a new patrol when as soon as I got on the sub it just crashed, but there was no crash report or anything, it's like it just immediately closed and went straight to desktop. Reloaded, tried again and I was able to get in the sub and pull out of the sub hanger. A little later I tried to save and it immediately closed and went to desktop again, is there something I'm doing wrong? I'll try disabling all mods in GSJME and see what happens.

Also, the fish eye thing, doesn't seem to be a problem in external camera mod, seems like the scene is rendered perfectly. It seems like it's when I'm in first person view, it's like I'm way zoomed back or something, any way to adjust the FOV in first person view? I'll post a pick.

Just double checked and yeah, crashing on save, I was out at sea when autosave kicked in and immediately crashed me to desktop, any idea why? Am I don't something wrong?

[les green01]

i would try to disable the mods in Jsmge and play for awhile see what happens the crashing might be mods conflicting with others or even twos which is what i think is happening don't know if you can adjust fov or not

[rfxcasey]

glad you got it to work you don't need TWoS Campaign Advance Verifier_Testing' mod enable so you can disable that can you take a pic and post the horrible fish eye lense effect that your getting,you might try Boogie's Refit for TWOS v3.0 Complete and reshade see if that helps

Well, for now, I'm playing at 1920x1080 so there is no stretching but black bars on the sides. Quick question, is there any way to manually aim the deck gun in TWoS or has that been removed? It was fun to take control of the gun and finish off ships sometimes.

[les green01]

you can still do the deckgun yourself

[rfxcasey]

Sorry to bother you again, while I can 'man' the deck gun I can't seem to use any sights on it, you just stand off to the side and move it around in a very clunky intuitive way. Is there some hotkey to use the gunsight?

[les green01]

you'r not bothering anyone at the top left corner of the screen you should see a thing that looks like sights when you mouse over it will say zoom in

[rfxcasey]

you're not bothering anyone at the top left corner of the screen you should see a thing that looks like sights when you mouse over it will say zoom in

Aw man, how did I miss that. Icons are kinda small on this monitor and it was hiding behind my framerate counter. Thanks, works great, big relief, I was scared it'd been removed completely. Hey one more quick question about the TWoS, how do these external torpedo reserves work? I try to drag them to my empty torpedo slots but they don't wanna seem to transfer. I assume you need to be surfaced but can't get them to load, or at least if they do, they're taking forever, I don't see any progress.

[les green01]

you got to talk to the weapons officer in the bow torpedo room or press f11 on surface calm seas and try to do it when the enemy is not around

[rfxcasey]

you got to talk to the weapons officer in the bow torpedo room or press f11 on surface calm seas and try to do it when the enemy is not around

Ah yes, thanks again. I had to spend a promotion point on him first as the dialog option was 'greyed' out. Excellent, I've come a long way with this sim in only about 2 days, went from not working at all to being great already. Now if I can just get this funky FOV fisheye gone I'll be in hog heaven.:yeah:

And for anyone interested, I think I tracked down why the sim wouldn't start, at least in part. Installing the TWoS after replacing the download version SH5.exe with the DVD version SH5.exe was definitely the first step, which allowed the TWoS mod to install properly to start with. Still though, even with that, attempting to start the sim through the SH5 desktop icon, resulted in UConnect launching and just continually showing the loader with the progress spinner. After closing that there were still UConnect processes 'ubisoft connect launcher (32 bit)' and 'ubisoft connect webcore (32bit)' running in the background which would prevent any starting of the game from that point on. I had to go into the task manager and shut those processed down manually, then launch UConnect and then launch the game through UConnect. Doing that, the game launches and works properly. I also deactivated all JSGME mods, which prevented some crashing I was experiencing. I think you'd be safe to use the aspect ratio mod but at least one of the other mods I had active must have cause instability issues. Now that I've had the game running rock stable for a day or so I'll see if I can reactivate a few JSGME mods and see what I can get away with. Maybe this will help someone.

On a side note, it was suggested to launch the game through TWoS Kommander and while TWoS Kommander starts, I cannot launch the game through it and it does not appear to work correctly. I can see my saves in it, and I can select them, but hitting the launch button does nothing and some data appears to be missing. For instance the box above the launch button has nothing in it and the data for some of the dialog boxes seems like it's missing. I don't really need it anyways, but it'd be nice to figure out what's going on with it.

[les green01]

glad getting sorted out working when you do the add on mods i would do one at a time run the game test see if it crash takes awhile

[luft]

The Generic File Patcher is looking for the dvd patch http://www.mediafire.com/file/s65f2i...5.exe.zip/file (http://www.mediafire.com/file/s65f2in731wftqk/DVD_SH5.exe.zip/file)


Instructions.
Cut and paste the default SH5.exe to a convenient place.
Download the zip file into your SH5 game folder.
Unzip the file and use the Extract Tab.
Cut and paste the zip file to a convenient place, this is now your backup.
Check that the new SH5.exe is set to run as an administrator. hope this helps you

thanks bigtime.. Crazy what i had to do to get both sh4 and sh5 finally working again off steam sales. Have all the boxed copies but i though digital would be the easy path.. The sh5 file finally fixed by games starts/updates (after discovering uplay went to uconnect)

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