CTD help

[tankeriv]

I am currently facing a bit of a problem.

I cannot play SH-3 because everytime as I try to start the game :

Movie 1 loads :up:
Movie 2 loads :up:
Game loads :down:

Half way it just crashes.

Reinstall doesn't seem to help.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Or how to fix this?

TIA

[The Avon Lady]

First, uninstall all mods and test again. If the CTDs stop, it's in the mods.

[tankeriv]

Nope no mods included.
All gone :\

Still the CTD.

I reinstalled the game a couple of times now.
100% fresh.

Still CTD.

[vils]

did you also manually delete the silent hunter 3 directory after install? Also make sure theres no game dir under the documents and settingd dir..


Ive had similair problems, and it was solved after i manually deleted the leftovers, this may be wrong but trying it doesnt cost anything :)

i myself have had CTD's on every patrol since a week, i suspect the vismod but theres no proof and i cant live without it installed, investigating further..

[tankeriv]

did you also manually delete the silent hunter 3 directory after install? Also make sure theres no game dir under the documents and settingd dir..


Ive had similair problems, and it was solved after i manually deleted the leftovers, this may be wrong but trying it doesnt cost anything :)

i myself have had CTD's on every patrol since a week, i suspect the vismod but theres no proof and i cant live without it installed, investigating further..

No you are absolutely right.

Gonna do that. :)

[tankeriv]

Nope doesn't work :(:(:(:(:(:(

The point is I can't run it on my notebook either because it is a widescreen.

1280 x 800 :(

Anyone some tricks on that reso?

[The Avon Lady]

Did you previously install the Display Resolution mod for SH3, to play SH3 in your screen's resolution rather than at 1024x768?

Also, what graphics chipset does your notebook have? You know notebooks aren't officially supported by the game? Are the drivers up to date?

[tankeriv]

Its an ATI Mobillity Radeon X700 :down:

I know I know.
ATI doesn't support its mobillity chips. :(

Its an older driver but there are no up to date one's.

I can try to force a desktop driver though but that will eat battery.
And since it is a energy efficient notebook its not really what I want.

Its an AMD Turion 64 MT 34, 512MB Radeon X700, and it lasts about five hours on a single battery.

[The Avon Lady]

Its an ATI Mobillity Radeon X700 :down:

I know I know.
ATI doesn't support its mobillity chips. :(

Its an older driver but there are no up to date one's.
You've checked with the notebook's manufacturer - not with ATI - for new drivers, right?
I can try to force a desktop driver though
Not recommended. :nope:

Did SH3 previously work on this notebook or this is the first time you're trying?

[tankeriv]

Its an ATI Mobillity Radeon X700 :down:

I know I know.
ATI doesn't support its mobillity chips. :(

Its an older driver but there are no up to date one's.
You've checked with the notebook's manufacturer - not with ATI - for new drivers, right?
I can try to force a desktop driver though
Not recommended. :nope:

Did SH3 previously work on this notebook or this is the first time you're trying?

I have checked many sites.
1st ATI, 2nd ACER 3rd google, 4th tweakers.net a Dutch hardware and software and everything computer related site.

Yes it does run fine on it.

However it looks like lady Jumbo has been sitting on my screen.
Everything looks squeezed.

[The Avon Lady]

Its an ATI Mobillity Radeon X700 :down:

I know I know.
ATI doesn't support its mobillity chips. :(

Its an older driver but there are no up to date one's.
You've checked with the notebook's manufacturer - not with ATI - for new drivers, right?
I can try to force a desktop driver though
Not recommended. :nope:

Did SH3 previously work on this notebook or this is the first time you're trying?

I have checked many sites.
1st ATI, 2nd ACER 3rd google, 4th tweakers.net a Dutch hardware and software and everything computer related site.

Yes it does run fine on it.

However it looks like lady Jumbo has been sitting on my screen.
Everything looks squeezed.
Now I'm confused! What happened to the CTDs? Or is that on another computer?

Are you saying you have no CTD problem on the notebook and that your only problem is the display resolution? If so, simply search The Community Manual (http://www.communitymanuals.com/shiii/) for "display resolution". Follow the instructions carefully. :yep:

[tankeriv]

Its an ATI Mobillity Radeon X700 :down:

I know I know.
ATI doesn't support its mobillity chips. :(

Its an older driver but there are no up to date one's.
You've checked with the notebook's manufacturer - not with ATI - for new drivers, right?
I can try to force a desktop driver though
Not recommended. :nope:

Did SH3 previously work on this notebook or this is the first time you're trying?

I have checked many sites.
1st ATI, 2nd ACER 3rd google, 4th tweakers.net a Dutch hardware and software and everything computer related site.

Yes it does run fine on it.

However it looks like lady Jumbo has been sitting on my screen.
Everything looks squeezed.
Now I'm confused! What happened to the CTDs? Or is that on another computer?

Are you saying you have no CTD problem on the notebook and that your only problem is the display resolution? If so, simply search The Community Manual (http://www.communitymanuals.com/shiii/) for "display resolution". Follow the instructions carefully. :yep:

On my game pc :

Dual Opteron 244, 2GB Ram, GeF 6800GT

It ran before but now it doesn't.

On my notebook, it did run and it still does but it looks crappy.

[The Avon Lady]

On my game pc :

Dual Opteron 244, 2GB Ram, GeF 6800GT

It ran before but now it doesn't.
What did you change in the interim?

On my notebook, it did run and it still does but it looks crappy.
I linked you to a solution above.

[tankeriv]

On my game pc :

Dual Opteron 244, 2GB Ram, GeF 6800GT

It ran before but now it doesn't.
What did you change in the interim?

On my notebook, it did run and it still does but it looks crappy.
I linked you to a solution above.

I didn't change anything that's exactly the problem.
Removing everything and installing it again doesn't works.

Very strange :/

[The Avon Lady]

I didn't change anything that's exactly the problem.
Removing everything and installing it again doesn't works.

Very strange :/
I would download and run a utility that checks your RAM memory for errors.

I'm sure someone else here knows of a link.

[tankeriv]

I didn't change anything that's exactly the problem.
Removing everything and installing it again doesn't works.

Very strange :/
I would download and run a utility that checks your RAM memory for errors.

I'm sure someone else here knows of a link.

Memtest86, or Windows memtest.
But nope, RAM is error free.

[The Avon Lady]

When you unistalled SH3 and before you reisntalled it, did you first delete all of SH3's residual folders and files in C:\Program Files\.....\SilentHunterIII\ and backup and delete folder \My Documents\SH3 ? :-?

[Gizzmoe]

If nothing else helps check your system for viruses and spyware (Adaware and Spybot).

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

[tankeriv]

When you unistalled SH3 and before you reisntalled it, did you first delete all of SH3's residual folders and files in C:\Program Files\.....\SilentHunterIII\ and backup and delete folder \My Documents\SH3 ? :-?
Yup all :(

Checked for Virusses and Spyware nothing. :(

[The Avon Lady]

What sound card do you have?

[Gizzmoe]

Close all unnecessary background programs, like Firewall, Antivirus, etc., maybe that helps...

[tankeriv]

What sound card do you have?

Audigy 2

[Gammel]

and you´ve already deleted the /MY Documents/SH3 folder? (make a backup before or you´ll delete your career files!)

Game did run fine on this machine some ago, this is right too?

(sorry for stupid questions, but i didn´t get that points)

for a Spyware/virus scan use this, even if you did a scan before with no results:
ftp://ftp.microworldsystems.com/download/tools/mwav.exe
maybe you´ll be suprised by the results.
Just execute, no setup needed. It´s the most advanced detection engine available.

[tankeriv]

and you´ve already deleted the /MY Documents/SH3 folder? (make a backup before or you´ll delete your career files!)

Game did run fine on this machine some ago, this is right too?

(sorry for stupid questions, but i didn´t get that points)

for a Spyware/virus scan use this, even if you did a scan before with no results:
ftp://ftp.microworldsystems.com/download/tools/mwav.exe
maybe you´ll be suprised by the results.
Just execute, no setup needed. It´s the most advanced detection engine available.
It ran fine yes.

Have deletded that folder too.
Yes

[Gammel]

give that a try:

go to startmenu, click on run, type "cmd"
then type (in the just popped up window) chkdsk

watch for errors in the output.
If there are any errors (bad sectors), backup your important data.
Then type chkdsk /F

answer the question about a check next startup with yes.

ps. i just fired up the game your oceanfloor mod...
:up: :up:
and runs fine together with a landscape mod (Terrain Upgrade v.2.1) i use, although 2 files were overwritten.

Hope you can fix your computer problem soon!
(did you do the scan with mwav?)

[tankeriv]

All didn't work.

However I suddenly got the bright light that I could connect my notebook to my monitor and keyboard.

And voilla.

As I don't play SH-3 for just half an hour but rather a whole afternoon that works. :)

[Deep-Six]

I know that some people are skittish about messing w/ the registry.

in the windows registry you can do it one of two ways:

manually taking the keys out in HKEY_CURRENT_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. (NOT ADVISABLE(If you are not comfortable going in and ripping the keys out)and if you dont know what keys to look for).


The other method is to go to Edit/Find and type in 'Silent Hunter 3' and let the computer find them for you.

PM me if you need more info.
and no i am not leading anyone down a dark path. :)

[tankeriv]

I know that some people are skittish about messing w/ the registry.

in the windows registry you can do it one of two ways:

manually taking the keys out in HKEY_CURRENT_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. (NOT ADVISABLE(If you are not comfortable going in and ripping the keys out)and if you dont know what keys to look for).


The other method is to go to Edit/Find and type in 'Silent Hunter 3' and let the computer find them for you.

PM me if you need more info.
and no i am not leading anyone down a dark path. :)

That's something I haven't tried yet.

Good idea :up: