Ahh good old XP, still the best for gaming. :yep:

I am working thru that list that you posted, nocking item after item off trying to get this to work and not having much sucsess. The only one that I can't get to work is the "read only" fix. Every time I set the steam folder to non read only folder it goes thru the steps and finishes with out an error mesage or any thing. Then I close the properties screen for that folder and re-open it the damn thing is read only again. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Now when ever I try to start the game the steam window that says the game is starting comes up then goes away and nothing hapens. Then it comes back and goes away again. And then it dose it again. Seems windows 7 can handle anything but this simple game eh?

I vaguely recall once that i had to update windows media player for sh3 to run . Click on help and see if it updates or go to tools/options/file types and select all and see if that fixes it .

Windows7 is supposed to contain media player 11

Well I some how fixed the off and on start thing but now I have a can't initilize 3D engen error even in compatability mode and without the compatability mode that same on again off again problem crops up. I discoverd I am runing windows 7 x64 if that means anything to any one that might be able to help.

yes, Ian. I built the gaming machine and put Win 7 64 bit on it so I can get past the memory limits of 32 bit, but couldn't face losing the XPS Dell with dear ol' XP on it, so run them both together via a KVM switch - works a treat :yeah:

I think I have a fix, while it dose work it is kind of bothersome. I was just randomly clicking on butons in the compatability tab for the sh3.exe. When I tried the "run in 640x480" buton and ran the game under windows xp service pack 3 compatability the game up and launched with out a problem. It skiped the movies beacouse I removed them from the file in another fix I was trying. I didn't try to load a game or anything beacouse the resolution was bad and I wanted to see if there was a better awnser.

Sure enuf there was a better solution. I discoverd that the game will run for me when my desktop reasolution was set no higher than 1024x786. Oddly enuf I noticed that this is just lower than the defult seting of the game, 1024x800. I am no computer wizz and I have no idea the implacations of my findings or what some clever person may be able to make of them but I do know that a desktop resolution higher than 1024x786 will keep the game runing for me.

Dissaray - you are right! I modified my video settings to the same, and straight away the game started. I haven't yet tried playing it, so do not know what it will be like to play ( I am on a widescreen monitor as well), and the next problem for me is that it is running in vanilla, not in GWX, which appeared to install but is not loading. However, I am absolutely delighted to have got this present result, so thank you for twiddling and fiddling your buttons. Brilliant:up::yeah::D

ps just been in and it plays just fine whey-hey, maybe I won't bother to upgrade it to GWX3 as I have that running on the other computer - so now I can enjoy SH3 in TWO flavours!! Made my day you have; a happy me for the start of 2010. Wow! xx

Glad I could help. It is still damn odd that this simple thing was all that was standing in the way of the game working.

that's computers for you isn't it; everything has to be just so. Anyway, magic. I am already 1 kill down on my first patrol :salute:

GWX gave me a little truble but after a restart of the computer things seemed to have got them selves back in order. You might be able to get the mod to work for you with a little persistance.