Thanks for the ideas Webster! I think they may be quite revealing.

I tried the default installation idea with no dice. My setup is the original SH4 dvd along with the pay-download version of SH4 1.5 uboat missions. Perhaps you may be right about the activation key. I have done this before on a few reinstalls of the game/windows system, so perhaps there was a set number of activations I could have used up as you say.

Sent Ubisoft a support ticket, if that's worth something.. :O:

you can buy sh4 gold that cost the same money as just buying the UBM download again so its the only smart purchase now. i hear you can find it for as little as $8 to $10

i feel bad when i hear someone new say they just bought sh4 by itself then we have to tell them they should have got the gold version because it cost the same as the UBM ad-on by itself :yep:

I sent UBI a support ticket as well, they say they fixed the issue but at the same time I bought the Gold version DVD, worked like a charm and am playing now.

I love this game especially with the Trigger Maru Mod!