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[Mthras]

hi there...

i am having trouble using the RuB 1.44 mod. :( everytime i man my deckgun or flak the game ctd instantly. the rest of the mod works normaly and i first found out about this prob during my third patrol so i dont want to miss the mod by all means. i installed the mod over a clean and patched (1.4b) version of SH3 using JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler. Additionally i installed the Harbor traffic 1.46 mod for RuB 1.44 but thats not causing the trouble because when i disable the harbor traffic mod the problem remains. I also use the SH3 Commander 2.1 but from the forum i figured that lots of people using RuB 1.44 together with SH3 Commander without having trouble.
I tried to "filter out" the files of the mod that are making changes to the flak and deckgun (because in an unmodded version of SH3 deckgun and flak work just fine!) which i found out to be: data/crew/crewAI.cfg, data/library/Shells.zon & Shells.sim and data/library/GUNS_SUB.sim. I deleted those files in the mod before enabling it to keep the original files but that does not do the trick.

So anybody experience the same problem? anybody has an idea of how to get rid of it or at least whats causing it? any help would be appreciated!

thanx alot for your attention!

Mthras

[Nedlam]

I haven't had the problem yet and I use RuB 1.44 with Harbor Traffic 1.46 (for RuB). I run it all on SH3 Commander 2.2 not 2.1. I don't know if that makes a difference but install the latest version of SH3 Commander and see what happens.

Also make sure your using the Harbor Traffic version for RuB. That might also have something to do with it.

That's just a few suggestions. Hope they work for ya.

[Mthras]

Thanx for the tip with SH3 Commander 2.1. i downloaded the 2.2 version, it seems subsim is not hosting the new version yet.

Anyway that didnt help me with my problem, i made a test.
i reinstalled SH3 clean install with no savegames and configfiles left (i made a backup of my career and deleted SH3 folder from "own files" [or however this folder in english XP version is called]). after that i patched, installed the mod enabler and enabled RuB 1.44. i started the game, tried a single mission and the same again, as soon as i put man to my guns (flak or deckgun) the game crashes to desktop. it doesnt matter wether i put them there manually or by doubleclicking the station.
so this means that the crash has nothing to do with SH3 Commander or Harbor Traffic 146 and that the problem must be somewhere between SH3+RuB and my OS (which is WinXP Pro with SP2 + latest directx) or between SH3+RuB and my hardware (MSI KT4AV with onboard 10/100 LAN and AC'97 Audiochip, AMD 2800+ XP CPU,1 GB 333 RAM, MSI FX5600 Ultra 128MB) since SH3+RuB on others computers works fine.

so any idea because i am really stuck here, my OS is also new installed, only a few weeks old and i really want to play RuB with no flaws. :damn:

greets Mthras

[Mr.Fleck]

You say you use "AC'97 Audiochip", well then maybe its a problem with the deck gun sound. Some of the on board audio devices let your game crash if the sound is stereo. So make sure you have mono only sounds. Maybe you use a deck gun sound mod with stereo sound?

Ah... as I read your post again I see that you don't fire your deck gun, but anyway it could be a sound that is played while you man your guns.

[Mthras]

sorry for the late response ... had no time to check and play the last weeks...

so, i learned that some people have problems with that audiochip. maybe its my problem, too. but sh3 ran without any probs before i installed RUB. O.K. that doesnt mean anything so i may try to play on mono sounds. can someone tell me how to change it, i found no setting for mono/stereo ingame so i guess i have to manually change some configfiles or change something under windows/directx/sounddriver? please tell me how to do this.

thanx alot and greetz

Mthras

[Mthras]

please someone help me with my various problems here... any hint would be appreciated.

thx

Mthras

[Mthras]

update on my problem:


-updated RUB to 1.45

-updated/reinstalled all drivers

...no effect :(

i still could use the hint on how to switch the gamesounds to mono, i'd like to try this but dont know how...

is it a windows/driver setting or do i have to modifiy some gamefiles? or maybe i have to disable my onboard sound and try another audiodevice, at least it would veryfy if it has to do with my soundchip....

so long

Mthras

[VonHelsching]

Perhaps the RuB sound file for the deck gun is different (bitrate etc.) from the stock game. If someone located that file, you could restore the original sound file.

[JScones]

FYI the latest release of SH3 Commander is 2.3, not 2.2. Get it from one of the links in my sig.

Note that if you use SH3Cmdr you do not need to filter out RUb's deck gun changes - just set the values via SH3Cmdr's options screen. Easy!

Anyway, getting back to your problem... Try this...

- Disable RUb in JSGME
- From the MODS\RUb\data folder, delete the sounds in the "Sounds" folder (keep the Speech sub folder)
- Re-enable RUb and test

If it works, fine. If not, disable and delete the Speech folders and files and try again.

[Mthras]

I ll try as soon as i get some time, my weekend is full of appointments, but ill let you know if it worked...

thanx alot so far :D
Mthras