Had to reinstall SH3.....

[Slick Rick]

I recently had to reformat my hardrive ...I have had to reinstall SH3 and the GW mod.....my question is this....after installing I have tried to open the game and it asks for the key code to activate....I cant find this...is there a way around it??

[Respenus]

Ufff! I remember someone had a similar problem. I can't remember the way around (I believe that you need to send an email to UbiSoft so something like that). It is tricky!

[AVGWarhawk]

Man, did you lose the case it came in? That were it is...on the inside!

[Captain Nemo]

Mine is on the DVD itself, which I suppose is the safest place to put it as long as you don't lose the DVD, in which case you couldn't play or reinstall it anyway.

Nemo

[danlisa]

Hope this is ok to post, it's from the UBI Knowledge Base..
http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ubisoft.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=10300&p_created=1111013249&p_sid=N8Nksvki&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9ncmlkc29yd D0mcF9yb3dfY250PTYmcF9wcm9kcz04OCwxMjg3JnBfY2F0cz0 wJnBfcHY9Mi4xMjg3JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd 2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1

[Slick Rick]

Yep.....that did the trick.....thanx a lot....Rick

[Slick Rick]

Can you run a repair on SH3 after installing grey wolves...or does this screw other things up.???

[danlisa]

IIRC - It will either screw it up or the repair will not run at all.

Most multi-installation users do the following...

1)Install SH3
2)Patch to 1.4
3)Copy Game folder to another location (SH3 1.4 backup)
4)install MOD of choice + copy to another location (i.e. GW Backup)
5)Play the version of your choice.

This way you will always have a clean copy of SH3 1.4b or GW to copy back in. No need to install from disc again.

[bigboywooly]

Can you run a repair on SH3 after installing grey wolves...or does this screw other things up.???

As long as you change the name on your current folder from SilentHunterIII to something else the repair option is ok to use - thats what I use to add new installations

[Slick Rick]

I saved my SH 3 folder and want to reinstall my career...I found the career folder but dont know where to put it on the new installation so it will load up also....any ideas???? Thanx..Rick

[AVGWarhawk]

I believe that folder is located in My Documents off the Start button. Look for SHIII. I believe you will find it in there.

[Slick Rick]

On the other installation...I believe you are right ....that is where I found it...but on this one....I dont see the folder there.....any other ideas....??

[danlisa]

The first time you run SH3 the correct folder will be created in your docs folder.